Planning Healthcare at a Community Level

Question 1

What are the different ways that need can be considered?

Answer 1

Normative need
Felt need
Expressed need
Comparative need
Unmet need

Question 2

What are the 9 protected characteristics?

Answer 2

1. age
2. disability
3. gender reassignment
4. marriage & civil partnership
5. pregnancy & maternity
6. race
7. religion / belief
8. sex
9. sexual orientation

Question 3

What are the cyclical steps of healthcare planning?

Answer 3

Assessment of need –> options –> decisions on policy –> available resources –> implementation –> evaluation

Question 4

What is the definition of a health needs assessment?

Answer 4

the systematic method of identifying public health, healthcare needs of a population and making recommendations for changes to meet these needs

Question 5

What are the process steps of needs assessment?

Answer 5

• examining and describing the characteristics of the population
• identifying the needs of the population
• examine the current service provision
• identify how gaps can be met