Table 1 Interview guide informed by the conceptual framework for public heath system performance measurement
Domain | Interview Question |
|---|---|
Participant introduction | Can you describe (based on current or past roles) what has been your involvement in public health systems performance measurement? |
Current state of public health systems performance measurement in Canada | Currently, based on work in previous phase of his project, we’ve come to understand that there is not comprehensive public health performance measurement systems in Canada. Do you agree? If so, why do you think that is the case? |
Structure, process, and outcome indicators | If you were tasked with improving the development, collection, measurement, and reporting of structure, process, and outcome indicators for public health systems, what would be the first step? |
Conceptualization of structure, process, and outcome indicators | Among measures of structure, process and outcome that are related to the core public health functionsa, what do you believe to be the most difficult to conceptualize or measure in assessing public health systems performance? |
Barriers and facilitators to the development of a measurement system | For the last portion of our interview, I’d like to discuss the barriers and facilitators to the development of a public health performance measurement system. What do you believe to be the key barriers to developing and implementing a public health specific performance measurement systems? |
Characteristics of a robust performance measurement system | What would a robust public health systems performance measurement look like to you? |
Impact of a performance measurement system on the COVID-19 response | If we had public health systems performance management in place prior to COVID-19, do you believe it would have changed the public health response in Canada? In what ways could our response to COVID-19 have changed? |