@misc { , title = {Health needs assessment}, abstract = {This chapter begins with a consideration of the technical processes used for conducting health needs assessment. The ways to plan the exercise, assess the structure of a given population, examine the effectiveness of potential interventions and conduct evidence syntheses are described. The complexities of health systems are noted. The relationship between health needs assessment and health economics is then examined. The philosophy of utilitarianism and its influence on health economics is explored. Cost utility analysis and its links to studies of quality of life are described. The important relationships between equity and efficiency are considered. The chapter then proceeds to explore the political and philosophical issues attaching to health needs assessment particularly health inequalities and the issues of justice, fairness, and equity. This leads to an elaboration of the concept of justice derived from the work of Sen. Using ideas about the importance of human capabilities an argument is developed about the relational approach to understanding justice. The relational as against the individualistic position is found to provide a novel and useful way of describing health need and of attempting to meet that need. It also provides a set of precepts about the ways that services might be configured.}, isbn = {9780199661756}, publicationstatus = {Published}, url = {https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/838309}, volume = {3}, keyword = {Centre for Public Health and Wellbeing, Formerly Health & Social Sciences, health needs assessment}, year = {2015}, author = {Kelly, Mike and Powell, Jane and Bartle, Nathalie} editor = {Detels, Roger and Gulliford, Martin and Abdool Karim, Quarraisha and Tan, Chorh Chuan} }