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Format:
Paperback
243 pp.
152 mm x 226 mm

ISBN-13:
9780190615505

Copyright Year:
2016

Imprint: OUP US

The Community Needs Assessment Workbook

Rodney A. Wambeam

Series : Lyceum

In planning community and social services, perceptions of need come from many sources - from the local news to political interest groups - but the first step in conducting efficient and effective community interventions is to look beyond perceptions and identify the actual needs based on available evidence. Creating a comprehensive needs assessment is essential for securing funding and designing programs in governmental agencies and nonprofit organizations. This workbook helps community groups, social service organizations, and government agencies collect, analyze, prioritize, and present local data in a way that will ensure that a community's needs are understood and met.

Employing a learn-by-doing approach, the book walks readers through the actual steps of creating a comprehensive needs assessment. The workbook offers thorough background information and provides step-by-step activities to address the entire process beginning with the planning stage, followed by data collection and analysis, and concluding with preparing your report and implementing findings. Whether in a classroom setting or in the workplace, this is the book that practitioners will use throughout their entire careers.

Reviews

"This is a well written, easy to read, and friendly text. It is well organized and follows a logical progression with a wide variety of easy-to-understand examples ranging from health and human services needs assessments to those for broad community betterment."
--Gary Bess, University of Southern California, Chico
"Compared with other texts, this workbook is practical, easy to understand, and would help someone conduct a realistic needs assessment to produce very useful information."
--Jami Fraze, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Preface
Step 1: Planning Your Needs Assessment
1. Introduction
2. Laying the Foundation
Step 2: Collecting and Analyzing Data
3. Types of Data
4. Collecting Qualitative Data
5. Collecting Quantitative Data
6. Analyzing Qualitative Data
7. Analyzing Quantitative Data
Step 3: Finalizing and Using Your Needs Assessment
8. Answering Research Questions and Setting Priorities
9. Writing the Technical Report
10. Using a Comprehensive Needs Assessment

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Rodney A. Wambeam (PhD, University of Nebraska) is a senior research scientist at the Wyoming Survey and Analysis Center and adjunct professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Wyoming. He has served as health and human services advisor to the governor of Nebraska, on numerous councils and coalitions, and as technical assistance provider to states and communities throughout America.

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Special Features

Text is formatted as a workbook designed around tasks, worksheets, and tools to guide the reader through the process of creating an actual needs assessment.
The website www.rodneywambeam.com accompanies the book and has downloadable copies of all the worksheets included so that readers can print and use them for future projects.
Demonstrations provide real-world examples of communities and organizations at every step of the process.
Covers important topics frequently left out of needs assessment texts including survey research, and using completed assessment reports for making decisions, and writing grant proposals.