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Towards Multi-level Needs Assessment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 June 2009

Kay Harding ,
Steve Baldwin  and
Caroline Baser
Kay Harding
Affiliation:
Crownhill Hospital, Plymouth, Devon
Steve Baldwin
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee
Caroline Baser
Affiliation:
Faculty of Law, University of Kent, Canterbury
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Abstract

The term “needs assessment” has been used previously to describe a variety of concepts relating to the relationships between service provision and users/consumers. Different meanings have been attached according to the means by which service agents have attempted to identify relevant services; limitations have been observed in needs assessments that have tried to define the need for change solely within individuals. An effort is made to extend the scope and range of such needs assessments beyond a consideration of the individual consumer and to enable assessors to make concurrent statements relating to the behaviour of both workers and service systems. An attempt is made to locate behaviourally-based work within an understanding of human need.

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Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy , Volume 15 , Issue 2 , April 1987 , pp. 134 - 143
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Copyright © British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies 1987

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