Deck 28: Needs Assessment Research

Question 1

A needs assessment may be defined as a systematic and ongoing process of providing usable and useful information about the needs of the target to those who can and will utilize it to make judgments about policy and programs.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

While there are many ways of defining need, it is generally accepted that need should not be defined as the discrepancy between what an individual's present situation/status is and what is desired.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

The process, measures, outcomes, and actions of a given needs assessment are fundamentally linked to either the principles and values of the marketplace or to a commitment to the social good.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Please match the description with type of need the appropriate.

-This may be wide ranging or narrowly focused on a specific problem occurring within a setting.

A) The sophistication of the project design
B) The level of involvement of the stakeholders
C) The scope of the issue being condensed
D) The project's political orientation

Question 5

Please match the description with type of need the appropriate.

-This is the intention behind a needs assessment, which may contribute to it maintaining or challenging the status quo.

A) The sophistication of the project design
B) The level of involvement of the stakeholders
C) The scope of the issue being condensed
D) The project's political orientation

Question 6

Please match the description with type of need the appropriate.

-This should be systematic, empirically based, outcome oriented, and focused on solving real-world problems through the application of a variety of research methodologies and methods.

A) The sophistication of the project design
B) The level of involvement of the stakeholders
C) The scope of the issue being condensed
D) The project's political orientation

Question 7

Please match the description with type of need the appropriate.

-This is reflected by the individuals receiving service, providers of service, or organization as a whole, who may be integrated on a fully participatory level, or not at all.

A) The sophistication of the project design
B) The level of involvement of the stakeholders
C) The scope of the issue being condensed
D) The project's political orientation

Question 8

Please match the description with type of need the appropriate.

-Want, with or without actions to obtain that which is wanted

A) Normative
B) Felt
C) Expressed
D) Comparative

Question 9

Please match the description with type of need the appropriate.

-Demand for a service, either through current use or waiting list

A) Normative
B) Felt
C) Expressed
D) Comparative

Question 10

Please match the description with type of need the appropriate.

-An approach for conceptualizing needs by contrast to a baseline

A) Normative
B) Felt
C) Expressed
D) Comparative

Question 11

Please match the description with type of need the appropriate.

-Defined by professionals and experts rather than by members of the community

A) Normative
B) Felt
C) Expressed
D) Comparative

Question 12

Please match the description with models for needs assessment appropriate

-Facilitates the planning of a needs assessment; operates as a checklist of stages and activities

A) Logic model
B) Three-phase model
C) Concerns report model
D) Participatory and community building

Question 13

Please match the description with models for needs assessment appropriate

-A tool that draws on focus groups as survey research, and provides analytic strategies that originate in discrepancy modeling

A) Logic model
B) Three-phase model
C) Concerns report model
D) Participatory and community building

Question 14

Please match the description with models for needs assessment appropriate

-Utilizes graphical or figure form to portray relationships between resources, activities, outputs, and outcomes for planning

A) Logic model
B) Three-phase model
C) Concerns report model
D) Participatory and community building

Question 15

Please match the description with models for needs assessment appropriate

-Requires active involvement of the stakeholders; focuses on the community and fostering development of a collective

A) Logic model
B) Three-phase model
C) Concerns report model
D) Participatory and community building

Question 16

Using a marketplace philosophy for needs assessment, all of the following are correct for describing how needs may be addressed except for which?

A) Individual preferences and autonomy are not recognized as determining need.
B) Services are viewed as an economic good and are distributed based on people's ability to pay (either independently or through various types of insurance).
C) Need is equated with demand and defined in terms of solutions.
D) Needs can best be met through a free market.

Question 17

Client's needs in occupational therapy may include all of the following except for which?

A) Basic physiological drives
B) Goals that are sought after (ends)
C) Strategies to achieve goals (solutions)
D) Goals that are prescribed