In: Nursing
“But, let's not get ahead of ourselves just yet,” you warn, “we aren't quite ready to select our priority population. First, we have to determine which of the health issues we identify during our needs assessment should become the focus of our program.” You begin to describe one method of selecting the program focus.
“That formula sounds a little too complicated,” says one of the staff members. “Is there any other way for us to prioritize the health issues we discover through our needs assessment?”
“Yes, there is another—much simpler—way, through using the Prioritization Matrix. If we use this method, we'll evaluate each issue according to two criteria: _______________ and ______________ Issues that are ranked high on both criteria should become the focus of our intervention.”
“Yes, there is another—much simpler—way, through using the Prioritization Matrix. If we use this method, we'll evaluate each issue according to two criteria: magnitude and severity of health issue and prevelance and impact on population Issues that are ranked high on both criteria should become the focus of our intervention.”
Prioritization Matrix is a comprehensive prioritization technique that takes an account of multi-factor impacting the selection criteria and is generally defined through a visual diagram where multiple categories are compared using weighted criteria to get a ratio-scale output.