Community Needed Assessment

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It is a systematic process for determining and addressing needs, or “gaps” between current conditions and desired conditions or “wants”.

The discrepancy between the current condition and wanted condition must be measured to appropriately identify the need

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Needed Assessment

Question 2

What are the steps taken in a needs assessment?

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Exploration and identification
Data gathering and analysis
Utilization
Evaluation

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What are the four types of community needs?

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Perceived needs
Expressed needs
Absolute needs
Relative needs

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based on what the individuals feels their needs are

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Perceived needs

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define by the number of individuals who sought help

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Expressed needs

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needs deemed universal, including those for survival

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Absolute needs

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Needs rendered necessary based on equity

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Relative needs

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What are the Roles of Community Health Nurses?

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• Recreational
• Physical environment
• Education
• Safety and Transportation
• Politics and Government
• Health and Social services
• Communication
• Economics

Question 9

Where youth and adult citizens address needs and develop responses

Where people’s gifts are recognized and used to solve community problems and create healthy spaces to live

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Community

Question 10

It is a methodical process of gathering and analyzing specific information to proffer (offer) solutions to relevant questions and evaluate the results.

It focuses on finding out all there is to a particular subject matter. Data is collected to be further subjected to hypothesis testing which seeks to explain a phenomenon.

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Data collection

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What are the two types of Data collection?

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primary data collection and secondary data collection

Question 12

It is the gathering of raw data collected at the source. It is a process of collecting the original data collected by a researcher for a specific research purpose.

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Primary data collection

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It does not involve the collection of data that involves numbers or a need to be deduced through a mathematical calculation, rather it is based on the non-quantifiable elements like the feeling or emotion of the researcher.

An example of such a method is an open-ended questionnaire.

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Qualitative research method

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It is presented in numbers and require a mathematical calculation to deduce. An example would be the use of a questionnaire with close-ended questions to arrive at figures to be calculated Mathematically.

Also, methods of correlation and regression, mean, mode and median.

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Quantitative method

Question 15

It is referred to as the gathering of second-hand data collected by an individual who is not the original user.

It is the process of collecting data that is already existing, be it already published books, journals, and/or online portals. In terms of ease, it is much less expensive and easier to collect.

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Secondary data collection

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• It refers to the devices/instruments used to collect data, such as a paper questionnaire or computer-assisted interviewing system. Case Studies, Checklists, Interviews, Observation sometimes, and Surveys or Questionnaires are all tools used to collect data.
• It is important to decide the tools for data collection because researcher is carried out in different ways and for different purposes. The objective behind data collection is to capture quality evidence that allows analysis to lead to the formulation of convincing and credible answers to the posed questions.

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Data collection tool

Question 17

It is a face-to-face conversation between two individuals with the sole purpose of collecting relevant information to satisfy a research purpose.

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Interview

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What are the three different types of interview?

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Structured interviews
Semi structured interviews
Unstructured interviews

Question 19

It is a verbally administered questionnaire. In terms of depth, it is surface level and is usually completed within a short period. For speed and efficiency, it is highly recommendable, but it lacks depth.

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Structured interviews

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In this method, there subsist several key questions which cover the scope of the areas to be explored. It allows a little more leeway for the researcher to explore the subject matter.

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Semi-structured interviews

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It is an in-depth interview that allows the researcher to collect a wide range of information with a purpose. An advantage of this method is the freedom it gives a researcher to combine structure with flexibility even though it is more time-consuming.

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Unstructured interviews

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It is used for recording sound on disc, tape, or film. Audio information can meet the needs of a wide range of people, as well as provide alternatives to print data collection tools.

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Audio Recorder

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This can be used for transmitting those images to a monitor screen when the need arises.

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Digital camera

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It is used for collecting data through interviews. It provides a combination of both an audio recorder and a video camera.

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Camorder

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It is the process of collecting data through an instrument consisting of a series of questions and prompts to receive a response from individuals it is administered to. It is designed to collect data from a group.

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Questionnaires

Question 26

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Formplus

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It is a data collection tool consisting of a series of questions and/or prompts for the purpose of gathering information from respondents. Mostly designed for statistical analysis of the responses, they can also be used as a form of data collection.

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Paper Questionnaire

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It is the process of gathering and submitting data to be further subjected to analysis. The key aspect of data reporting is reporting accurate data because of inaccurate data reporting leads to uninformed decision making.

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Data reporting or Reporting

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This is the introduction of new investigative questions in addition to/other than the ones originally used when the data was initially gathered. It involves adding measurement to a study or research. An example would be sourcing data from an archive.

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Existing Data

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Unlike newspapers and magazines, This is intended for an academic or technical audience, not general readers. It is a scholarly publication containing articles written by researchers, professors, and other experts.

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Research journals

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It is a data collection tool for gathering information from a sample population, with the intention of generalizing the results to a larger population. It has a variety of purposes and can be carried out in many ways depending on the objectives to be achieved.

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Surveys

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This is a data collection method by which information on a phenomenon is gathered through ( ). The nature of the observation could be accomplished either as a complete observer, an observer as a participant, a participant as an observer, or as a complete participant. This method is a key base for formulating a hypothesis.

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Observation

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It state-specific criteria, allow users to gather information and make judgments about what they should know in relation to the outcomes. They offer systematic ways of collecting data about specific behaviors, knowledge, and skills.

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Checklists

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This is an observational study method of collecting evaluative information. The evaluator watches the subject in his or her usual environment without altering that environment.

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Direct observation

Question 37

- The opposite of quantitative research which involves numerical-based data, this data collection method focuses more on qualitative research. It falls under the primary category for data based on the feelings and opinions of the respondents. This research involves asking open-ended questions to a group of individuals usually ranging from 6-10 people, to provide feedback.

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Focus groups

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- One group watches another group answer the questions posed by the moderator. After listening to what the other group has to offer, the group that listens are able to facilitate more discussion and could potentially draw different conclusions.

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Two-way

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- There are two moderators who play the devil's advocate. The main positive of the dueling-moderator focus group is to facilitate new ideas by introducing new ways of thinking and varying viewpoints.

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Dueling moderator

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- A body of persons having a common history, ethnicity, culture, geography, or interests.

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Communitu

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- Defined by distinct boundaries and bound by a common political, economic and social system. 

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Community of place

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A group of individuals that share common interests, goals, or knowledge about something.

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Community of interest

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What are the Community assessment tools?

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* Focus Group Interview * Public Issues Forum * Secondary Data Analysis * Community Survey Questionnaire * Interviews * Asset Mapping

Question 44

It is a technique for cataloguing local community assets/resources to meet community objectives. The goal is to identify and utilize assets to better the community rather than to focus on problems and needs.

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Asset mapping

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What are the assets come in many forms?

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Human assets Association assets Institutional assets Local Business assets Outside Resources

Question 46

It is the process of making decisions about how best to allocate limited resources to improve population health. It may occur at all levels of the health system.

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Priority setting

Question 47

It is a process whereby all potential options (interventions), that address the problems identified in the situation analysis, are reviewed according to an agreed set of criteria. It cannot be resolved by purely technical and scientific methods

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Priotisation

Question 48

The assignment of equal or differential weights to the criteria should be carefully deliberated upon by the participants until a consensus is reached on the selected criteria and the weights.

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Weighting criteria