The role of strategic planning awareness in the effect of strategic planning participation on strategic planning attitude: A research in the field of public health

Considering that the first strategic planning period in the field of Public Health is 2010-2014, it is seen that strategic planning is a new and more researchable area in terms of Public Health. While analyzing the effect of strategic planning participation on strategic planning attitude on Public Healthcare staff working in State and Public Research Hospitals, to make a contribution to the literature, strategic planning literature and research in the field of Public Health, it was aimed to investigate whether strategic planning awareness has an intermediary role. In line with the results of the study, the effect of strategic planning participation on attitude was determined, and it was seen that strategic planning awareness had a full mediating role in the model. While it was observed that strategic planning participation had a positive and significant effect on strategic planning attitude, it was observed that the effect between these two variables was insignificant when the strategic planning awareness variable was added to the model. The importance of strategic planning in the health sector is emphasized once again with this study, and it is suggested that more studies can be carried out within the framework of different research models and concepts that increase planning success in the field of Public Health.