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Introduction to Community Needs Assessment: Finding the Data

URL 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_HhtXlE3Hw

Date Developed: July 8, 2020. Source: Network of the National Library of Medicine [NNLM]. Presenter(s): Robert Martiniano, DrPH, MPA. Type: Video. Level: Introductory. Length: 47 minutes.

Annotation

Community needs assessments are crucial to understanding how to best help a community. This video focuses on the data aspect of community needs assessments. Topics covered include the definition of a community needs assessment, planning for a community needs assessment, how to find and create data, and ways to prioritize and implement findings form a community needs assessment.

Learning Objectives

• Define a community needs assessment

• Identify who needs to be involved in a needs assessment

• Outline how to find data for a needs assessment

• Describe what is means to “prioritize findings”

• Explain what to do with the findings from a needs assessment

This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under grant number UE8MC25742; MCH Navigator for $225,000/year. This information or content and conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.