Brainstorming: an application for programme planning in family welfare planning

Area of Science:

• Social Sciences
• Public Health
• Program Planning

Background:

• Participatory devices are increasingly used by social scientists for program planning.
• Brainstorming is a widely applied participatory tool in various fields, including higher education and urban development.
• Previous applications include interpretive structural modeling for program planning.

Purpose of the Study:

• To apply brainstorming for developing a preliminary operational value system.
• To create a structural model for family planning program planning.
• To derive and prioritize family planning objectives.

Main Methods:

• Utilized a sequence of three brainstorming sessions, each approximately 5 hours long.
• Applied the brainstorming technique to family planning program development.
• Generated data on needs, alterables, and constraints.

Main Results:

• Identified 39 needs, 28 alterables, and 22 constraints through the brainstorming sessions.
• These outputs were used to establish preliminary family planning objectives.
• An intent structure was built to understand objective priorities.

Conclusions:

• Brainstorming can effectively contribute to developing value systems for program planning.
• The derived objectives and intent structure aid in formulating and implementing family planning programs.
• This approach provides a structured method for setting priorities in family planning initiatives.