The importance of establishing supportive supervision feedback audit system in Gurage Zone health department

Authors

  • Habtamu Mergia Technical Advisor for Management Systems, Yale Global Leadership Initiative, Wolkite University, Wolkite
  • Kassahun Trueha Dumga Department of Statistics, Wolkite University, Wolkite

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20200990

Keywords:

Feedback audit, M and E, Supportive supervision

Abstract

Supportive supervision is one of the most important tasks in health systems management. A baseline assessment conducted by the primary health care transformation initiative had shown that the Gurage Zone health department had been conducting regular supportive supervision every quarter for the last five years in Gurage Zone. The study proposed establishing a feedback auditing system as an intervention to routinely assess the progress of previous visit actions included in the written feedback. The finding showed the culture of working on previous supportive supervision action items by woreda (district) health offices were significantly improved.

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Published

2020-02-27

How to Cite

Mergia, H., & Dumga, K. T. (2020). The importance of establishing supportive supervision feedback audit system in Gurage Zone health department. International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health, 7(3), 1194–1196. https://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20200990

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