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State-Based Initiative Planning Tool: Phase I Establish Your Structure

State-Based Initiative Planning Tool: Phase I Establish Your Structure

The first phase of the planning process is all about getting started. In this phase, you should assess the landscape of existing public health efforts to avoid duplication, build a network of partners with common interests in lung cancer, and establish an organizational structure to help partners work together to achieve the coalition goals.

Step 3 – Establish A Structure
The third step in getting started is to establish an organizational structure for your coalition. Establishing a good structure helps to set the tone for how all partners will interact and work with each other to move the initiative forward. A good structure with the right people in the right roles can help to increase transparency in operation, maintain neutrality where it is important, and align the interests of all members with the interests of the coalition.