Needs Assessment - ANSWER✔✔-to gather information to determine
what health education activities are appropriate in a given setting,
systematic planned collection of information about the health knowledge,
perceptions, attitudes, motivation, and practices, attitudes, motivation, and
practices of individuals or groups and the quality socioeconomic
environment where they live
primary data - ANSWER✔✔-data gathered directly from the or about the
individual or population of interest. surveys, interviews, focus groups and
direct observation
secondary data - ANSWER✔✔-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 - ANSWER✔✔-may be involved in program operations as
program manager, program staff, partners, funding agencies, coalition
members
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, Process for needs assessment - ANSWER✔✔-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 - ANSWER✔✔-help shape the answers to the
questions what, why, and how
5 models of needs assessment - ANSWER✔✔-epidemiological model,
public health, social, asset, rapid
epidemiological model - ANSWER✔✔-focuses on epidemiological- death
rates, prevalence rates, birth rates
public health model - ANSWER✔✔-attempts to quantify health problems
and often uses epidemiological data- more focused on specific population
and can be mindful of limitations of resources
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