Health Medical Homework Help

Submit a 2- to 3-page paper outlining a hypothetical needs assessment related to the support group program for caregivers. Include the following:

• The resources needed to operate this service
• The program activities
• The desired outcomes
• A plan for gathering information about the population served
• Justifications for your plans and decisions
• A one-paragraph conclusion describing how you might conduct a follow-up to the needs assessment at the implementation stage of the program evaluation
• Getting information about the needs of the target population:
  • Who would informants be?
  • What is your purpose for interacting with them?
  • What questions would you ask?
  • What method would you use (interview, focus group, questionnaire)?
• Finding potential clients:
  • Who would informants be?
  • What is your purpose for interacting with them?
  • What questions would you ask?
  • What method would you use?
• Interacting with the target population:
  • Who would informants be?
  • What is your purpose for interacting with them?
  • What questions would you ask?
  • What method would you use?

Dudley, J. R. (2020). Social work evaluation: Enhancing what we do (3rd ed.) Oxford University Press.

• (For review) Chapter 6, “Needs Assessment” (pp. 115–143)
• Chapter 7, “Crafting Goals and Objectives” (pp. 149–168)

Tutty,L. M, & Rothery, M. A. (2010). Needs assessments. In B. Thyer (Ed.), The handbook of social work research methods (2^nd ed., pp. 149-162). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.