Abstract :
Background: Shree Krishna Hospital Program for Advancement of Rural and Social Health (SPARSH), it means “touch” in Hindi) aims to address the NCD burden through community-based service delivery.
Objectives: We carried out SWOT analysis to understand the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats of SPARSH for further strategic planning.
Materials and Methods: Exploration of items for SWOT with staff was done. Salient items (items with more frequency) for each domain were selected to develop a five-point Likert type scale. Consensus score of each item was calculated and a score above 75% was considered salient.
Results: Major strength was door to door medicine service & delivery worked. Weakness was communication gap while working in a large team. Staff felt that in era of emerging pandemics, NCD care must be strengthened and financial stability to run such a program was perceived as a threat.
Conclusion: SWOT explored the strengths which need to be strengthened. Weaknesses and opportunities to be addressed in future planning and program development.
Keyword :
NCD Program, Evaluation, SWOT Analysis, Program Management, Primary Healthcare, Service Delivery