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Needs Assessments - ANSWER ✔✔performed to obtain health
information about an individual or group. Most include: the individual or
group's current knowledge of health, their attitude towards health,
recommendations for health education, and any relevant socio-economic
practices
the basic point is to determine what kind of health education would be
most beneficial for a given individual or community
community analysis - ANSWER ✔✔the process of assembling
information about the target individual, group, or community; includes
general health summary and evaluation of available health care
,community diagnosis - ANSWER ✔✔professional opinion of the
health of the individual or community based on community analysis;
special consideration to health problems as they relate to available
health services
primary data - ANSWER ✔✔all the information collected directly by
the health professional from the target individual, group, or community
obtained by health educational specialist via survey, interview, focus
group, or direct observation of the focused person or population
data gathered by health education specialists directly from or about the
individual or population of interest. these data answer questions related
to the specific needs assessment
secondary data - ANSWER ✔✔any pertinent information not
collected directly by the health professional
established data that may or may not be concerning the focused person
or population including Vital Records, Disease Registry, U.S. Census,
etc.
all data maintained by other organizations
BRFSS or YRBSS
federal agencies that provide this:
,National center for health statistics
CDC
United States Department of Health and HUman Services
United States Census Bureau
data that have already been collected by others that may or may not be
directly gathered from the individual or population being assessed.
ethical issues - ANSWER ✔✔should always be considered during the
process of assessment (including informed consent and feedback as
well as security of data and confidentiality)
PRECEDE-PROCEDE model - ANSWER ✔✔utilizes: social
assessment, epidemiological assessment, behavioral and environmental
assessment, educational and ecological assessment, and administrative
and policy assessment.
consists of nine phases running from needs assessment and diagnosis
to implementation and evaluation. this method is generally used when
implementing long-term program for a specific population
Predisposing, reinforcing, enabling constructs in educational/ecological
diagnosis and evaluation- policy, regulatory, and organizational
constructs in educational and environmental development
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, needs are identified, plans are constructed, programs are activated, and
evaluations are made
currently the most used formal planning model in health education
social assessment - ANSWER ✔✔measures the perception of the
target population's quality of life and aids in the identification of the social
conditions that will benefit from health education
a collection of pertinent information is assembled, should include all
salient facts about the health issue in question
define the quality of life in priority population
epidemiological assessment - ANSWER ✔✔identifies the health
issues exhibited by the target population and the behaviors and risks
associated with said health problems; it also enables a baseline to be
set for health educational priorities
assembled data is scrutinized for patterns and trends; experts determine
the correlation between health problems and the environment in which
the community lives
resource inventories - ANSWER ✔✔interviews are performed and
records are scrutinized to determine which health services are being
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Needs Assessments - ANSWER ✔✔performed to obtain health
information about an individual or group. Most include: the individual or
group's current knowledge of health, their attitude towards health,
recommendations for health education, and any relevant socio-economic
practices
the basic point is to determine what kind of health education would be
most beneficial for a given individual or community
community analysis - ANSWER ✔✔the process of assembling
information about the target individual, group, or community; includes
general health summary and evaluation of available health care
,community diagnosis - ANSWER ✔✔professional opinion of the
health of the individual or community based on community analysis;
special consideration to health problems as they relate to available
health services
primary data - ANSWER ✔✔all the information collected directly by
the health professional from the target individual, group, or community
obtained by health educational specialist via survey, interview, focus
group, or direct observation of the focused person or population
data gathered by health education specialists directly from or about the
individual or population of interest. these data answer questions related
to the specific needs assessment
secondary data - ANSWER ✔✔any pertinent information not
collected directly by the health professional
established data that may or may not be concerning the focused person
or population including Vital Records, Disease Registry, U.S. Census,
etc.
all data maintained by other organizations
BRFSS or YRBSS
federal agencies that provide this:
,National center for health statistics
CDC
United States Department of Health and HUman Services
United States Census Bureau
data that have already been collected by others that may or may not be
directly gathered from the individual or population being assessed.
ethical issues - ANSWER ✔✔should always be considered during the
process of assessment (including informed consent and feedback as
well as security of data and confidentiality)
PRECEDE-PROCEDE model - ANSWER ✔✔utilizes: social
assessment, epidemiological assessment, behavioral and environmental
assessment, educational and ecological assessment, and administrative
and policy assessment.
consists of nine phases running from needs assessment and diagnosis
to implementation and evaluation. this method is generally used when
implementing long-term program for a specific population
Predisposing, reinforcing, enabling constructs in educational/ecological
diagnosis and evaluation- policy, regulatory, and organizational
constructs in educational and environmental development
COPYRIGHT©NINJANERD 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2026. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE. PRIVACY
STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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, needs are identified, plans are constructed, programs are activated, and
evaluations are made
currently the most used formal planning model in health education
social assessment - ANSWER ✔✔measures the perception of the
target population's quality of life and aids in the identification of the social
conditions that will benefit from health education
a collection of pertinent information is assembled, should include all
salient facts about the health issue in question
define the quality of life in priority population
epidemiological assessment - ANSWER ✔✔identifies the health
issues exhibited by the target population and the behaviors and risks
associated with said health problems; it also enables a baseline to be
set for health educational priorities
assembled data is scrutinized for patterns and trends; experts determine
the correlation between health problems and the environment in which
the community lives
resource inventories - ANSWER ✔✔interviews are performed and
records are scrutinized to determine which health services are being
