What-is-a-Needs-Assessment) Flashcards
A Needs Assessment takes place after the activity is designed.
True or false
False
A Needs Assessment takes place before the activity is designed.
Why do you conduct a Needs Assessment?
The purpose of a Needs Assessment is to make decisions regarding priorities for the program.
Needs Assessments are about(………..)
Evidence
The space between what currently exists and what should exist.
Gaps
often relate to barriers
Needs
What needs to be resolved to help close a gap.
Needs
are contributing factors
Needs
(………..) are possible solutions
– A proposed means to filling the gap.
Wants
is the evaluation of needs, barriers and resources.
Assessment
is the process of identifying and measuring areas for improvement in a target audience, and determining the methods to achieve improvement.
Needs Assessment
What goes into a Needs Assessment?
“What does it take to get your activity off the ground?”
Normative data
Evaluations
Objectives
Opinion
Timelines
Barriers
Resources
Phases of a Needs Assessment
……. »»» ……… »»» ………
(Needs Assessment)
Pre-Assessment »»» Assessment »»» Action Plan
(Needs Assessment)
Data collection. “What do we know?”
This is the foundation of Gap Analysis
-What is the current state?
- Where should we be?
- How does our region compare to others?
- What’s new?
- What’s important?
Pre-Assessment
– Evaluation of the data
• What are our barriers?
– Both internal and external
• What Needs have we identified?
• Are some gaps bigger than others?
– Consider both scope and severity
• What are our priorities?
• Do we have the resources to address them?
• Why do anything at all?
Assessment
How are we going to translate what we have into what they need?
• Which Needs can we address?
• How are we overcoming barriers?
– List additional barriers hindering progress
• Have any areas been identified for follow-up or future opportunities for educational intervention?
Action Plan
Gathering Data
•Search for objective measures:
()………..: How many, or what percent, of patients are exposed/vulnerable/
expected to suffer from…
()…………: What are the consequences?
Discomfort? Pain? Blindness?
()Are there national standards for treatment?
Can we do better?
Gathering Data
•Search for objective measures:
Scope: How many, or what percent, of patients are exposed/vulnerable/expected to suffer from…
Severity: What are the consequences?
Discomfort? Pain? Blindness?
Are there national standards for treatment?
Can we do better?
()…………: What are the consequences?
Discomfort? Pain? Blindness?
Severity
()………..: How many, or what percent, of patients are exposed/vulnerable/
expected to suffer from…
Scope
Needs (gaps) are identified in 4 ways:
•Types of Need
Normative
Relative
Expressed
Perceived
Defined as falling below a standard criterion established by custom, authority, or general consensus.
Normative
Allows planners to use objective targets
Strength of normative
Need levels change with time and must be re-evaluated
Weakness of normative
Measured by the gap between the level of service between similar communities
Relative
Can lead to a priority for distribution of limited resources
Strength of relative
Limits resource allocation to under-performing areas
Weakness of relative
Defined in terms of the number of people who actually have sought help
Expressed
Focuses on situations where people have taken action
Helps to determine barriers
Strength of expressed
Not all people with Needs seek help
Loss of the bigger picture
Misses latent Needs
Weakness of expressed
Defined in terms of what people think their needs are or feel their needs to be
Perceived
Easy to come by
Strength of perceived
Subjective
Subject to the Dunning-Kruger effect
Weakness of perceived
Each type of need paints a different picture of the gap.
True
Want and Need are not synonyms
True
A Needs Assessment is conducted before the activity is planned.
True
Pre-Assessment is enough.
False
Pre-Assessment is not enough.
The more types of need you consider, the richer the planning process and the more effective the education.
True
“What gets measured gets managed”
Who said that?
Peter Drucker
