AOR 1 Assessment of Needs and Capacity Flashcards
What does the health education specialist need to determine to assess capacity?
determine resources available in developing programs to meet the needs of priority populations
Advisory Committee
- individuals who are in a position to periodically report on their actual experiences related to a common issue
- offer their advice to key individual or group who will be making programmatic decisions
Capacity Assessment
measure of actual and potential individual, group, and community resources that can be inherent, and/or brought, to bear for health maintenance and enhancement
The process of ____________ is part of capacity assessment
mapping community assets
Coalition
group of diverse organizations and constituencies working together toward a common goal
Needs Assessment
process of identifying, analyzing, and prioritizing the needs of a priority population
Qualitative Data
data in narrative form, to better understand motivation, thoughts, feelings, & behaviors
- usually descriptions of what is occurring and why
Quantitative Data
data collected in numerical form or easily translated to numerical form
e.g. morbidity & mortality rates
Planning Committee
advisory community members, experts, and agency staff
- may be episodic (limited duration) or continuing (on-going)
Primary Data
data that a health education specialist collects directly which are used to answer unique questions related to a specific needs assessment
Secondary Data
data that already have been collected by others that may or may not be directly gathered from the individual or population being assessed
e.g. existing research (from peer-reviewed journals), databases
Stakeholders
individuals or agencies with a vested interest in the health education program
- involved in program operations, served/directly affected by the program, primary users/participants of the program
Social Determinants of Health (SOH)
- conditions in which people are born, live, work, play
- age, that affects health risks, overall health, daily functioning, & quality of life (QOL)
- shaped by distribution of money, power, & resources at global, national, and local levels
Needs Assessment provides essential foundation that is used to _____________________
guid the direction in the development and support of an intervention
capacity (asset-based) assessment is directed toward _____________________
actual and potential influential resources in the community (i.e. stakeholders) and the support (i.e. individual protective factors, settings, etc) at an INDIVIDUAL level to address needs
To conduct a thorough assessment, health education specialists must plan for the process which includes ____________________
defining the purpose and scope; identifying & engaging the community in all phases of the assessment process; assessing current resources, policies, programs, and interventions; identifying factors that may impact the assessment process
Defining the ____________ of the assessment will provide direction to develop the ______________ of the assessment
PURPOSE; SCOPE
What are questions the planning committee should ask when defining the purpose and scope of an assessment?
- what is goal of the needs assessment?
- what does the planning committee hope to gain from the needs assessment?
- how extensive will the assessment be?
- what types of resources will be available to conduct the assessment?
- what type if needs assessment is appropriate? (e.g. comprehensive, focused, etc.)
A needs assessment plan establishes a roadmap that provides ___________________ that support the GOALS AND OBJECTIVES of the assessment
- overview of the process
- resources needed
- activities
- results
Priority populations can be identified by:
- Demographics (i.e. age, sex/gender, ethnicity, income)
- geography (state, county, etc)
- sector (school, worksite)
- environmental conditions
- culture & social aspects
- size of population
- shared characteristics within the community
What factors should health educator specialists consider and identify that may already exist for target/priority population?
Resources, Policies, Programs, Practices, Interventions
Types of Community Assets (Doyle et al.)
- individual
- institutional
- organizational
- governmental
- physical and land
- cultural
What are the 5 models for conducting a needs assessment? (Issel & Wells)
- EPIDEMIOLOGICAL - uses epidemiological data (i.e. mortality rates)
- PUBLIC HEALTH - utilizes limited resources by focusing on a specific population
- SOCIAL - investigates social or political issues that influence health
- ASSET - focuses on strength of community, organization, or population
- RAPID - time and money are lacking for assessment (provides basic info but lacks detail)
What types of influences should health education specialists gather data on (to ensure to find out what & why it is happening) during assessment?
- health equity
- social-ecological
When gaining knowledge as to what and why a behavior/health problem is occurring, what types of models should be identified?
Planning Model & Implementation Model
Expressed Needs
observed through individuals’ use of services
Actual Needs
discrepancy of services provided to one community compared to another
Perceived Need
what individuals in a community state that they want
Relative Need
describe discrepancy between an individual/group’s current status compared to others
What types of needs should be included in a needs assessment?
Expressed, Actual, Perceived, & Relative Needs
Difference between Stakeholders and Partners
STAKEHOLDERS - those who affect and are affected by change and those who have an interest in the results/what will be done with the results
PARTNERS - individuals/organizations that bring knowledge, skills, or resources and are willing to share risks, responsibilities, & rewards
Why is partnering beneficial when developing a planning team for assessment, planning, intervention, and evaluation of new programs?
- meeting the needs of a priority population (cant be met by capacities of an individual partner)
- sharing of financial resources
- solving a problem or achieving a goal that is a priority to several partners
- bringing more stakeholders to the “table”
- seeing and solving a problem from multiple perspectives
- creating a greater response to a need b/c there is strength in numbers
Planning Committee should include:
- members of priority population
- doers & influencers
- members of the agency
- important stakeholders
When should coalitions (type of partnership) be considered in order to see positive health change within the priority population?
larger community-wide initiatives that require more intense, complex, and detailed efforts
What principles should coalitions use to be successful?
- common agenda
- shared measurement
- mutually reinforcing activities
- continuous communication
- backbone organization
What are the elements to ensure effective community based participation?
- recognize partner community as a unit of identity
- build on community strengths
- facilitate collaborative, equitable decision making
- foster co-learning among partners
- balance knowledge generation with community benefit
- Focus on ecological perspectives, local problems, & multiple determinants of health
- develop systems using an iterative process
- disseminate info, results, & benefits to all partners
- develop a commitment and long-term process
When recruiting members for planning team, how they are chosen will depend on what?
size of the team, type (stakeholders, partners, priority population), skills, experience, & knowledge needed
5 strategies to select team members for planning team
- asking for volunteers
- holding an election within the community
- inviting/recruiting people to serve
- having members formally appointed
- having an application process and then selecting specific to most desirable characteristics
Examples of primary data
surveys, interviews, self-assessments (individual sources)
Delphi technique, community forums, focus groups, nominal group process, observations (group-level sources)
Examples of Secondary Sources
Government Agencies, state & local Agencies, Non-government Agencies & organizations, existing records (health data collected from other services), literature
Literature Review (def’n)
highly systematic method of locating, synthesizing, and interpreting a collection of work by researchers and practitioners
How does conducting literature review help health education specialists in the assessment phase?
helps them to understand existing knowledge on the topic & population
identify information gaps that should be included in the needs assessment
Basic Components of lit review process
- what questions do you want to answer
- what evidence will address the question
- what are in inclusion/exclusion criteria
- how will you find the evidence you want? what is the search strategy?
- what evidence from search process meets your criteria
- how will you document answers to your question
- How will you measure strength of evidence (metric)? how will you summarize findings and draw conclusions?
What should literature strategy identify?
- key search items
- search sources (PubMED, MEDLINE, etc)
- period of time to conduct search
- characteristics of priority population or intervention
- health conditions of interest