Managing Health Programs and Projects
Chapter One
MANAGEMENT WORK
Health is often pursued through a variety of health programs and projects.
For example, when a young adult achieves academic success and starts a
promising career after overcoming a drug addiction, an effective treatment program
may deserve much of the credit for the turnaround. When a person with
type 2 diabetes leads an active and productive life, her health improvements
may well be attributed to a program that helps her understand the disease and
take an active role in controlling it. When a county health department mounts
a project to enroll children in an innovative insurance plan, the impact on those
children may be felt throughout a lifetime of better health.
One of the distinguishing characteristics of successful programs and projects
is how well their managers perform. This book is about the work these managers
do. This chapter provides an overview of management work in health programs
and projects, as well as some key definitions and concepts, all of which se ... read full excerpt from Managing Health Programs and Projects ebook
