title: Rapid appraisal in an urban setting, an example from the developed world.
abstract: Rapid Appraisal has been used as a method to understand communities' own perceptions of their priority needs. It can be used as a tool for formulating joint action plans between communities and service planners and managers. It can also be used to complement quantitative methods of assessing needs by more in-depth qualitative understanding of socio-cultural perspectives. In the example described in this paper Rapid Appraisal is used both as action research and as a qualitative tool in order to define health and social needs of an urban, deprived community in England.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Health Planning and Management, University of Keele, U.K.
authors.forename: B N
authors.initials: BN
authors.lastname: Ong
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Humphris
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Annett
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rifkin
mesh_terms: D003153:Community Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends*; D004739:England; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000639:trends*; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans; D011635:Public Health Administration; D014505:Urban Population