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Community Needs Assessment for Outreach Education in Health Services: A Proposal

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of existing outreach programs and specific community needs. Anticipates that coupling this qualitative input with quantitative information retrieved from the U.S. Census Bureau will aid the design of stand-alone,  financially independent, outreach education programs within a three year time frame. PPneedAs.rtf Community Needs Assessment for Outreach Education in Health Services: A  Proposal by -- 26 Mar 2001 paper properly!  ABSTRACT A three page proposal for conducting a needs assessment of community  outreach education efforts targeting health care issues. Designs a study incorporating qualitative input from independent focus groups and representatives from various governmental and private agencies regarding the effectiveness of  existing outreach programs and specific community needs. Anticipates that coupling this qualitative input with quantitative information retrieved from the U.S. Census Bureau will aid the design of stand-alone, financially  independent, outreach education programs within a three year time frame. Introduction  Developing effective hospital-sponsored community outreach education programs in upper New York States requires attention not only to the new plan which is being devised but  also to assessing the effectiveness of existing plans. The goals and objectives of the next three years are to develop stand-alone, financially independent, outreach programs. Given the uncertainties  surrounding the successes and failure of two catchment area programs which are currently in operation, the first task would obviously be to thoroughly evaluate these programs since their performance is