What-is-a-Needs-Assessment)

Question 1

A Needs Assessment takes place after the activity is designed.

True or false

Answer 1

False

A Needs Assessment takes place before the activity is designed.

Question 2

Why do you conduct a Needs Assessment?

Answer 2

The purpose of a Needs Assessment is to make decisions regarding priorities for the program.

Question 3

Needs Assessments are about(………..)

Answer 3

Evidence

Question 4

The space between what currently exists and what should exist.

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Gaps

Question 5

often relate to barriers

Answer 5

Needs

Question 6

What needs to be resolved to help close a gap.

Answer 6

Needs

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are contributing factors

Answer 7

Needs

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(………..) are possible solutions
– A proposed means to filling the gap.

Answer 8

Wants

Question 9

is the evaluation of needs, barriers and resources.

Answer 9

Assessment

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is the process of identifying and measuring areas for improvement in a target audience, and determining the methods to achieve improvement.

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Needs Assessment

Question 11

What goes into a Needs Assessment?

“What does it take to get your activity off the ground?”

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 Normative data
 Evaluations
 Objectives
 Opinion
 Timelines
 Barriers
 Resources

Question 12

Phases of a Needs Assessment

……. »»» ……… »»» ………

                      (Needs Assessment)

Answer 12

Pre-Assessment »»» Assessment »»» Action Plan

                      (Needs Assessment)

Question 13

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?

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Pre-Assessment

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– 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?

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Assessment

Question 15

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?

Answer 15

Action Plan

Question 16

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?

Answer 16

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?

Question 17

()…………: What are the consequences?
Discomfort? Pain? Blindness?

Answer 17

Severity

Question 18

()………..: How many, or what percent, of patients are exposed/vulnerable/
expected to suffer from…

Answer 18

Scope

Question 19

Needs (gaps) are identified in 4 ways:
•Types of Need

Answer 19

 Normative
 Relative
 Expressed
 Perceived

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 Defined as falling below a standard criterion established by custom, authority, or general consensus.

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Normative

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 Allows planners to use objective targets

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Strength of normative

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Need levels change with time and must be re-evaluated

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Weakness of normative

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Measured by the gap between the level of service between similar communities

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Relative

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Can lead to a priority for distribution of limited resources

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Strength of relative

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Limits resource allocation to under-performing areas

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Weakness of relative

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Defined in terms of the number of people who actually have sought help

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Expressed

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 Focuses on situations where people have taken action  Helps to determine barriers

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Strength of expressed

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 Not all people with Needs seek help  Loss of the bigger picture  Misses latent Needs

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Weakness of expressed

Question 29

Defined in terms of what people think their needs are or feel their needs to be

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Perceived

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 Easy to come by

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Strength of perceived

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 Subjective  Subject to the Dunning-Kruger effect

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Weakness of perceived

Question 32

Each type of need paints a different picture of the gap.

Answer 32

True

Question 33

Want and Need are not synonyms

Answer 33

True

Question 34

A Needs Assessment is conducted before the activity is planned.

Answer 34

True

Question 35

Pre-Assessment is enough.

Answer 35

False Pre-Assessment is not enough.

Question 36

The more types of need you consider, the richer the planning process and the more effective the education.

Answer 36

True

Question 37

“What gets measured gets managed” Who said that?

Answer 37

Peter Drucker