Performance evaluation of child and adolescent health centers in the welfare organization by AHP and ARAS method (Case study: Semnan, Golestan and North Khorasan provinces)

The aim of this study was to evaluate the performance of child and adolescent health centers over 13 years old in Semnan, Golestan and North Khorasan provinces. The present study is applied in terms of purpose, and is descriptive-survey in terms of data collection. The statistical population of the study is the managers and experts of the child centers in the provinces of Semnan, Golestan and North Khorasan to prioritize the performance evaluation indicators. A sample of 20 individuals was selected. Adolescent care centers over 13 years of age were also selected as performance evaluation samples. A questionnaire was used to collect data. AHP technique was used to prioritize the performance evaluation indicators of adolescent care centers and ARAS technique was used for comparative evaluation of selected centers in this study. The results of paired comparisons showed that the index of specialist force with the weight of 234/0 was in the first rank, the empowerment and future supply of children with a weight of 221/0 in the second rank, the atmosphere and environment of the maintenance center of children with a weight of 0/188 Third place. Similarly, the weight of each of the sub-indicators was characterized by a hierarchical process analysis technique, which was ranked below the high experience of employees with a weight of 0.071, the skill of working with adolescents weighing 0.65 and the future insurance contracts Third is located. Based on the results of the ARAS technique, center number four has the highest performance.