Dear friends,

Indian Institute of Health Management Research, Jaipur- Rajasthan, India is
conducting a six-day short training programme on "Operations and Evaluation
Research in Health Programmes" during January 31 - February 5, 2005 at IIHMR,
Jaipur, India. The programme aims to raise the participant's skills and
knowledge to design and conduct operations research with the application of
appropriate techniques of data collection and analysis. The details of the
program is given below.

DHIRENDRA KUMAR, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Indian Institute of Health Management Research,
Jaipur - 302 011 Rajasthan,
E-mail: dhir@... & dk_sakhi@...
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Management Development Program (Short Training Programme)
Operations and Evaluation Research in Health Programs
(January 31 - February 5, 2005)

Background

Operations Research (OR) is a research technique that uses systematic data
gathering to support decision-making for improving the coverage, quality and
sustainability of services and programmes. Primarily, the application of
operations research was most popular in the family planning programme to
improve the efficiency, quality, effectiveness and availability of services.
The use of this technique has grown over time; it is being widely applied in
reproductive health by health managers.

The health of children, women and men in India and most of the South-Asian
countries is the poorest in the world. The level of infant and maternal
mortality is still very high. Reproductive tract infections and sexually
transmitted diseases are widespread among men and women and this has been
the leading cause of HIV infections. In spite of huge investments in the
infrastructure, technology and manpower development in health services, the
accessibility and availability of services has been a perpetual problem to
the health manager. Health managers struggle to redirect and restructure
programmes to increase access to their services, improve quality of care,
use available resources efficiently and raise funds. Operations research
helps them in these endeavours. It applies systematic research techniques
to evaluate programmes in a variety of settings, with a focus on factors
under managerial control. Keeping these factors in view the Indian
Institute of Health Management research (IIHMR), Jaipur offers a one-week
management development programme for mid-career professionals who are
working for the improvement of the health of people in their country.

Objectives
The programme is specifically designed to enhance the participants' skills
in conducting operations research and evaluation studies in health
programmes. The programme will be participatory in nature, based on
experimental learning.

The specific objectives of the programme are:
· To provide an overview of the health situation and
scope of operations research.
· To discuss the concept, definition and techniques of
operations research and evaluation.
· To develop skills among the participants to design
outlines for conducting operations research and evaluation studies, which
include problem identification and diagnosis, strategy selection, strategy
testing and evaluation, information dissemination, and utilization. The
principles of research methodology will be discussed to explain sampling
procedures and sample size, formulation of questionnaires and tools, data
quality control, data analysis and interpretation
· To prepare strategic interventions based on the
findings of operations research.

Contents
· Operations research: scope and utility
· Evaluation studies: concept, type, methods and design
· Linkages: information technology and evaluation
· Survey design: type, issues and sampling techniques
· Basics of questionnaire design
· Planning of data analysis and dummy tables
· Field procedures and controlling: uniform instructions, manuals and
protocols
· Communicating research findings: barriers in using research results,
strategy and action plan for presenting health findings

Pedagogy
The programme is an interactive one, providing a blend of lectures,
participatory exercises, individual and group presentations, and group
discussion focusing especially on the issues of reproductive and general
health.

Participants
The programme is aimed at middle and senior level health mangers, planners,
researchers and officials involved in health care in both government and
non-government sectors in developing countries. A working knowledge of
English is essential for this course.

Certification
A certificate of participation will be awarded on successful completion of
the course.

Programme Fee
Residential Rs. 12,000/ ($600 for overseas participants)

The course fee includes tuition fee, charges for course material, and board
and lodging facilities on the Institute's campus for the total duration of
the course.

Arrival/Departure
Participants are advised to reach Jaipur by the evening of January 30, 2005
and plan their departure on the evening of February 5, 2005. IIHMR is
located at a distance of 2.5 km from Jaipur Airport and 20 km from Jaipur
Railway Station/Bus Stand. Participants will be met at the Airport / Railway
Station / Bus Stand, if informed in advance about the airline / flight
number / train number and date and time of arrival.

Programme Director
Dhirendra Kumar, M.Phil., Ph.D. (IIPS, Mumbai)
Associate Professor, IIHMR

Nominations
Please fill in the enclosed nomination form and send it with a demand draft
for Rs 12000 in favour of Indian Institute of Health Management Research
latest by January 5, 2005 to:

THE DEAN (TRAINING) or Prof. Dhirendra Kumar
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF HEALTH MANAGEMENT RESEARCH
1, Prabhu Dayal Marg
Sanganer Air Port, Jaipur - 302011
Phones : 91-141-2791431/32/33/34
Fax : 91-141-2792138
E mail : iihmr@...
URL : http:/www.iihmr.org

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INDIAN INSTITUTE OF HEALTH MANAGEMENT RESEARCH, JAIPUR

NOMINATION FORM
1.Programme Title: Operations and Evaluation Research in Health Programmes
2.Duration : January 31 - February 5, 2005
3. Name and address of the sponsoring organization........
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Phone ...............................................
Fax....................................................
4. Personal details of the nominee(s)

Name
Designation
Age

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To The Dean (Training)

Please register my/our nomination(s) for the above mentioned programme as
per above details. Enclosed is Draft
No.......................................................................
Dated....................................of
Bank...................................................... for Rs./US
$........... .................. towards the nomination fee, drawn in favour
of Indian Institute of Health Management Research, Jaipur, India.

Name of the sponsoring authority
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Designation of the sponsoring authority
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Date
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Signature
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PLEASE SEND THIS FORM WITH NOMINATION FEE TO

The Dean (Training)
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF HEALTH MANAGEMENT RESEARCH
1, Prabhu Dayal Marg, Sanganer Airport, Jaipur - 302 011, INDIA
Phone: 91-141-2791431/32/33/34 Fax:91-141-2792138
E-mail: iihmr@... OR dhir@...
Internet : http://www.iihmr.org