AHSC 260 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Nebulous, Content Validity, Construct Validity
17 Aug 2018
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Needs assessment: a systematic inquiry about needs, attitudes, behaviours, and patterns of both participants and non-participants. The first step of the programming process. Needs are infinite, often conflicting, and consensus is lacking/difficult to achieve: example of limitations. We can all agree that better health is a worthwhile goal. But we can see the issues becomes complex quickly. Infinite needs: reduce smoking, increase fitness, reduce stress: conflicting needs: if i reduce smoking i might increase stress, consensus is difficult to achieve: the doctor might say that i need to quit smoking. My fitness trainer will insist that i need to dedicate more time and effort to the gym. My psychologist wants me to join a stress reduction focus group. Theoretical understanding of need: society (community/organization/program) is responsible to meet the basic survival needs of its members. Ponsioen: required to identify a threshold, below which no one should fall, needs exist when people fall below the established threshold.
