Needs Assessment

"Needs Assessment" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Systematic identification of a population's needs or the assessment of individuals to determine the proper level of services needed.

Descriptor ID	D020380
MeSH Number(s)	I02.594 N03.349.380.565 N05.300.537
Concept/Terms	Needs Assessment Needs Assessment Needs Assessments Educational Needs Assessment Educational Needs Assessment Assessment, Educational Needs Needs Assessment, Educational Needs Assessments, Educational Determination of Health Care Needs Determination of Health Care Needs Determination of Healthcare Needs Assessment of Healthcare Needs Needs Assessment, Healthcare Needs Assessments, Healthcare Assessment of Health Care Needs

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Needs Assessment".

Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena [I]
Education [I02]
Needs Assessment [I02.594]
Health Care [N]
Health Care Economics and Organizations [N03]
Health Planning [N03.349]
Health Services Research [N03.349.380]
Needs Assessment [N03.349.380.565]
Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation [N05]
Delivery of Health Care [N05.300]
Needs Assessment [N05.300.537]

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Needs Assessment" by people in this website by year, and whether "Needs Assessment" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 178 publications over 28 distinct years, with a maximum of 16 publications in 2018

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1998	0	1	1
1999	1	0	1
2000	1	1	2
2001	2	5	7
2002	2	5	7
2003	1	3	4
2004	0	2	2
2005	1	6	7
2006	3	1	4
2007	1	4	5
2008	2	7	9
2009	1	2	3
2010	2	7	9
2011	4	3	7
2012	1	3	4
2013	3	5	8
2014	3	9	12
2015	5	10	15
2016	5	9	14
2017	0	10	10
2018	5	11	16
2019	4	5	9
2020	2	9	11
2021	0	1	1
2022	0	4	4
2023	0	1	1
2024	1	3	4
2025	1	0	1

Below are the most recent publications written about "Needs Assessment" by people in Profiles.

Zakar R, Zakar NM, Shahzad R, Tekian A, Fischer F. Community health needs assessment: findings from a community-university partnership strengthening program on maternal and child health in Pakistan. BMC Public Health. 2025 Feb 17; 25(1):654.

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Shippee TP, Bucy TI, Parikh RR, Wolf JM, Shewmaker P, Mulcahy JF, Skarphol T, Giordano S, Isvan N, Jutkowitz E. Service Utilization and Consumer-Reported Unmet Needs in Medicaid Home- and Community-Based Services for Older Adults. J Aging Soc Policy. 2025; 37(5):817-831.

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O'Brien SR, Edmonds CE, Lazor JW, Shamimi-Noori S, Scanlon M, Pantel AR, Simpson S. Post-COVID Pandemic Radiology Resident Readout Best Practices: An Institutional Needs Assessment and Initial Guidelines. Acad Radiol. 2025 03; 32(3):1743-1751.

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Khan FMA, Moiz B, Rehman J, Majid H, Zeeshan M, Jafri L, Khan AH. Advancing medical laboratory practice in Pakistan: insights from a focus group study on technologists' training needs. BMC Med Educ. 2024 Aug 28; 24(1):938.

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Campbell LA, Kelly PJ, Kneipp SM. Addressing diversity, equity, and inclusion: A response of professional nursing organizations to the future of nursing: 2020-2030 recommendations. Public Health Nurs. 2024 May-Jun; 41(3):581-588.

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Ziltzer RS, Lett E, Su-Genyk P, Chambers T, Moayer R. Needs Assessment of Gender-Affirming Face, Neck, and Voice Procedures and the Role of Gender Dysphoria. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2023 10; 169(4):906-916.

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Decker-Palmer M, Klodowski D, Thompson T, Lanoue M, Messina A, Schroeder D, Barto S, Oglesby B, Frasso R. Freelisting: A Technique for Enhancing the Community Health Needs Assessment. Community Health Equity Res Policy. 2024 Jan; 44(2):201-208.

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Finlay EE, Goodlev ER, Biewald MA, Skavinski KA, Sinclair CT. An Educational Needs Assessment for Outpatient Palliative Care Clinicians. J Palliat Med. 2023 04; 26(4):464-471.

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Gramszlo C, Karpyn A, Christofferson J, McWhorter LG, Demianczyk AC, Neely T, Zyblewski S, Shillingford A, Kazak AE, Sood E. Meeting Parents' Needs for Education and Preparation following Congenital Heart Disease Diagnosis: Recommendations from a Crowdsourced Study. Am J Perinatol. 2024 05; 41(S 01):e446-e455.

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Adejumo PO, Oluwasanu MM, Ntekim A, Awolude OA, Kotila OA, Aniagwu T, Brown BJ, Dzekem BS, Duncan S, Tito-Ilori M, Ajani O, Lee SM, Babalola CP, Ojengbede O, Huo D, Hammad N, Olopade OI. Oncology Training Needs Assessment Among Health Care Professionals in Nigeria. JCO Glob Oncol. 2022 05; 8:e2200017.

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