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Needs Assessment to gather information to determine what health education activities are appropriate in a given setting, systematic planned collection of information about the health knowledge, perce ... ptions, attitudes, motivation, and practices, attitudes, motivation, and practices of individuals or groups and the quality socioeconomic environment where they live primary data data gathered directly from the or about the individual or population of interest. surveys, interviews, focus groups and direct observation secondary data data that have already been collected by others that may or may not be directly gathered from the individual or population assessed. peer reviewed journals stakeholders may be involved in program operations as program manager, program staff, partners, funding agencies, coalition members Process for needs assessment 1. determine the scope of work and the purpose for the needs assessment. 2. gather the data 3. analyze the data 4. identify any factors linked to the health problem 5. identify the focus for the program 6. validate the need before continuing with planning process theories & program planning help shape the answers to the questions what, why, and how 5 models of needs assessment epidemiological model, public health, social, asset, rapid epidemiological model focuses on epidemiological- death rates, prevalence rates, birth rates public health model attempts to quantify health problems and often uses epidemiological data- more focused on specific population and can be mindful of limitations of resources social model investigates social or political issues thatt influence health asset model focuses on strengths of a community, organization, or population and looks to find ways to use existing assets to improve health rapid a framework used when time and money are lacking for a needs assessment- it offers basic information but is lacking in detail community forum or public meetings bring together people in a particular populations to discuss their perceptions of the community health problems focus group individuals invited to participate based and led by a group administer nominal group processes highly structured process in which a few representatives from the priority population are asked to respond to questions based on specific needs. Uses small groups of five to seven with each member of the group having equal voice and voting. Participants share their opinions by privately ranking ideas proposed and then sharing ranking with the group in round robin fashion- time consuming Delphi Panel group process that generates consensus by using a series of mailed or e-mailed questionnaires. Involves three groups- decision makers, staff, and program participants. Questionnaire containing one or two broad questions is sent to the entire group- answers are analyzed. process repeats three to five times with more specific questions each time self assessment instruments require people to answer questions about their weight, health history, behavior, screening results- gives client a risk assessment result community capacity inventory tool for identifying community resources. Developing a written list of the skills and talents of individual community members, associations, and resources in the neighborhood as a whole- found out by surveys, newspapers, soliciting community asset map tool for identifying community resources. created by community members as the "map" local resources, abilities, and other building blocks for community growth and change. Visual assets of a community- library, playground, school, parks, houses of worship [Show More]

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