scholarly journals Conducting the Needs Assessment #11: Causal Analysis Techniques

EDIS ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy Harder
Keyword(s):  
Needs Assessment ◽  
Agricultural Education ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Causal Analysis ◽  
Analysis Techniques ◽  
Extension Educators ◽  
Consequence Analysis

This new 3-page publication in the Conducting the Needs Assessment series provides Extension educators and other service providers with an introduction to two techniques that can easily be used when seeking information about relationships between causes and needs: fishboning and cause and consequence analysis. Written by Amy Harder and published by the UF/IFAS Department of Agricultural Education and Communication.https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/wc352

scholarly journals Conducting the Needs Assessment #3: Educator Motivations, Barriers, and Objections

EDIS ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew Benge
Keyword(s):  
Needs Assessment ◽  
Agricultural Education ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Easy Task ◽  
Extension Educators ◽  
Needs Assessments

This third publication in the Conducting the Needs Assessment series outlines a range of motivations, barriers, and common objections Extension educators and other service providers may have pertaining to needs assessments. It is not an easy task to conduct a needs assessment, yet there are many motives for implementing one. This new 4-page publication of the Department of Agricultural Education and Communication discusses strategies for increasing educator motivation and removing barriers and objections to conducting a needs assessment. Written by Matt Benge.https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/wc386

scholarly journals Conducting the Needs Assessment #2: Using Needs Assessments in Extension Programming

EDIS ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew Benge ◽  
Laura Warner
Keyword(s):  
Needs Assessment ◽  
Agricultural Education ◽  
Educational Program ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Program Planning ◽  
Extension Educators ◽  
Needs Assessments ◽  
The Right

This second publication in the Conducting the Needs Assessment series provides Extension educators and other service providers with a foundational underpinning of how the needs assessment fits within the program planning process. Both formal and nonformal educators seeking to develop and deliver an educational program must first be informed of what their audience lacks in order to develop the right curriculum or training, and therefore conducting a needs assessment is a priority in the program development process. This new publication of the UF/IFAS Department of Agricultural Education and Communication was written by Matthew Benge and Laura Warner.https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/wc347

scholarly journals Conducting the Needs Assessment #4: Audience Motivations, Barriers, and Objections

EDIS ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 (5) ◽  
pp. 5
Author(s):  
Laura A. Sanagorski Warner ◽  
Matt Benge
Keyword(s):  
Needs Assessment ◽  
Agricultural Education ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Extension Educators ◽  
Needs Assessments ◽  
The Right

A successful needs assessment is contingent on participation from the right people, so understanding potential motivations, barriers, and objections specific to your participants is critical. This new 5-page publication, the fourth in the Conducting the Needs Assessment series, provides Extension educators and other service providers with an overview of motivations, barriers, and objections specific to participants in needs assessments. Written by Laura Warner and Matt Benge and published by the UF/IFAS Department of Agricultural Education and Communication. https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/wc342

scholarly journals Conducting the Needs Assessment #10: The Delphi Technique

EDIS ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura A. Sanagorski Warner ◽  
Amy Harder
Keyword(s):  
Needs Assessment ◽  
Agricultural Education ◽  
Delphi Technique ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Extension Educators ◽  
Needs Assessments

Previous publications in the Conducting the Needs Assessment series outlined why, how, and when Extension educators and other service providers should use needs assessments in their programs. The four preceding publications in the series provide Extension educators and other service providers with specific techniques that can be used in needs assessments, and this new 5-page publication provides an overview of using the Delphi technique to conduct a needs assessment. Written by Laura Warner and Amy Harder, and published by the UF/IFAS Department of Agricultural Education and Communication.

On the problem of control over the primary grinding mill ball charging

2021 ◽  
pp. 17-22
Author(s):  
I. V. Sokolov ◽  
A. V. Kuzyakov
Keyword(s):  
Consumption Rate ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
International Service ◽  
Analysis Techniques ◽  
Operational Costs ◽  
Charge Spectrum ◽  
Approval Procedure ◽  
Charge Analysis ◽  
Mill Process ◽  
Grinding Mill

Considering the fact that the costs related to grinding balls and electric power account for a significant share of operational costs incurred by concentrator plants, this paper highlights the relevance of using an optimized ball charge. The paper considers a conventional approach to ball charging, which involves doing calculations on the basis of a given throughput. The latter serves as a parameter for the specific ball consumption rate approval procedure. At the same time, no consideration is given for the ball wear rate as a parameter defining the grinding performance. It is noted that the ball charge dynamics can be analyzed based on the noise produced by the mill, or the vibroacoustic parameters of the mill. The paper examines some vibro-acoustic ball charge analysis techniques utilized by both domestic and international service providers. It is noted that in all these cases the technique uses just one physical parameter, which is not enough to monitor the total mill load. The VAZM-1M analyzer developed by Soyuztsvetmetavtomatika JSC analyzes and calculates an integral amplitude of the mill vibro-acoustic field. This ensures that all components of the grinding process are taken into account. The paper takes a detailed view of the findings obtained upon analysis of the primary grinding mill ball charge. The work was carried out at the Erdenet concentrator plant as part of contractual scope. A number of different ball charge options was considered, and is it noted that none of the options can resolve this problem completely. The authors describe a possibility to monitor the mill process load with the help of the VAZM-1M analyzer. The authors also analyzed the experiments that aimed at identifying the grinding parameters governed by the mill ball charge. It is shown that the VAZM-1M analyzer gives adequate readings of any ball charge deviations. The mill spectrum registered by the VAZM-1M analyzer contains a resonance peak, which is believed to correlate as a small mill ball charge spectrum. In this regard, a plan of further research was drafted that relies on the use of the VAZM-1M analyzer. The aim is to identify an exact frequency band that would adequately correlate with the mill ball charge.

Moving towards meaningful local population health data: The service provider perspective

2005 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 113 ◽  
Author(s):  
Denise Ruth ◽  
Rosalind Hurworth ◽  
Nabil Sulaiman
Keyword(s):  
Needs Assessment ◽  
Population Health ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Health Planning ◽  
Local Population ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Service Planning ◽  
Health Needs ◽  
Quality Data ◽  
Using Data

Increasingly, primary care services are required to use data to assess their local population's health needs and plan services. This paper reports focus group discussions of service providers' perceived current practice, issues and needs related to obtaining and using data for planning services in two local government areas of Melbourne. Six groups were conducted with nominees from two municipal councils, four divisions of general practice, three community health services, three hospital networks and eight community organizations. Two groups were conducted with planners and data providers from the Department of Human Services, Victoria. The 66 participants had a broad range of experience in using data to assess local population health needs. Participants reported that issues limiting the use of data related to: access to data (lack of awareness, contacting the right person, poor communication between data providers and users, resource constraints, lack of central access); gaps in data; quality of data (inconsistent definitions and collection, currency, ties to funding); applicability of data (unfriendly format, problems with aggregated versus small area data, non-matching data sets, lack of contextual information); and support for data use in local population health planning. If local population needs assessment is to lead to better health outcomes, service providers need access to high quality data presented in formats that are applicable to their communities. They also need practicable planning methods, skills training and support in using data for local population needs assessment and service planning.

scholarly journals Conducting the Needs Assessment #5: Phase 1—Pre-assessment

EDIS ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Savanna Turner ◽  
Matthew Benge
Keyword(s):  
Needs Assessment ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Phase 1 ◽  
Extension Professionals ◽  
Exploration Phase

This new 5-page publication is the fifth in the Conducting the Needs Assessment series. The preassessment phase, also known as the exploration phase, of conducting a needs assessment includes defining the purpose, identifying existing information, and determining the appropriate methods to conducting the needs assessment. Extension professionals and service providers should complete the preassessment phase prior to conducting the actual needs assessment. Written by Savanna Turner and Matt Benge.

scholarly journals Needs assessment for developing a multidisciplinary model for trafficking prevention and rehabilitation of survivors

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nairruti Jani
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Needs Assessment ◽  
Human Trafficking ◽  
Service Provision ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Trafficking In Persons ◽  
Complex Issue ◽  
Number Of Components ◽  
Comprehensive Guidance ◽  
Multidisciplinary Model

Trafficking in persons is a complex issue demanding a coordinated and multidimensional response in order to achieve effective and faster results. Due to the complexity of this phenomenon, it is often challenging for organizations serving this population to identify the constantly emerging needs in a routine fashion. The aim of this study is to provide comprehensive guidance to service providers on existing needs in this field and assessing the gaps in response to trafficking in persons in United States. The results of this study reveal a number of components that have to be crucially addressed for creating a need based effective multi-disciplinary and multi-agency system of service provision for victims of human trafficking.

scholarly journals Service Providers’ Perceptions of Support Needs for Indigenous Cancer Patients in Saskatchewan: A Needs Assessment

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer R. Sedgewick ◽  
Anum Ali ◽  
Andreea Badea ◽  
Tracey Carr ◽  
Gary Groot
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Needs Assessment ◽  
First Nations ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Cancer Care ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Care Service ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Patient Navigator ◽  
Care Services

Abstract Background: In Saskatchewan, Canada, Indigenous cancer care services at the municipal, provincial, and federal levels are intended to improve quality care but can result in a complex, fragmented, and multi-jurisdictional health care system. A multi-phase needs assessment project was initiated to document Indigenous cancer care needs. Guided by Indigenous patient partners, clinicians, academics, and policy makers, the present study reflects a needs assessment of Indigenous cancer supports from the perspectives of cancer care service providers.Methods: Qualitative data were collected through three group interviews with 20 service providers for cancer patients and their families at three Saskatchewan cities. Participants included chemotherapy and radiation nurses, social workers, a patient navigator, dieticians, and practicum students. A semi-structured interview guide was used to conduct the sessions to allow for freedom of responses. Data were recorded, transcribed verbatim, and analyzed using thematic analysis. Results: Service providers’ perspectives were categorized into five themes: 1) addressing travel-related issues, 2) logistical challenges, 3) improvements to Indigenous-specific health care supports, 4) cultural sensitivity in health care, and 5) consistency in care. Supports differed for the two Indigenous groups, First Nations and Métis. Service providers made recommendations regarding how needs could be met. They saw language translation providers and Elder supports as important. Travel recommendations included medical taxis accommodating for more breaks to alleviate the uncomfortable side effects of cancer treatment and Indigenous-specific accommodations be provided. These recommendations aligned with supports that are available in four other Canadian provinces.Conclusions: These results identified gaps in supports and outlined recommendations to address barriers to cancer care from the perspectives of service providers. These recommendations may inform evidence-based health system interventions for Indigenous cancer patients and ultimately aim to improve cancer care services, quality of life, and health outcomes of Indigenous patients throughout their cancer journey.

scholarly journals Conducting the Needs Assessment #1: Introduction

EDIS ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 (5) ◽  
pp. 4
Author(s):  
Matthew Benge ◽  
Amy Harder ◽  
Laura Warner
Keyword(s):  
Needs Assessment ◽  
Program Development ◽  
Agricultural Education ◽  
Educational Program ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Community Or ◽  
Planning Implementation ◽  
The Right

An integral step in the program development process is identifying the needs of a community. Educators seeking to develop and deliver an educational program must first be informed of what their audience lacks in order to develop the right curriculum or training. This initial publication in the Conducting the Needs Assessment series provides a brief introduction to the planning, implementation, and prioritization of needs within a community or specific clientele group. This new 4-page publication of the UF/IFAS Department of Agricultural Education and Communication was written by Matthew Benge, Amy Harder, and Laura Warner. https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/wc340

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