Abstract
This article analyzes evaluation capacity-building based on the case study of a State Health Secretariat participating in the Project to Strengthen the Technical Capacity of State Health Secretariats in Monitoring and Evaluating Primary Healthcare. The case study adopted a mixed design with information from documents, semi-structured interviews, and evaluation of primary care by the State Health Secretariat in 2008-2011. Process analysis was used to identify the logical events that contributed to evaluation capacity-building, with two categories: evaluation capacity-building events and events for building organizational structure. The logical chain of events was formed by negotiation and agreement on the decision-making levels for the continuity of evaluation, data collection and analysis by the State Health Secretariat, a change in key indicators, restructuring of the evaluation matrix, and communication of the results to the municipalities. The three-way analysis showed that the aim of developing evaluation capacity was achieved.
Translated title of the contribution | The development of evaluation capacity in primary healthcare management: A case study in Santa Catarina State, Brazil, 2008-2011 |
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Original language | Portuguese |
Pages (from-to) | 839-850 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Journal | Cadernos de Saude Publica |
Volume | 30 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2014 |
Keywords
- Health evaluation
- Health management
- Primary health care