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Needs assessment and community development: an ideological perspective.

S Marti-Costa, I Serrano-Garcia

    Prevention in Human Services
    |February 5, 1984
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    The social sciences should embrace their political and historical context, rather than striving for a value-free approach. Needs assessment, when viewed politically, can empower communities and foster collective action.

    Area of Science:

    • Social Sciences
    • Political Science

    Background:

    • Traditional social sciences often adopt a value-free, apolitical, and ahistorical stance.
    • This perspective can distort the understanding and application of social science theories, methodologies, and practices.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To critically examine the limitations of a value-free approach in social sciences.
    • To highlight the political nature of needs assessment and its potential for social change.

    Main Methods:

    • Analysis of the concept and practice of needs assessment.
    • Exploration of needs assessment as a political process.

    Main Results:

    • The value-free approach in social sciences is shown to be detrimental to accurate perception.

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  • Needs assessment is reframed as a political tool for community organizing and empowerment.

    • Conclusions:

    • Social sciences must acknowledge their inherent political and historical dimensions.
    • Needs assessment can be a powerful catalyst for group mobilization and consciousness-raising.