World Health Organization Publication : Year 1988 ; Issue 9241542292: The Supervision of Health Personnel at District Level

By D. Flahault

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Title:	World Health Organization Publication : Year 1988 ; Issue 9241542292: The Supervision of Health Personnel at District Level
Author:	D. Flahault
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Language:	English
Subject:	Health., Public health, Wellness programs
Collections:	Medical Library Collection, World Health Collection
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Publisher:	World Health Organization


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Description
Medical Reference Publication

Excerpt
This publication attempts to show that supervision is a set of necessary activities for improving both the qualitative and quantitative aspects of health services. Starting from this assumption, it describes the supervision activities that should be undertaken at district level, a level that is often neglected despite its importance. Effective supervision can be achieved by proper planning and the use of suitable instruments, but requires appropriate training by means of short workshops for the various health manpower categories concerned.

Table of Contents
Contents Page Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 Why supervision? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1.1 Making sure that the objectives are appropriate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1.2 Making sure that the staff adjust to the difficulties encountered .... 3 1.3 Helping to develop staff motivation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 1.4 Helping staff to improve their performance and competence . . . . . . . . 4 2 What activities does supervision at district level involve? ........... 6 2.1 Stage one: activities involved in preparation for supervision ....... 6 2.2 Stage two: activities involved in supervision as such . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 2.3 Stage three: activities involved in follow-up of supervision ......... 13 3 Examples of supervision instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . For stage one 1 . Selected points from objectives. targets and reports ............ 2 . Working hypotheses and checklist of activities for priority supervision ........................................................... For stage two 3 . Job description and description of duties. activities and tasks ... 4 . Checklists (weekly timetable of work. annual schedulelprogramme. duty roster) ........................................... 5 . Timetable ....................................................... 6 . Checklists of health care activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . Attitude rating for communication and promotion activities . . . . . . 8 . Checklists for the supervision of managerial activities .......... 9 . Exercises for the design of training activities .................... 10 . Checklists for research work .................................... For stage three 11 . Supervision report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . Programme for putting the measures decided on into effect ..... 4 . How to supervise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 4.1 What style of supervision should be adopted? ...................... 58 4.2 Trying to develop the supervisee's personality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 4.3 Trying to increase the motivation of the supervisee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 4.4 The supervisor must be a leader ................................... 63