Using a Stakeholder Participatory Model in a Community-Wide Service Needs Assessment of Elderly Residents

摘要: ABSTRACT This paper discusses a collaborative approach to community-wide needs assessment in county Ohio. A neighborhood service provider for elderly residents the community initiated research project. To promote ownership evaluation process and conserve resources, evaluators used stakeholder participatory approach. effort not only resulted increased cooperation among all parties involved (stakeholders, evaluators, agencies), but culminated acceptance utilization of controversial findings.