PART II Chapter 2 Needs Assessment

MASLOW b Physiological Needs b Safety Needs b Social Needs b Esteem Needs b Self-actualization Needs

CATEGORIES OF NEED b Professional Standards b Client Perspective b Demand statistics b Equity b NORMATIVE b PERCEIVED b EXPRESSED b RELATIVE

APPROACHES TO QUANTIFICATION b Incidence and prevalence studies b Reliance on “experts” experience b Utilization studies b Need for taxonomies b EXISTING STUDIES b EXPERT OPINION b RESOURCE INVENTORIES

Incidence and Prevalence Studies b INCIDENCE STUDIES THE NUMBER OF NEW CASES IN A SPECIFIC TIME PERIOD (1/1/02-12/31/02)THE NUMBER OF NEW CASES IN A SPECIFIC TIME PERIOD (1/1/02-12/31/02) b PREVALENCE STUDIES THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CASES AT ANY ONE TIME (12/31/02)THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CASES AT ANY ONE TIME (12/31/02)

EXAMPLES b 6.1% OF ALL COUPLES ENGAGE IN SERIOUS VIOLENCE IN ANY GIVEN YEAR b 10% OF A STATE’S POPULATION OVER 65 WILL NEED HOME CARE SERVICES b 3 PER 1,000 POPULATION WILL BE MENTALLY DISABLED (RETARDED)

EXAMPLES (cont) b 3.6 PER 1,000 OF THE POPULATION UNDER 15 AND 2.2 PER 1, AND OVER b PER 1,000 POPULATION WILL BE APPRECIABLE DISABLED b PER 1,000 AGED b PER 1,000 AGED 75 AND OLDER

TEEN AGE PREGNANCY RATES b 74/1,000 b 51/1,000 b 5/1,000 b 19,364 b 20,273 b 19,338 b 20,103 b b b b Females b Males b Females b Males

APPROACHES TO QUANTIFICATION b Identifies #’s using b Identifies #’s benefiting b Identifies #’s on waiting lists b Identifies characteristics of both b Identifies costs and staff ratios b Generates profiles and trends b SERVICE STATISTICS

APPROACHES TO QUANTIFICATION b Provides perspective of providers b Insight into barriers b Co-optation b Original data b Attitudinal data b Consensus building b Allows for follow-up b KEY INFORMANT SURVEYS b PUBLIC FORUMS

APPROACHES TO QUANTIFICATION b Tool for community action b Original data b Attitudinal data b Establishes baseline data b SOCIAL SURVEYS