Bani Ibrahim A
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Jazan, Jazan, Saudi Arabia.
J Family Community Med. 2008 Jan;15(1):13-20.
(i) the concept of community health care need assessment; (ii) the roles of academic institutions in health needs assessment; (iii) Jazan study to address the health care needs in Jazan region, Saudi Arabia. The methods included an analysis of the literature, distillation of experience from the recently Jazan Health Need Assessment Survey, and WHO reports. The most important perceived health problems in Jazan region are shortage of health care providers, increased prevalence of communicable diseases and poor environmental health. The academic institutions, Ministry of Health and other health care institutions need to work together to look for innovative approaches, especially to increase the awareness of the society on public health issues, and give more support to increase national and regional funding for community based studies.The findings of the assessment of the health needs of Jazan presented in this review could be utilized as a baseline and reference information for policy formulation, subsequent planning and cost effective intervention programs. It could also be utilized for the curriculum development or review for a community oriented medical schools.
（i）社区医疗需求评估的概念；（ii）学术机构在健康需求评估中的作用；（iii）沙特阿拉伯吉赞地区针对医疗需求的吉赞研究。方法包括文献分析、近期吉赞健康需求评估调查经验提炼以及世界卫生组织报告。吉赞地区最受关注的健康问题是医疗服务提供者短缺、传染病患病率上升以及环境卫生状况差。学术机构、卫生部和其他医疗机构需要共同努力寻找创新方法，特别是提高社会对公共卫生问题的认识，并提供更多支持以增加国家和地区对社区研究的资金投入。本综述中呈现的吉赞健康需求评估结果可作为政策制定、后续规划和成本效益干预项目的基线和参考信息。它还可用于以社区为导向的医学院的课程开发或审查。
