Health Needs Assessment Approaches by Sigodo, Kennedy Ouma https://padlet.com/ksigod200/le11i9yv31hmn6je Student in-class discussion en-us 2022-10-22 10:51:35 UTC 2022-10-24 09:25:41 UTC hello@padlet.com Group 3. https://padlet.com/ksigod200/le11i9yv31hmn6je/wish/2353248036 EXPLAINING THE DIFFERENCES IN OPOID OVERDOSE DEATHS BETWEEN SCOTLAND AND ENGLAND /WALES : implications for european opioid policies  
Its an article which is used 2 approaches epidemiological and comparative study.
Advantage: It is a 10 year study between 2 regions.]]> 2022-10-24 08:55:18 UTC https://padlet.com/ksigod200/le11i9yv31hmn6je/wish/2353248036 Group 1 https://padlet.com/ksigod200/le11i9yv31hmn6je/wish/2353250792 Addressing Mental Health Needs of Asylum Seekers and Refugees in a London Borough: Epidemiological and User perspectives.

Advantage.
It was easy to conduct amd no follow up was needed.

Limitation.
Lack of local data on the number of assylum seekers as this contributed to lack of information making planning services difficult.]]> 2022-10-24 08:57:48 UTC https://padlet.com/ksigod200/le11i9yv31hmn6je/wish/2353250792 Group 1 https://padlet.com/ksigod200/le11i9yv31hmn6je/wish/2353256537 Comparative Assessment of Psychosocial Staus of Elderly in Urban and Rural Area, Karna taka, India.

Limitation.
It only defines thise at risk of depression and does not provide definite diagnosis of depression.

Advantage.
It sheds more light on the differences in social and psychological problems faced by elders in rural and urban areas ]]> 2022-10-24 09:02:56 UTC https://padlet.com/ksigod200/le11i9yv31hmn6je/wish/2353256537 Group 4 https://padlet.com/ksigod200/le11i9yv31hmn6je/wish/2353258910 Paper name : Health need assessment for medical genetics services for congenital disorders in middle and low income nations.

Type of need assessment done : Epidemiological need assessment.
HNA is a systematic method for identifying unmet health,

Advantages: they provide a rational, epidemiological approach for providing information to plan, introduce and beneficially change healthcare services to improve the health of the population




Limitations: financial, social, legal, political and possibly others are a feature of all health systems and therefore a ‘filter’ that all the components of HNA to negotiate before analysis and prioritizations can lead to effective planning.]]> 2022-10-24 09:04:59 UTC https://padlet.com/ksigod200/le11i9yv31hmn6je/wish/2353258910 group 2 https://padlet.com/ksigod200/le11i9yv31hmn6je/wish/2353260310 Development of a community diagnosis exercise for medical students working in general practices around Glasgow.
  • Rapid appraisal can be used to involve the public in the identification of local health needs and can supplement more formal methods of assessing needs
  • Rapid appraisal is best used in homogeneous communities: practice populations tend to be heterogeneous
  • Rapid appraisal can be modified to focus on the needs of specific groups of patients

Advantages
Rapid appraisal is flexible
It promotes networking and equality
It makes the research easier and yield focused result.

Limitations
Bias —Bias can occur when informants are chosen from groups that share similar views and are not offset with informants who may have a different view.
Limited data used Rapid appraisal allows only a brief time frame and uses limited resources
]]> 2022-10-24 09:06:12 UTC https://padlet.com/ksigod200/le11i9yv31hmn6je/wish/2353260310 Group 1: Addressing Mental Health Needs of Asylum seekers and refugees in a London Borough: epidemiological and user perspectives. https://padlet.com/ksigod200/le11i9yv31hmn6je/wish/2353261486 Advantage
It provided a user perspective of the study.

Limitation.
Interviews were only conducted with the RCOs and not including the main asylum seekers and would have gained a broader results if included]]> 2022-10-24 09:07:08 UTC https://padlet.com/ksigod200/le11i9yv31hmn6je/wish/2353261486 Group 1 https://padlet.com/ksigod200/le11i9yv31hmn6je/wish/2353266123 Syrian refugees in Jordan: Social workers
Use a participatory Rapid appraisal methodology for needs assessments, human rights and community development.

Advantage
Ensurea greater participation and responding to planning social work interventions 

Limitation 
Not all members were represented in the population.]]> 2022-10-24 09:11:09 UTC https://padlet.com/ksigod200/le11i9yv31hmn6je/wish/2353266123