Needs Assessment Week 2, Lecture 2

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Needs AssessmentWeek 2, Lecture 2

• Fall, 2005

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• The first 3500 of this class had students
  practicing conducting a focus group. The
  questions of the focus group were related to the
  Katrina Hurricane disaster...those questions
  appear on the next slide.

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• What should be the first priorities of the
  government regarding the Katrina Disaster?
• Rescue
• Public Health
• Law and Order
• Rebuilding
• What are some ways that the rest of America can
  help with this tragedy?
• Is there any blame or fault (other than Mother
  Nature) in this disaster?
• Building codes
• City planners
• Government officials
• What lessons might we have learned from this
  tragedy?
• Individuals
• Government
• Communities

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Thoughts for the Day

• You can argue philosophies forever its hard to
  refute facts

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Secondary Data Sources

• Governmental Agencies
• Fedstats
• CDC wonder.cdc.gov
• Census www.census.gov
• State and Local Agencies
• IDPH
• Nongovernmental Agencies
• AHA
• Existing Records
• Adolescent Health Center
• Literature