4 page Public Health SWOT table and paper interview (Mental Health &Disorders)

SWOT Analysis Tool

A SWOT analysis will help you identify internal and external factors in the environment that can help with the development of your CoP's goals and objectives. Complete the SWOT analysis for your CoP’s domain. Then use your results to help develop your SMART Objectives (via the SMART Objectives Template ).

Evaluate: SWOT Analysis Tool

State the idea/issue you are assessing: _______________________________________________________________________________

Identify Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats (SWOT) for your CoP. The presence of weaknesses and threats are gaps to be addressed in planning, while the absence of strengths or opportunities clarifies the need for further planning or development before action is taken.

Internal

Potential criteria:

Collective capabilities

Morale, commitment, leadership

Governance, participation norms, and defined roles

Resources, funding, assets, people

Experience, knowledge, data

Innovative aspects

Collaboration tools

Accreditations, certification, requirements, mandates

Processes, systems, IT, and communications

Cultural, attitudinal, behavioural norms

Factors to Maintain

Factors to Address

Weaknesses

In what ways is your CoP lacking?

Strengths

What does your CoP do well?

Threats

What external factors hinder your CoP’s activities?

Opportunities

What external factors help facilitate your CoP’s activities?

External

Potential criteria:

Political, legislative, and financial environment

Stakeholder involvement

Technology development and innovation

Quality of partnerships

Development of knowledge

Uptake in disseminated knowledge or best practices

Competing or synergistic efforts outside the CoP

Trends in public health that may affect the CoP’s work

Adapted from Alan Chapman 1995-2006. 2/2 PHIN CoPs Resource Kit