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Needs Assessment for Program Planning
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| Ann Del Vecchio, Alpha Assessment Associates LLC, ann.delvecchio@gmail.com
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| Nadine Tafoya, Nadine Tafoya and Associates, nayanet2426@gmail.com
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A completed needs assessment usually comprises the first section of funding proposals (private, state, federal). Instructions and / or the requirements for this section are usually minimal and do not consider the amount of work necessary to conducting a community wide needs assessment. Additionally needs assessment data can form the foundation of an evaluation plan when a comparison to the baseline or pre intervention state is needed to document outcomes.
This paper provides the description of the steps taken in seven local communities as well as a statewide comparison assessment to document the need for substance abuse prevention programs. The process focused on collecting data from a variety of sources including epidemiological data from the state department of health, key informant interviews, crime and driving while intoxicated statistics, emergency room admissions and youth focus groups. Prioritization of the needs used one of the methods described in Altschuld and White, 2010.
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A Needs Assessment of End-of-Life and Palliative Care Science: The Value and Challenges of a Multi-Method Approach
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| Amanda Greene, National Institutes of Health, amanda.greene@nih.gov
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| Jeri Miller, National Institutes of Health, jmiller@mail.nih.gov
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| Lisbeth Jarama, NOVA Research Company, ljarama@novaresearch.com
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This session will discuss the development of a government, multi-method needs assessment and the implementation challenges. Various complementary methods are used to identify the scope of and to provide a national portrait of the state of end-of-life and palliative care research and research funding trends in order to enhance a coordinated, broad-based, and diversified approach to this research field among public and private institutions and the research community. To increase opportunities for use of the findings from this needs assessment by various stakeholders, a multi-method approach is being employed. This includes analysis of federal and philanthropic databases, an analytic review of the literature, three online surveys, and key informant interviews with end-of-life and palliative care researchers and funders. Finally, a scoping exercise is being conducted, where experts review and map the collected data to identify gaps, and envision and prioritize innovative approaches to meet needs.
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