Research Report Contents

Report on the Needs Assessment

CONTENTS
	Acknowledgements Executive Summary Section 1. Description of Needs Assessment Section 2. Results of Needs Assessment
		2.1 General health information needs of hard-to-reach patients 2.2 Methods of communication 2.3 Input on health education centres 2.4 How hard-to-reach patients like to learn 2.5 Needs of health care professionals as educators of hard-to-reach patients 2.6 The training needs and challenges of health care educators 2.7 Further comments on the focus groups 2.8 Some specific challenges of patient teaching
	Section 3. Recommendations for the pilot Health Education Centres
		3.1 Terminology 3.2 Rationale, goal, and objectives of Phase 2 3.3 Recommendations 3.4 Areas for further investigation
	Appendix 1. Steering Committee members Appendix 2. Needs Assessment research plan Appendix 3. Informed Consent form Appendix 4. Ethical concerns and accomodations Appendix 5. Questionnaires used in interviews Appendix 6. Numbers and demographic breakdown Appendix 7. Findings from individual interviews Appendix 8. Findings from focus groups