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 102 publications over 26 distinct years, with a maximum of 11 publications in 2018

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1998	0	1	1
2000	1	0	1
2001	3	3	6
2002	2	2	4
2003	1	2	3
2004	0	2	2
2005	1	3	4
2006	1	1	2
2007	1	4	5
2008	0	3	3
2009	1	1	2
2010	2	4	6
2011	2	1	3
2012	1	1	2
2013	2	4	6
2014	1	6	7
2015	2	6	8
2016	0	7	7
2017	0	3	3
2018	2	9	11
2019	2	3	5
2020	1	5	6
2021	0	1	1
2022	0	2	2
2024	0	1	1
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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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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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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Brosnan P, Davis KA, Mazzenga M, Oberoi AR, Sharkey CM, Buchbinder D, Alderfer MA, Long KA. Psychosocial care providers' perspectives: Barriers to implementing services for siblings of children with cancer. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2022 02; 69(2):e29418.

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Wiener L, Canter K, Long K, Psihogios AM, Thompson AL. Pediatric Psychosocial Standards of Care in action: Research that bridges the gap from need to implementation. Psychooncology. 2020 12; 29(12):2033-2040.

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LaValva SM, Baldwin K, Swarup I, Flynn JM, Pahys JM, Yaszay B, Abel MF, Bachmann K, Shah SA, Sponseller PD, Cahill PJ. Prolonged Postoperative Intubation After Spinal Fusion in Cerebral Palsy: Are There Modifiable Risk Factors and Associated Consequences? J Pediatr Orthop. 2020 Sep; 40(8):431-437.

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Sassone B, Mandini S, Grazzi G, Mazzoni G, Myers J, Pasanisi G. Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Physical Activity in Patients With Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators. J Cardiopulm Rehabil Prev. 2020 09; 40(5):285-286.

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Rupp M, Lau E, Kurtz SM, Alt V. Projections of Primary TKA and THA in Germany From 2016 Through 2040. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2020 07; 478(7):1622-1633.

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Sapkota A, Dong Y, Li L, Asrar G, Zhou Y, Li X, Coates F, Spanier AJ, Matz J, Bielory L, Breitenother AG, Mitchell C, Jiang C. Association Between Changes in Timing of Spring Onset and Asthma Hospitalization in Maryland. JAMA Netw Open. 2020 07 01; 3(7):e207551.

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