Week 10 Flashcards
Four health needs
- Normative
- Felt
- Expressed
- Comparative
Normative need
needs as define by experts or professionals
Felt needs
needs as defined by clients, patients, relatives or service users
Expressed needs
felt needs that have become demands expressed in words or actions
Comparative needs
needs that arise from a comparison with similar groups or individuals
what needs need to be addressed before normative needs are
felt and expressed as a way of “starting where the people are:
Rapid apprasial
means of gathering information for a health needs assessment
what is a rapid apprasial
a participatory method to quickly identify health needs and priorities using available secondary data (already collected data)
**also involves interviews with key informants
what are key informants
people who work in the community like teachers or police, people recognized as community leaders like religious leaders or local politicians, and people in roles that put them in contact with the community like shopkeepers or hair stylisits
rapid apprasial can involve
engaging with community members in public forums, focus groups, or participatory techniques like community mapping
focus of PRA projects are generally
the issues identified and prioritized by the community itself
Acccess Alliance Multicultural Health and Community Services
an agency providing a range of services including primary care and health poromotion for immigrants and refugees in toronto
Taylor-massey developing appropriate interventions
tailored intervention that meet specific cultural and linguistic needs, ensuring more effective outcomes
Taylor-massey identifying community needs and reducing inequalities
comprehensive community assessments to uncover health disparities and needs unmet, and target support services and resources here
Taylor-massehy identifying and responding to needs of minority and socially excluded groups
provide strageties for identifying marginalized groups and responding with culturally appropriate inclusive services to meet unique needs promoting equitable health access
taylor- massey targeting risk groups
by analyzing local health data, we can prioritize at risk groups, and enable them to design specialized interventions to mitigate health risk
Taylor-massey allocating resources
offer guidance to ensure high need areas receieve appropriate support and determine most cost-effective approaches to distributing resources
