Local health planning and programming: intervention on low vaccination coverage in district territory

Abstract

Objective: To report the experience of using Local Health Planning and Programming (LHPP) as an intervention to address low vaccination coverage in a district territory of the capital of the state of Bahia. Experience report: This is an experience report carried out in 2023 by three first-year residents of the Specialization Courses in Collective Health, in the form of a residency program, with areas of concentration in Health Planning and Management and in Epidemiology in Health Services, under the supervision of two faculty members and one service professional. The experience is presented in three stages: development of the problem tree; selection of the object of intervention; and implementation of the action. The chosen strategy was mobilization in schools, creating the initiative “Vaccine-Friendly School,” based on the design of the feasibility analysis with a description of actions, facilitators, barriers, and strategies. After the intervention, the experience was shared in the classroom to reflect on the theory–practice articulation and the importance of planning and programming for health actions in the training process. Final considerations: The experience significantly contributed to expanding knowledge and understanding of the applicability of LHPP, as well as to the development of skills to interact with other stakeholders in the territory.