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Health needs assessment
— involving older people in health research | | Author(s) | Maria Horne, John Costello |
| Journal title | Quality in Ageing, vol 4, no 3, November 2003 |
| Pages | pp 14-22 |
| Source | www.pavpub.com |
| Keywords | Health services ; Needs [elderly] ; Participation ; Evaluation ; Projects ; Hyndburn. |
| Annotation | This paper reports on an action research study whose aim was to elicit the health needs of older people as part of the Hyndburn Health Needs Assessment Project, a wider health needs assessment exercise. The sample consisted of 12 older people living in East Lancashire. Most of them expressed concern about access to primary care, lengthy out-patient department appointments, and poor transport facilities to access health resources. An indirect consequence of their perceived health needs was reduced socialisation due to fear of going out, particularly at night. The findings raise issues to do with developing a more considered view of methods for eliciting older people's views, beliefs and attitudes about their health needs. The study has implications for primary care trusts (PCTs) and statutory services regarding the provision of health care to older people. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-040217202 A |
| Classmark | L: IK: TMB: 4C: 3E: 8LL |
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