Needs & Capacity Assessment Strategies Health Promotion & Education 4e

by Gilmore

• ISBN13: 9781449602109
• ISBN10: 144960210X
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-07-29
• Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning

Summary

Needs and Capacity Assessment Strategies for Health Education and Health Promotion, Fourth Edition provides practitioners with a handbook that can be used in the classroom and in the field. It focuses on realistic needs and capacity assessment strategies with considerations for preparation, implementation, and incorporation of findings into the planning process. It also provides an overview of settings, specific target audiences, approaches to assessing needs, and recommendations for addressing problems encountered along the way. The Fourth Edition continues to be reader friendly and worthwhile in terms of practical recommendations. The twelve chapters are realistic process discussions with mini-examples at the end based on the authors#x19; experiences and those of others in the field. Case studies provide insight into various combinations of strategies used in a variety of settings. Two special articles at the end of the book provide further insight regarding community risk estimation and the use of metaphors to gain a better understanding of the perceived needs and capacities that are assessed.

Table of Contents

PartI Introduction and Overview
Chapter1 Gaining a Needs and Capacity Assessment Perspective
Chapter2 Needs and Capacity Assessments Within the Bigger Picture
PartII Assessments with Individuals
Chapter3 Single-Step Surveys
Chapter4 Multistep Surveys: The Delphi Technique
Chapter5 Interviewing
Chapter6 Group Participation Process: Nominal Group
Chapter7 Group Participation Process: Focus Group
Chapter8 Community-Based Needs and Capacity Assessment Processes
Chapter9 Technology-Supported Assessments
Chapter10 Large-Scale Community Assessment Strategies
PartIV Self-Directed Assessments
Chapter11 Self-Directed Assessment Inventories
Chapter12 Observational Self-Directed Assessments
PartV Case Studies and a Needs Assessment Simulation