Assignment 2 – HCA498 – Planning for Health Programs and Services, and Community Health Assessment for Program Planning

Assignment 2 – HCA498 – Planning for Health Programs and Services, and Community Health Assessment for Program Planning

Assignment 2

For this module, you are to complete the following assignment:

Chapter 3, p. 85, question #1: Select one of the perspectives on assessment. In what way does that perspective change, alter, or influence each step in the process of performing a needs assessment?
Chapter 3, p. 86, question #2: Why is each type of assessment relevant to health program planning?
attached the chapters (Chapter 3) –

1 – Must site from chapters

2 – 2-3 Additional Scholarly Source

3 – Each answer should be between 1 to 1,5 pages long.

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Question 1
When conducting a needs assessment, different models are put into perspective where each provides advantages and disadvantages, and they include epidemiological, social, public health, assets, and rapid perspective models. As such, the main aim of need assessment it guiding and informing decision associated with prioritizing problems and program development (Virtue, Chaussalet, & Kelly, 2013).

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