Needs Assessment Resources 

A "one-stop shop" for needs assessment resources, AMCHP developed this web guide for the convenience of its members. These resources should help guide states as they prepare for and carry out the 2010 Needs Assessment.

Upcoming Workshops
Archived Workshops
MCHB Resources
TA Requests
Data Resources
AMCHP Needs Assessment TA Survey

Upcoming Workshops

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Archived Workshops

• 2008 MCH EPI Pre-Conference Data Trainings
  State Title V Needs Assessment Practice Worskhop
  Atlanta, GA December 8-9, 2008
  Trainers: Donna Peterson, Juan Acuna, William Sappenfield
  
• Driving Data to Planning: Title V Needs Assessment Workshop
  Rocky Mountain Public Health Educaiton Consortium
  Albuquerque, NM September 19, 2008
  
• From Needs Assessment to Strategic Action: The Important Journey
  DSCH Technical Assistance Workshop
  Kansas City, MO June 6-7, 2006
  Trainers: Donna Peterson, Joan Eden
  
• MCH Needs Assessment and State Performance Measures
  DSCH Technical Assistance Workshop
  Rockville, MD January 22-23, 2004
  Trainers: Donna Peterson, Donna Strobino

MCHB Resources
Archived Webcasts

• Meeting State MCH Needs: A Discussion of Changing State Priorities
  Recorded: Thursday, May 08, 2008
  Presenter: Victoria A. Freeman, Cecil G. Sheps

 Reports and Studies

• Promising Practices in MCH Needs Assessment: A Guide Based on a National Study
  The findings from a study which identified promising practices being used in 15 study states from the 2000 Needs Assessment.

• Review of the Title V 5-Year Needs Assessment Process in the States and Jurisdictions: FINAL REPORT
  Prepared for HRSA/MCHB by Health Systems Research, Inc in December 2006. This study provides an assessment of how States implemented their Title V Needs Assessments in 2005 and implemented promising approaches among the states that other Title V agencies can learn from and adapt in their own ongoing Needs Assessment and program planning efforts and for the 2010 Needs Assessment for Title V.

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Needs Assessment Data Resources

• Child Health Data for Title V Needs Assessment
  A helpful document that shows you how the Data Resource Center (DRC) website can help you with the upcoming Needs Assessment . For more information about the DRC, visit www.childhealthdata.org.

AMCHP Needs Assessment TA Query

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