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What is the simplest way to estimate a gap in a needs assessment?

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Lui_Tim

14 May 2020

What is the simplest way to estimate a gap in a needs assessment?

What is the simplest way to estimate a gap in a needs assessment?

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Zita Cheung

17 June 2020

No problem ! ^^

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Lui_Tim

17 June 2020

Thank you.

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Zita Cheung

17 June 2020

Not sure whether there are answers in textbooks, but I think quantifying the difference between the population needing service and the population serviced by existing interventions is the simplest way.

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