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YEAR: 1993

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Using CQI to strengthen family planning programs. [La utilización del PMC

para reforzar la planificación familiar.]

AUTHORS

Management Sciences for Health [MSH]. Family Planning Management

SOURCE

FAMILY PLANNING MANAGER. 1993 Jan-Feb;2(1):1-20.

ABSTRACT

This issue of "The Family Planning Manager" outlines the ways continuous quality improvement (CQI) can strengthen

program productivity and efficiency, client satisfaction, and staff morale. CQI views organizational problems as

resulting from systems and processes, rather than from individuals, and advocates a team approach to service

improvement. In large organizations, senior managers can form a CQI core group to support the teams.

Implementation of the CQI cycle involves a seven-step process: 1) identify an area in need of improvement; 2) define

a problem within that area, and outline the sequence of activities (the process) that occurs; 3) identify desired

outcomes and the requirements for achieving them; 4) select specific steps for study and, for each step, list

obstacles to achievement of these outcomes; 5) collect and analyze data about obstacles; 6) take corrective action;

and 7) monitor the results. The five basic principles of CQI--willingness to provide ongoing leadership and support,

commitment to satisfying the needs of both staff and clients, focus on processes, respect for staff ability to improve

processes, and collection and use of data--should be incorporated into all projects. To illustrate this process, the

reform of MEXFAM's Management Information Systems Department's technical assistance process is described.

Technicians were spending so much time responding to staff requests for computer assistance that they had little

time for developing new computer systems and software. The problem was resolved through an assessment of the

computer skills of all new and current staff and department-based week-long staff training in computer technology.

(PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT2T 4579-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Using CQI to strengthen family planning programs. [La

utilización del PMC para reforzar la planificación familiar.]", is(are) Management Sciences for Health [MSH]. Family

Planning Management Development. The source of this article is "FAMILY PLANNING MANAGER. 1993 Jan-

Feb;2(1):1-20.". This article was published in 1993 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT2T

4579-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 9579

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http://ecu3.msh.org/mainpage.cfm?file=2.2.1.htm&module=quality&language=En

glish¦http://ecu3.msh.org/readroom/espanol/cqi.htm

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