implementation and management of changes related to the preventive health programs

 implementation and management of changes related to the preventive health programs

A change management strategy can be defined as the specific ways or methodologies used by the managerial boy of the health care facilities to effectively address and communicate the planned changes for the good of the organization and the customers they intend to serve. Therefore to effectively management preventive health program changes among the stakeholders and the members of the society, change management strategies should be considered by the change manager to ensure smooth corporation among the affected individuals since, in most cases, and there is a tendency of change resistance from the affected individuals.

The change manager is expected to develop and adopt various change management strategies to ensure that the intended change is collectively accepted and practiced by the affected population. For instance, in preventive health programs, change manager has to involves the members of the society and other members of the community like the administrative personnel in order to effectively implement the intended change since it requires a collective response from the members of the community since they are the most affected individuals, therefore, they are expected to change some of the lifestyle or cultural practices which are somehow unhealthy to most of the population.

For effective implementation and management of changes related to the preventive health programs within the organization and the entire community, the change manager or the overall managerial body must consider the following strategies: developing awareness among the affected individuals so as to prepare in advance on the impacts of the changes, organizing the change steering teams within the organization, make an appropriate decision concerning the intended change, make it happen and lastly make the change stay.

Setting the stage

One of the strategies to manage the health preventive programs within the community by the health practitioners is to set up the stage for the change. This is possible through creating awareness about the intended change among the population to be affected by the change. By creating awareness thus by informing and educating the members of the community on the positive sides of the intended change so as to prepare them psychologically on the intended change. This is necessary since it will help to reduce the resistance from the members of the public since, in most cases, the preventive health programs changes always conflicts with the cultural practices of the community; hence there are high chances of resistance from the society.

Selecting change leaders from the targeted group of people is necessary for managing the preventive health program changes since the selected individuals are from the targeted group of communities; hence will assist in persuading other members of the community to embrace the intended change. This will also play an important role in ensuring corporation from the targeted societies. They will also create awareness and personally inform members of the community on the positive intention of the intended change, thus helps to prevent change resistance from the targeted community.

Make the decision

Secondly, change manager has to consider the need of the change and what factors need to be changed based on the existing preventive health programs which had been earlier set by the health care facilities in preventing diseases within the organization and outside the organization that is the members of the public. Deciding the change policies and the vision of the change is considered as one of the vital strategies in managing change since it requires a thorough evaluation of the intended change by the health officers to decide on the best changes to avoid resistance from members of the public. Deciding on the intended preventive health program is considered as one of the factors or strategies for the successful implementation of the intended change since it will be embraced by a large number of people, thus reducing the cases of change resistance.

Making the change to happen

Making the change to successfully happen requires various strategies like frequent communication, empowering the involved member’s nd staying focused on the intended change. The three identified notified elements are discussed in the context as follows.

Frequent communication of the intended changes to the targeted individuals or society will ensure a deep understanding of the intended preventive health program changes, thus contributes to the success of the change. Communication plays an important role in change management since it acts as reminders about the vision and objectives of the change to the target group; therefore will convince the resisting individuals to understand the positive impacts of the preventive change program into their lives. Frequent communication will also clarify the goals of the change and its importance to the members of the community. For instance, frequent communication of the preventive health program changes to the members of the community will make most of the members to embrace the changes by practicing the health requirements put place by the implemented change to ensure a healthy population

by preventing the spread of the disease within the community.

Empowering members of the communities to embrace changes will also contribute to making the intended change happen. Empowering program to the targeted population includes the provision of the incentives and other necessities to the households which have embraced the preventive health program changes. It also includes supporting other vulnerable members of the communities like the old and the poor by providing them with basic needs; hence will ensure adherence to the set preventive policies by the members of the communities due to the support offered to them by the health facilities or organizations. The empowering process also involves supporting the community-based organization or groups to embrace the intended change for the good of the society. This will help the organization to gain support from the local organization and welfare groups within the community by promoting the change intended by the organization in the control and prevention of infections within the community.

Focusing on the goals and the objectives of the change will also make the change to happen. By concentrating on the goals and objectives of the change made on the preventive health programs, the organization will succeed in transforming many individuals to embrace the preventive changes hence making the change happen. Staying focus by the change management team or change manager will influence the acceptance of intended change by the targeted group since it will require the change to frequently review the change progress through evaluating the impact of intended preventive health program changes on the activities of the targeted population.

Make the implemented change stay

Making the change to stay within the intended population or the society will require the change manager or the entire change managerial body to create, foster, and celebrate the new preventive health program changes to sustain the newly implemented preventive health programs within the organization and the community as a whole. This will enable the change managers to blend the newly implemented changes with the existing preventive health program.

Conclusion

With the discussed change management strategy related to the preventive health programs within the healthcare facilities and the entire community, managing such changes will be effective and easy to implement since the level of resistance is reduced. Therefore, by considering such strategies, managing changes will be easy for most of the managers.