Chapter 5 - Conductiing Needs Assessmet

Question 1

1. Assess the community
2. Quantifying the issue
3. Develop a concise issue statement
4. summarize the scientific literature
5. develop and prioritize program & policy options
6. conduct action planning & implement programs or policy
7. Evaluate the program or policy

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Steps in Grant Writing

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• consists of individuals that live within a specified geographic area
• individuals who have a common experience, interest, or share a particular social or cultural sense of identity

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what is a community?

Question 3

• identify the health concerns in the community
• factors in the community that influence health (health determinants)
• Assets, resources, and challenges that influence these factors

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Why conduct needs assessment?

Question 4

identify your community of interest;
- individual
- youth
- residents of a neighborhood
- lower income adults

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Who to assess

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useful to consider assessment of factors at five levels (individual, interpersonal, organizational, community, governmental & policy)

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What to asses - ecological model

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Natural Environment
Built Environment
Presence or absence of toxic substances and other physical hazards

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Physical determinants

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Access to health care
quality of services, cost, health insurance, preventive services

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health services

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• People
• place
• interaction

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The elements of community with their characteristics

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• needs can be defined as the gap between what is and what should be
• Resources, or assets, can include individuals, organizations and institutions, buildings, landscapes, equipment –anything that can be used to improve the quality of life.

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Needs and resources?

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• a process in which community members & broad array of medical/health, business, community, faith-based, and governmental organizations become partners in assessing the needs community
• Use the information gathered to prioritize and develop right interventions (programs, policies, or environmental changes)

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What is community health needs assessment?

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• Expressed need
• Normative need
• Relative need
• Perceived need

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Four types of needs

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is the problem revealed via healthcare-seeking behavior, e.g. # of people who request for services

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Expressed need

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is a lack, deficit, inadequacy, or excess as defined by experts and health professionals, e.g. having BMI > 30

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Normative need

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is the identified gap through comparison between advantaged and disadvantaged groups. Most health disparities are stated as relative need

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Relative needs

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is the felt lack as experienced by the target audience, e.g. community demanding a new school because of the distance their children have to walk to school

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perceived need

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• Partners work together to identify gaps in services, avoid duplication of services, exchange information to allow for appropriate client referral

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roles of partners in community assessment

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• community members
• community-based organizations
• government or public agencies
• private agencies
• local business health partners

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Partners involved in community assessment include:

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• health condition or risk factors under consideration
• the population affected
• the size and scope of the problem
• prevention opportunities
• potential stakeholders

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Components of community health assessment

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biology and genetics, individual behavior, social determinants, physical determinants, policy, and health services

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Determinants of health

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age, sex, family history of disease, genetic characteristics, ethnicity

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biology & genetics

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physical activity, eating habits, communication skills, knowledge

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individual behavior, knowledge, and skills

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family norms, peer relationships, social networks, economic status, public safety, quality of education, segregation, exposure to crime and violence, access to resources, racism

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Social determinants

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local, state and federal laws that affect individuals and population health such as tobacco taxes, seatbelt laws, etc.

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policy

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Step 1 of GRANT writing

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Assess the community

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Step 2 GRANT writing

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Quantifying the issue

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Step 3 GRANT writing

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Develop a concise issue statement

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Step 4 GRANT writing

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summarize the scientific literature

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Step 5 GRANT writing

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develop and prioritize program & policy options

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Step 6 GRANT writing

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conduct action planning & implement programs or policy

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Step 7 GRANT writing

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Evaluate the program or policy