Assessing district health needs, services, and systems : protocols for rapid data collection and analysis / A.A. Kielmann, K., Janovsky, H. Annett.

What is a health system?; survey preparation; health context; health professional's perceptions; district health management and support systems; human resources and training; support systems; management systems; constraints and opportunities; analysis and interpretation; primary health care facility information; availability of specific health service programmes; health facility management; health facility physical inventory; health facility activities; health facility morbidity statistics; health worker knowledge and skills; rural and/or district hospital information; availability of specific health service programmes; hospital management; hospital physical inventory; hospital activities; hospital morbidity statistics; health-worker knowledge skills; community participation and indigenous medical systems; community participation; indigenous health systems; information on birth and death registration; community and household information; summary analysis and report preparation.

This manual consists of a set of protocols for carrying out an assessment, primarily at district level, of the adequacy of services and systems to meet community health needs.