Question

Conducting a Needs Assessment

the Internet, and your interactions with your local healthcare department and professionals, create a 4- to 5-page needs assessment in a Microsoft Word document that:

• Identifies and describes in detail a public health problem that is significant in your community.
• Provides an introduction to the problem. The introduction should describe the impact of the problem on your community and rationale for its selection.
• Identifies, describes, and justifies your selection of the level of the public health pyramid at which the assessment will be conducted
• Develops a needs assessment plan for addressing the selected problem in your community.

Answer 1

Few of the major issues that is significant in our community when it comes to public health problem are money and social stigma. Considering the fact as a developing country most of the section of rural areas are not exposed to basic medical education as well as medical facilities. Social stigmas also plays a major role in urban and rural areas. For example most of the cases of breast cancer and ovarian cancers are diagnosed in late stages due to not realizing early symptoms and even stigma of not opening it up about it. Cases of HIV also faces the similar consequences. Lack of proper knowledge and education are still prevalent in our community and we need to overcome from it in coming future. The key is that the more we talk about it more group of people will know what the disorder is and how to take preventive actions for it.

Organisation of health related educational program needs to planned for this. Information associated with malnutrition, tuberculosis, HIV, cancer etc. needed to be make people aware of. Free medical camp, facilities will also help in making people aware of the disorder. The importance of maintaining hygiene which can prevent spread of viral and bacterial disease should be circulated among commoners.