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Needs assessment at a practice level; using routine data in a meaningful way

I F Mackenzie1, R Nelder, G Radford

  • 1Cornwall & Isles of Scilly Health Authority, St. Austell.

Journal of Public Health Medicine
|November 5, 1997
PubMed
Summary

A new model provides general practices with essential health and social data for effective needs assessment. This approach enhances understanding of local health issues and supports evidence-based decision-making.

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Area of Science:

  • Public Health
  • Health Informatics
  • Primary Care Research

Background:

  • General practitioners require enhanced data for assessing community health and social needs.
  • Existing needs assessment methods are often resource-intensive and selectively applied.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To describe a model for providing routine health and social information to all general practices.
  • To inform practice-based needs assessment using routinely available data.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized practice-coded hospital data and population registers for spatial referencing.
  • Incorporated birth, mortality, cancer registration, and census data.
  • Calculated indicative incidences and prevalences using national survey data.

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Main Results:

  • Generated practice-specific data on births, lifestyle, social factors, incidence, prevalence, hospital activity, and mortality.
  • Presented information as patient numbers, aiding understanding of problem scale.
  • General practitioners found the approach valuable for understanding health and social issues.

Conclusions:

  • Public health involvement is crucial for practice-based needs assessment.
  • The described model offers an efficient way to provide accessible health and social information to all practices.
  • This facilitates informed debate and decision-making within general practices.