Byrne C M
Eval Health Prof. 1984 Jun;7(2):205-19. doi: 10.1177/016327878400700206.
A needs assessment is a research and planning activity designed to determine a community's service needs and utilization patterns. One of the most practical ways to plan services is to gather information accurately about a defined population and use that information to revise existing programs or develop new ones. Unfortunately, needs assessment findings often go unused. This article describes how a needs assessment was designed to assess the need for hospice services in a rural Pennsylvania county and how the results of this assessment were useful in determining priorities for program planning and service development. The implications of a model needs assessment such as the one proposed are discussed.
需求评估是一项研究和规划活动，旨在确定社区的服务需求和利用模式。规划服务最切实可行的方法之一是准确收集有关特定人群的信息，并利用这些信息修订现有项目或开发新项目。不幸的是，需求评估结果往往未被使用。本文描述了如何设计一项需求评估来评估宾夕法尼亚州一个农村县对临终关怀服务的需求，以及该评估结果如何有助于确定项目规划和服务发展的优先事项。文中还讨论了像本文所提出的这种典型需求评估的意义。
