needs assessment techniques
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korinnepetris on October 17, 2011
Subjects:
program design and proposal writing
Description:
lecture 4- midterm 2
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 purpose of needs statement | to make a compelling statement of the conditions or issues that leads to your proposed course of action |
| use of needs statement | supportive evidence to describe the nature and extent of the problem illuminates the factors contributing to the problem identifies gaps in services or programs describes best practices that may be used to address the problem |
| needs statement data | demonstrate your understanding of the problem and the target population demonstrate your knowledge about successful interventions indicate your awareness of barriers to the provision of services to this population demonstrate that the problem is the same issue the funder wants to address lay the groundwork so the funder recognizes that you have selected one of the best choices to address the identified problem |
| the nature and extent of your problem | who is your target population? what is the need? who is experiencing it? Data, national, state, local, statistics |
| factors contributing to the problem or condition | causes? what makes this an issue? what are the underlying causes of the problem? lack of skills or knowledge attitudes or values physical or mental health challenges dysfunctional or problem behaviors limited resources or access to services institutional or systemic barriers policies, practices, or laws |
| what is the impact of the need or problem | why is the problem a problem? what are the consequences of not addressing the problem? |
| promising approaches for addressing the problem | describe approaches that have been successful elsewhere 1 and only 1 program |
| key informant | experts that can give you information. experts in the field. advantage: give you accurate information disadvantage: information may be biased |
| community forum | large gatherings from communities. residents, city officials, professionals, clients. broad open advantage: improving public awareness. networking, lots of input and perspective disadvantage: no agreement, hard to get consensus, establish priority, agreement, can't focus, hard to organize |
| focus groups | small gatherings with 12-15 participants. no more than 2 hours in length. eliminate variables. bring together people of like or similar backgrounds advantage- consensus of group to what issue or what priority is. can get people to come to a consensus, to set priorities disadvantage- narrow point of view. could be biased. missing certain people who would be important representative of group |
| case review | review of current or close cases from the agency you are looking at. select sampling of cases. purpose is to gain info on what worked, about service delivery to particular clients advantages- critical analysis of what goes on in detail of services provided to a specific client disadvantages- hard to figure out patterns. if does not get right selection of cases. really time intensive |
| rates under treatment | identifying and learning about the services being provided. all aspects of treatment advantages- see and learn demographics of services disadvantages- people who arent getting services are on waiting list. dont get to understand the real need |
| social indicators | public records, data available through public, any data found online advantage- readily accessible disadvantage- can be hard to find, not having enough credibility |
| surveys | written, face to face, phone, self report advantage- a lot of quantitative as well as qualitative information, can ask your own questions disadvantage- not accurate. biased. response rate- people dont respond |
| journal articles | advantage- lots of good research done through academia. good value of information disadvantage- hard to find something that matches your search criteria |
| local media | newspapers, internet advantage- current information, relevant to community can get more accurate, in depth information disadvantage- very biased, very opinionated, not always accurate |
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