Health Sciences 2250A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Planning Permission, Health Promotion, The Planners

• School: Western University
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: Health Sciences 2250A/B
• Professor: Bill Irwin

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Need for creating a rationale to gain the support of decision makers: Resources are usually given in the form of money, which the planners then have to use appropriately to attain things such as staff, facilities, materials etc. Support usually means: congruent organizational policies, program and concept recognition, involvement of key people etc. If program idea comes from top level individuals, it makes things a lot easier pro program planners because it makes things a lot easie(cid:396) fo(cid:396) the(cid:373) as the(cid:455) do(cid:374)"t ha(cid:448)e to sell thei(cid:396) idea. As mentioned before, before making an appeal to decision makers, planners need to have a sound rationale for creating a program that is supported by evidence that the proposed program will benefit those for whom its planned. By conducting this search, planners gain a better understanding of the problems of concern, approaches to reducing or eliminating the health problems or concerns and an understanding of the people for whom the program is intended.