Describing community needs: examples from the Circles of Care initiative.
The assessment of community needs was one of the key foundations of the Circles of Care planning effort. Grantees identified a range of needs at the child, adolescent, family, programmatic, and community levels. This information, along with an emphasis on the importance of each community's history and culture, served as an important guide for each program as they developed their model systems of care.
Circles of Care Evaluation Technical Assistance Center, American Indian and Alaska Native Programs, Aurora, CO 80045-0508, USA. douglas.novins@uchsc.edu
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D000293:Adolescent; D016497:Adolescent Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000600:supply & distribution; D000328:Adult; D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000208:ethnology / Q000628:therapy; D002648:Child; D002662:Child Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration; D018672:Community Health Planning / Q000379:methods*; D003156:Community Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D019058:Community Networks / Q000458:organization & administration; D003625:Data Collection; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005260:Female; D006289:Health Planning Support; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007198:Indians, North American / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D011203:Poverty / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016730:Program Development / Q000379:methods; D014478:Unemployment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data