Plan of Action and Management in public health for the structuring of the phases of the public agenda and formulation of the public policy of mental health of the Municipality of La Plata Huila

The purpose of this document is to establish a management plan for the structuring of the mental health public policy in the Municipality of La Plata (Huila), taking into account the tools established for the planning, execution, monitoring and control of the established activities. for the measurement of the impact that these may have for the community in order to establish a public policy that effectively exercises the social, psychological and cultural impact, establishing attention to the social determinants of public health.

It is directed at the same time as a quantitative and qualitative approach, it allows to obtain more exact data of what you want to know or investigate, one of the fundamental purposes is established in guaranteeing the right to mental health as a priority of the population of the Municipality of La Plata (Huila), in terms of availability, access, permanence, quality and relevance in the provision of comprehensive services in mental health, harmonizing sectoral, cross-sectoral and community processes that contribute to improving the quality of life of the population.

It is essential to establish that mental health is not just an area of ​​the health sector. Furthermore, its approach is not only sectoral but also cross-sectoral and community, in which all stakeholders in society have participation and responsibility.

Through intersectoral work tables, the application of instruments is established which allow me to measure the living conditions of the population in order to establish needs and identify their possible determinants that can cause problems for the community, as well as the creation of a tree of ´problems that can identify those problems present in the municipality using a cause - effect relationship.

After the central problem has been identified, both the causes that generate it and the negative effects that the problem produces must be determined in order to then interrelate the three components in a graphical way.

It is established that the policies are the reflection of the ideals of the society which express the objectives of the collective well-being and allow us to understand where they want to direct their respective development. Through this document, a series of activities is established that allows me to identify actions that It leads the community to participate and thus can minimize the categories of needs for the population.

Ultimately, public policy on mental health is an instrument that allows establishing an action plan for structuring the public agenda through the pmbook methodology.