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interrelate all same-level tasks to each of the health problems.
This procedure will further provide descriptions for new allied
health personnel.
This technique has prco.n useful to assign more adequate
functions to already existing personnel. In Mexico, it has
already defined provider functions for the family planning
program. A continuing education workshop was organized in family
planning for social assistants, social workers, nurse auxiliaries,
registered nurses, general practitioners and gynecologists. The
coverage of this workshop was nationwide, and it included all
major Mexican health institutions.
The first step was to establish what task cught to be
performed by the personnel, irrespective of what they were
actually doing in their respective institutions. Th,'s, the
procedure described earlier was again applied.
With the help of this panel, the tasks that each. personnel
category should realize were defined and rated according to a
number of criteria. Data were then gathered regarding who was
currently performing some of the tasks. A questionnaire was
administered to solicit the panel opinion with respect to the
importance of each task in achieving the objectives of the family
planning program and the frequency of task performance.