Need Assessment
Brief Description of topic: Needs assessment is a systematic process used to profile population needs, resources, and readiness. This process includes the review and collection of community-level data. Data-driven decision-making and planning will help ensure that appropriate issues are targeted and that the appropriate target geographic area and/or population are identified. For help in this section we have many resources provided including the Needs Assessment workbook, the description and link to ASPIRE which is a web-based data system designed to store and manage indicator and resource data, and information regarding OMNI’s survey and corresponding tools. |
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Needs Assessment Workbook
To help communities with needs assessment processes we have created the Needs Assessment workbook. This workbook provides an outline of the many steps included in a comprehensive needs assessment process along with tools and resources to help with each step. This Needs Assessment workbook outlines a general process that may be used to address a variety of community issues. Listed below are the main sections found in the workbook. For the complete workbook and corresponding tools please download the Needs Assessment workbook. |
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Workbook Sections
- Strategy I: Preparing for the Needs Assessment
- Strategy II: Designing and Planning the Needs Assessment
- Strategy III: Collect and Compile Information for the Needs Assessment
- Strategy IV: Analyze and Interpret Information and Data with Group/Coalition
- Strategy V: Report Needs Assessment Results
* We highly recommend contacting your local RPC for the most effective use of the Needs Assessment workbook.
ASPIRE
Assessment of Prevention Indicators and Resources (ASPIRE) online system, can be a very helpful tool for a needs assessment process. This system contains tools for each step in our Needs Assessment process except step # 3, survey data. More information regarding survey tools may be found below or by contacting your local RPC.
ASPIRE is a web-based data system designed to store and manage indicator and resource data that can be queried to meet the user’s needs. ASPIRE contains indicator data within numerous domains such as demographics, early care and education, community and civic involvement, mental health, and substance abuse and treatment.
The interactive GIS Mapping feature allows the creation of images that illustrate the distribution of indicators and resources across Colorado. Additionally, the ASPIRE system contains community readiness and coalition assessment tools and a reporting function that organizes output in a strategic plan document. More information regarding ASPIRE may be found in the ASPIRE introduction document.
The link to the ASPIRE system is http://aspire.omni.org
OMNI’s Survey services- Healthy Kids Colorado Survey
What is Healthy Kids Colorado Survey?
The Healthy Kids Colorado Survey (HKCS) collects self-reported information on the priority health risk behaviors that are often established during childhood and adolescence. Data collected from the HKCS will monitor how the priority health-risk behaviors among middle and high school students increase, decrease, or remain the same over time as well as inform school health education policies and programs.
Included is the Healthy Kids Colorado Survey User’s Guide.This guide is intended to help schools and communities better understand their survey results.
For more information regarding the survey please visit the link below. http://www.omni.org/survey.aspx |
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HKCS Survey Data Presentation |
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