Health Sciences 2250A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Behavioural Sciences, Education Resources Information Center, Psycinfo
3 Mar 2016
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Needs assessment should answer: who is the priority population, needs, which groups have the greatest needs, location geographically, what is currently being done, how have the needs been addressed in the past. Opinion leaders can represent the views of the priority population: control media, demographically similar to priority pop, knowledgeable, innovative behavior, persuading others. Windshield or walkthrough walks or drives slowly through a neighborhood, observing the wellbeing: housing types and conditions, recreational facilities, private and public sectors, social and civic activities, identifiable neighborhoods or clusters, conditions of roads, maintenance of building and yards. Conducting a needs assessment: determine purpose, action or participatory research, community empowerment, collaboration, acquisition of knowledge, focus on social change, gather data relevant, quantitative and qualitative, analyze data focus on precede proceed, basic priority rating (bpr, bpr = (a[size of problem] + b [seriousness]) c[effectiveness] xd[resources etc.
