Project Activities 2009-2010
1. Assessment
of health infrastructure
Training in rapid field collection of health service data (infrastructure,
staff skills and critical care available). Assessment of health facilities
and the services/interventions provided in 6 districts.
See
some results from the activity here.
Download
a conference paper describing this activity:
Mobile mapping for the rapid
field assessment of health infrastructure and service provision in remote,
rural eastern Indonesia. (pdf)
2. Health
mapping for improved resource allocation and advocacy
Training of health department staff in health mapping using free software
(Open Jump).
Training exercises included entering health facility locations in Provincial
maternal and Neonatal health database, mapping health indicators, and
mapping critical health care (e.g. PONED).
See some results from the
activity here.
3. Puskesmas
health data collection, visualisation and quality
(a) Before implementation of clinic database, monitor time spent by clinic
staff in recording & reporting health data
(b) Training in using and maintaining clinic database for recording, reporting
and visualising clinic data
(c) After implementing clinic database, monitor and evaluate impacts of
database use
See
the results from the activity here.
4. Train-the
trainer – for greater adoption
Develop training materials including videos and CDs.
Train-the-trainer for health department staff to deliver training in rapid
field collection and health mapping.
View
the screen video tutorial for health mapping using open source (open-jump)
software here.
Activities and results from previous health mapping PSLP (2008-2009).
Results
Seminar at CDU. Presentations where given about the results
of the project in NTT as well as a summary of health conditions in
NTT by Dr Stef Bria (Head of Provincial Dept of health) and a presentation
on Maternal mortality mapping in South Sulawesi. |
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Intensive
training in Service Availability Mapping conducted at Charles
Darwin University from 7-12th of may |
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Introductory Workshop, 1st-2nd
Sept. The workshop
described principles and applications of public health mapping.
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