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Conducting a Community Needs Assessment: Primary data collection techniques

This research paper contains techniques on gathering new information to assess community needs. It details five techniques to effectively identify the current situation of the community and the local needs, these are (1) the key informant approach; (2) the public forum approach; (3) the nominal group process technique; (4) the Delphi technique; and (5) the survey approach.

Author(s): 
Carter, K.A. & Beaulieu, L.J.
Year of Publication: 
1992
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Resource Type: 
Journal article - open access
Language: 
English
Section: 
Resource Database