Needs Assessment

"Needs Assessment" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Systematic identification of a population's needs or the assessment of individuals to determine the proper level of services needed.

Descriptor ID	D020380
MeSH Number(s)	I02.594 N03.349.380.565 N05.300.537
Concept/Terms	Needs Assessment Needs Assessment Needs Assessments Educational Needs Assessment Educational Needs Assessment Assessment, Educational Needs Needs Assessment, Educational Needs Assessments, Educational Determination of Health Care Needs Determination of Health Care Needs Determination of Healthcare Needs Assessment of Healthcare Needs Needs Assessment, Healthcare Needs Assessments, Healthcare Assessment of Health Care Needs

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Needs Assessment".

Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena [I]
Education [I02]
Needs Assessment [I02.594]
Health Care [N]
Health Care Economics and Organizations [N03]
Health Planning [N03.349]
Health Services Research [N03.349.380]
Needs Assessment [N03.349.380.565]
Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation [N05]
Delivery of Health Care [N05.300]
Needs Assessment [N05.300.537]

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Needs Assessment" by people in this website by year, and whether "Needs Assessment" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 130 publications over 25 distinct years, with a maximum of 21 publications in 2007

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1998	0	1	1
1999	0	1	1
2000	0	3	3
2001	0	1	1
2002	2	4	6
2003	0	3	3
2004	3	7	10
2005	2	1	3
2006	2	3	5
2007	12	9	21
2008	5	1	6
2009	2	2	4
2010	5	3	8
2011	1	3	4
2012	1	4	5
2013	0	7	7
2014	0	6	6
2015	4	2	6
2016	1	3	4
2017	6	3	9
2018	3	5	8
2019	3	2	5
2020	0	2	2
2021	1	0	1
2023	0	1	1

Below are the most recent publications written about "Needs Assessment" by people in Profiles.

Cruz MA, Garfield R, Irizarry J, Torres-Delgado NI, Rodriguez-Rivera MZ, Montoya-Zavala M, Cortes LM, Algar?n G, Bayleyegn T, Funk RH, Rodriguez-Orengo JF, Zavala DE. Assessing the living environment of persons displaced following a strong earthquake sequence in Puerto Rico, 2020. J Emerg Manag. 2023 Nov-Dec; 21(6):487-495.

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Garba NA, Anderson F, Schneider GW, Bisschops J, Bhoite P, Lage OO, Sackstein R, Brown DR. Caring for Vulnerable Communities in Miami Dade County during the COVID-19 Pandemic. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2021; 32(2):598-606.

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Langton JM, Wong ST, Burge F, Choi A, Ghaseminejad-Tafreshi N, Johnston S, Katz A, Lavergne R, Mooney D, Peterson S, McGrail K. Population segments as a tool for health care performance reporting: an exploratory study in the Canadian province of British Columbia. BMC Fam Pract. 2020 05 31; 21(1):98.

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Lindly OJ, Martin AJ, Lally K. A Profile of Care Coordination, Missed School Days, and Unmet Needs Among Oregon Children with Special Health Care Needs with Behavioral and Mental Health Conditions. Community Ment Health J. 2020 11; 56(8):1571-1580.

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Baltussen R, Marsh K, Thokala P, Diaby V, Castro H, Cleemput I, Garau M, Iskrov G, Olyaeemanesh A, Mirelman A, Mobinizadeh M, Morton A, Tringali M, van Til J, Valentim J, Wagner M, Youngkong S, Zah V, Toll A, Jansen M, Bijlmakers L, Oortwijn W, Broekhuizen H. Multicriteria Decision Analysis to Support Health Technology Assessment Agencies: Benefits, Limitations, and the Way Forward. Value Health. 2019 11; 22(11):1283-1288.

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Tschann M, Wright T, Lusk H, Giorgio W, Colon A, Kaneshiro B. Understanding the Family Planning Needs of Female Participants in a Syringe Exchange Program: A Needs Assessment and Pilot Project. J Addict Med. 2019 Sep/Oct; 13(5):366-371.

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Sharma MK, Anand N, Thamilselvan P, Suma N, John N, Sahu M, Chakraborty Thakur P, Baglari H, Singh P. Is porn use becoming a modality of sex education among teenagers? A case study. Asian J Psychiatr. 2019 Oct; 45:18-19.

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Derefinko KJ, Hallsell TA, Isaacs MB, Colvin LW, Salgado Garcia FI, Bursac Z. Perceived Needs of Veterans Transitioning from the Military to Civilian Life. J Behav Health Serv Res. 2019 07; 46(3):384-398.

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Otsuki JA, Hedges JR, Masaki K. Interprofessional Education in Hawai'i to Support Community-Clinical Linkages. Hawaii J Med Public Health. 2019 06; 78(6 Suppl 1):52-54.

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Butel J, Braun KL. The Role of Collective Efficacy in Reducing Health Disparities: A Systematic Review. Fam Community Health. 2019 Jan/Mar; 42(1):8-19.

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