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Question: My name is Eric Benjamin. I am conducting this interview to evaluate how your organization uses strategic planning to address public health issues. The purpose of this interview is to enable me better understand how the art and science of planning should be embedded in the culture of public health practice in relation to addressing my final project public health problem. Please I will appreciate if the response to the following questions or better still the get an email or phone contact of a public health administrator to call and discuss the same questions.
1.How do you conduct a strategic planning process?
2.Who are the key individuals involved in the process?
3.Describe how decision making and resource allocation are important to managing your strategic planning process.
4. What you do you think are best practices for strategic planning?
5.Do you have any suggestions and advice for someone new to the strategic planning process?
Thank you in anticipation.

Answer:

Hi Eric, and thanks for contacting CTB.

Let me refer you to Chapter 8 in our Table of Contents under our Learn A Skill graphic. That and a related Toolkit also listed there will answer the questions you have raised. Feel free to peruse other chapters and to look at our Database of Best Practices for further information and examples.

Question Date: Thu, 07/16/2015