Needs assessment
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A needs assessment is a systematic process for determining and addressing needs, or "gaps", between current conditions and desired conditions or "wants".[1]
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Needs assessment is part of planning. It can be used to clarify problems and identify appropriate solutions.[2] Needs assessments require sufficient data.[3] Needs assessments can help improve policy or program decisions, individuals, education, training, organizations, communities, or products.[4]
There are three types of need in a needs assessment; perceived need, expressed need and relative need.
- Perceived needs are defined by what people think about their needs, each standard changes with each respondent.
- Expressed needs are defined by the number of people who have sought help and focuses on circumstances where feelings are translated into action. A major weakness of expressed needs assumes that all people with needs seek help.
- Relative needs are concerned with equity and must consider differences in population and social pathology.[5]