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Developing the Community Paramedicine Needs Assessment Tool.
Tyne M Markides1, Brendan Shannon1, Cheryl Cameron1
1Department of Paramedicine, Monash University, Building H, Peninsula Campus, 47-49 Moorooduc Hwy, Frankston, VIC 3199, Australia.
Nursing Reports (Pavia, Italy)
|December 24, 2025
Summary
Community paramedicine programs can improve health equity. A new needs assessment tool helps align services with community health and social care needs, especially for marginalized populations.
Area of Science:
- Public Health
- Health Services Research
Background:
- Community paramedicine has evolved beyond resource optimization to address health equity for marginalized populations.
- Existing models globally address diverse health and social needs within communities.
Purpose of the Study:
- To identify and explore existing community needs assessment tools in Canada.
- To guide the development of a needs assessment tool for community paramedicine programs.
Main Methods:
- Document analysis of published and gray literature on needs assessment resources.
- Targeted literature searches and direct requests to Canadian community paramedicine providers.
- Feedback incorporated from a draft tool presented at a community paramedicine conference.
Main Results:
- Reviewed 38 documents to synthesize key elements of needs assessment tools and frameworks.
- Developed an interim Community Paramedicine Needs Assessment Tool (CPNAT).
- Refined the CPNAT based on feedback from 112 experts and partners (33 group responses).
Conclusions:
- The CPNAT supports enhanced health equity.
- It guides community paramedicine programs to align services, policies, and funding with community needs.
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