Community Engagement & Outreach Core: Needs Assessment

Principal Investigator: Olga I. Davis

Funding: National Institutes of Health/National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, center grant award P20 MD002316 NIMHD (2007-2012)

One of the goals of the SIRC Community Engagement/Outreach Core (CEOC) was to conduct a Needs Assessment Survey for pretest and post-test measures of self-reported changes in community participant knowledge, attitudes, and feelings that are typically prior to behavior changes. The Needs Assessment Survey was conducted through kiosks at community health centers. The sample consisted of racial and ethnic minorities visiting the community health centers.

Bean, K., Davis, O. I., & Valdez, H. (2013). Bridging the digital divide: A bilingual interactive health kiosk for communities affected by health disparities. Journal of Community Informatics, 9, 2. Advance online publication.

Davis, O. I. Bean, K., & McBride, D. (2013). Decreasing health disparities through technology: Building a community health website. Journal of Community Informatics, 9, 2. Advance online publication.