Needs assessment
Proper nutrition education and weight management
In this assignment, create a needs assessment outline that describes and documents the health status issue that your project will address and the target population it will serve. The purpose of the needs assessment is to help reviewers understand the community and/or organization (i.e., the population) that will be served by your proposed project.
The needs assessment document should describe the need for the project in the proposed locale and include baseline data on the prevalence and demographic characteristics of the targeted population as well as supporting racial/ethnic data. The document should provide a description of the prevalence of health indicators (e.g., overweight, obesity) in the proposed geographic area. It should describe the current availability of preventive health services that address the health issue in the targeted group. In addition, discuss any relevant barriers in the service area that your project hopes to overcome. You should also describe gaps in the current provision of services as well as gaps in knowledge and the capacity of health care providers and key public/private community agencies to adequately screen, routinely assess, effectively intervene, and/or coordinate their efforts within a comprehensive network of preventive health services.
Here is a suggested structure for your needs assessment outline. It should be between 3 and 5 pages in length.
I. Health Status
a. Introduce the health issue
b. How does the health issue affect the target population?
II. Community Description
a. Describe the setting, which might include national, state, local, or campus
information depending on the program scope
III. Needs Assessment
a. Qualitative assessment
b. Quantitative assessment
IV. Community Link
a. What is currently being offered to the specific population?
b. Will the proposed program be complementary, competing, or new to the area?
Creating a Needs Assessment
In this assignment, create a needs assessment outline that describes and documents the health status issue that your project will address and the target population it will serve. The purpose of the needs assessment is to help reviewers understand the community and/or organization (i.e., the population) that will be served by your proposed project.
The needs assessment document should describe the need for the project in the proposed locale and include baseline data on the prevalence and demographic characteristics of the targeted population as well as supporting racial/ethnic data. The document should provide a description of the prevalence of health indicators (e.g., overweight, obesity) in the proposed geographic area. It should describe the current availability of preventive health services that address the health issue in the targeted group. In addition, discuss any relevant barriers in the service area that your project hopes to overcome. You should also describe gaps in the current provision of services as well as gaps in knowledge and the capacity of health care providers and key public/private community agencies to adequately screen, routinely assess, effectively intervene, and/or coordinate their efforts within a comprehensive network of preventive health services.
Here is a suggested structure for your needs assessment outline. It should be between 3 and 5 pages in length.
I.
Health Status
a.
Introduce the health issue
b.
How does the health issue affect the target population?
II.
Community Description
a.
Describe the setting, which might include national, state, local, or campus
information depending on the program scope
III.
Needs Assessment
a.
Qualitative assessment
b.
Quantitative assessment
IV.
Community Link
a.
What is currently being offered to the specific population?
b.
Will the proposed program be complementary, competing, or new to the area?
Grading Rubric
Objectives/Criteria
Performance Indicators
Needs Improvement
Meets Expectations
Exceptional
Health Status
(2 points)
Did not include any national or state data.
(4 points)
Included national or state data, but loosely linked to health status.
(5 points)
Clearly included the national and state data relevant to the health status.
Community Description
(2 points)
Attempt made to describe the population.
(4 points)
Description present, but lacked key characteristics.
(5 points)
Described the target population with key demographic statistics from appropriate sources.
Quantitative and Qualitative Assessment
(2 points)
Biased comments present and/or needs assessment did not clearly indicate the need.
(4 points)
Clearly described the needs assessment performed and gave a description of the need, but only gave narrow view of health problem (i.e., only interviewed stakeholders, not population representatives).
(5 points)
Appropriate needs assessment performed; clearly describes how it was performed; gave unbiased description of the populations needs using the appropriate qualitative measures.
Community Link
(2 points)
Service gaps not described and/or the description of the purposed program is different.
(4 points)
Explained community outlet; the link to these sources not described.
(5 points)
Clearly described existing community services and service gap for health issue.
Audience Awareness
(2.5 points)
More than 4 errors in grammar and spelling; used first person.
(3 points)
13 errors detected in spelling and grammar; old references or errors in APA format.
(5 points)
No errors in grammar, spelling, or APA format; references current (no earlier than 2005 unless justified) and in APA format.
Out of 25 points:
Copyright 2017 Pearson Education, Inc.
Source: McKenzie, J.F., Neiger, B.L., Thackary, R. (2013). Planning, Implementing, and Evaluating Health Promotion Programs: A Primer (7th edition). Pearson Benjamin Cummings Publisher. (ISBN 0-321-78850-8).
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Instructor Manual for Planning, Implementing, and Evaluating Health Promotion Programs
Copyright 2013 Pearson Education, Inc.
Copyright 2017 Pearson Education, Inc.
Source: McKenzie, J.F., Neiger, B.L., Thackary, R. (2013). Planning, Implementing, and Evaluating Health Promotion Programs: A Primer (7th edition). Pearson Benjamin Cummings Publisher. (ISBN 0-321-78850-8).
