Audience | Activity | Enablers/barriers Factors that support or hinder the development of anticipated outputs, outcomes and impacts |
Outputs Products, projects or activities which result from the training program [Public health system: outputs that affect the public health system] |
Outcomes Short-term and medium-term effects of the training program outputs [Public health system: short-term and medium-effects on the public health system] |
Impact Longer term positive and negative, primary and secondary long-term effects produced by the training program, directly or indirectly, intended or unintended [Public health system: longer term effects of the program on the public health system] |
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Public Health System | Health systems strengthening through application of field epidemiology skills |
Enablers • Support from alumni network • Sustained mentorship and supervision • Support from managers & other government stakeholders • Adequate infrastructure, resources and supplies to deliver public health programs • Graduates are in decision-making roles Barriers • Lack of or weak public health systems • Lack of leadership in public health • Complicated processes that restrict public health action |
Graduates embedded across all levels of the public health system, conducting projects and activities that strengthen public health systems. Graduates become junior FETP staff Field Epidemiology Workforce • Number/percentage of graduates placed across different tiers of health system (e.g., district, provincial, national levels) • Number/percentage of [districts / provinces] in country with graduates • Number/percentage of graduates employed by a government institution • Number/percentage of graduates employed by a non-governmental organization • Number/percentage of graduates employed by an academic institution • Number/percentage of graduates employed in epidemiology or applied public health related positions • Number/percentage of graduates who are members of national, regional or international public health committees or working groups Support for Surveillance and Outbreak Response • Number of disease surveillance systems strengthened by fellows and graduates • Number of outbreak response systems and practices strengthened by fellows and graduates • Number/percentage of outbreaks detected from disease surveillance systems • Number/percentage of communicable disease outbreaks where an investigation commenced within 24, 48 and 72 h Support for Health Systems • Number of evidence-based recommendations implemented by fellows and graduates [Number/percentage of fellows and graduates implementing evidence-based recommendations] • Number of policy recommendations implemented by fellows and graduates [Number/percentage of fellows and graduates implementing policy recommendations] • Number of health program recommendations implemented by fellows and graduates [Number/percentage of fellows and graduates implementing health program recommendations] • Number of work-related processes or procedures implemented by fellows an graduates [Number/percentage of fellows and graduates implementing work-related processes or procedures] FETP Support • Number/percentage of FETP trainers and mentors who are graduates of the program • Number/percentage of FETP staff (e.g., Director, Convenor) who are graduates of the program • FETP is recognised in official governmental/institutional planning documents • FETP steering committee is established and functional • Number/percentage of FETP positions fully staffed • Percentage of FETP activities funded by national government • FETP accredited by TEPHINET |
Field Epidemiology workforce contributes to strengthening the public health system through routine application of knowledge and skills. FETP graduates support FETP as trainers and mentors Influential Field Epi workforce • Established career pathway for graduates • Graduates are in public health leadership roles in governmental departments and non-governmental organizations • Key surveillance and disease control positions at all tiers of government are occupied by FETP graduates • Skills of graduates are maintained and continually applied • Decision makers confident in and engaged with FETP graduates and the services they provide • Graduates develop and deliver field epidemiology related training activities to workplace colleagues • Graduates are public health influencers in their workplace and the communities/populations they serve Health Systems Strengthened • Graduates routinely conduct field projects/operational research to understand and address key public health challenges • Graduates routinely design and implement public health interventions to address public health challenges • Graduates effectively engage with communities when planning and delivering public health programs • Decision makers utilize the evidence generated by graduates to improve public health programming • Graduates are routinely using evidence-based decision making to inform guidelines, policy & programmatic activities • Graduates are driving innovation and service improvements Stronger Surveillance and Outbreak Response • Graduates contribute to improved surveillance resulting in improved public health programming • Graduates contribute to improved surveillance resulting in improved outbreak detection and response • Graduates provide a response-ready workforce for outbreak and public health emergency response activities nationally and/or internationally • Graduates effectively engage with communities/general public when investigating outbreaks and responding to public health threats Graduate Support for FETP(s) • Established pathway for FETP graduates to become FETP trainers, mentors, and program staff • Graduates contribute to the national FETP(s) as trainers, mentors, and program staff |
Strong public health systems across PNG. Strong and Sustainable FETP is established Strong Health Systems • FETP faculty and graduates contribute to the generation of public health intelligence and evidence-based recommendations to improve public health • FETP faculty and graduates contribute to an evidence-based decision-making culture that drives public health programming and practice • FETP faculty and graduates contribute to the development of evidence based public health policies and practices that are accepted, resourced, and implemented • FETP faculty and graduates contribute to strong disease surveillance systems that guide public health programming and consistently supports the early detection & response to public health threats • FETP faculty and graduates are influential in advocating for political and financial support for public health at all levels of the health system • FETP faculty and graduates contribute to a culture of respectful community engagement when designing and delivering public health programs and response activities Sustainable FETP(s) • FETP is institutionalized, adequately funded and nationally recognised as an important public health workforce development program • FETP is run by national staff without the need for external support • FETP program is influential across public health networks nationally and internationally |