Health Needs Assessment involves in-depth, comprehensive review that identifies the health needs and priorities of a specific population, as well as potential options, including access considerations. A service gap analysis is a crucial component, identifying gaps between the current level of health services and need, as determined by best practice, evidence-based guidelines, or community expectations.
Health needs assessments enable providers, policymakers, and community organisations to make informed decisions to improve the health and wellbeing of the target population. At HealthQ we go beyond the numbers by connecting with communities to reveal underlying insights. We dive deeper, capturing the nuances that impact real-world solutions.
Our methodology for conducting the Need Assessments is aligned to the Commonwealth Department of Health’s policy guide. We develop, in the planning and design phase, a Needs Assessment Framework (inclusive of the consultation framework) that provides the blueprint for conducting the needs assessment. This enables our clients to know exactly what we plan to do, and how.
We believe that a team that listens, facilitates reflection, and progresses coordinated and frequent opportunities for learning will enrich and enhance evaluation outcomes. We start our evaluation design with the philosophy that a ‘shared learnings’ workshop with key stakeholders and program partners is of significant value. But we also understand that some learnings and projects are more sensitive than others. We will agree with you who is appropriate to be invited in shared learnings workshops, and how those risks are managed.
While evaluation, health needs assessment and service planning, feasibility reviews and NDIS services (strategy, compliance) are core services, we have also supported our clients with service design, tender preparation and funding applications, strategic planning, and business case development.
Our project experience includes complex and significant pieces of work. A key to success is that our senior team members are very present on all projects. Yes, you will see Darren getting his boots dusty in Innamincka, and Leah meeting with the community in Cairns. Each of our team play critical and well defined roles on projects, and our model is one where often, everyone is equally involved throughout the whole project.
Yes. We love meeting the communities that the services and/or programs are delivered to. We have found that the views of local health service customers and local connected health services are best collected in person, face to face, and are critical to evaluation outcomes.
All stakeholders: funders, service users, connected services. We have consulted with Ministers, CEO’s, Peak Bodies, Executive Directors, Clinicians, GPs, Allied Health professionals, nurses, patients, indigenous communities, patients and consumers, people with a disability, people who inject drugs, and a range of vulnerable people.
We acknowledge and pay our respects to the Traditional Custodians of the Country on which we live, work and play and honour their connection to Country and culture. We pay our respects to their Elders, past, present and emerging.
