TAZREACH Needs Assessment

TAZREACH has developed a Needs Assessment in line with the updated Rural Health Outreach Fund (RHOF) and Outreach Programs Service Delivery Standards. It takes a community-based approach to determining need and examines Tasmanian rural communities to profile locations where rurality is a likely contributing factor to poor health outcomes in terms of:

• health risk factors
• rates of chronic disease
• subsequent hospitalisation
• reduced access to appropriate services.

This approach will:

• inform and complement existing TAZREACH program reviews and stakeholder engagement activities
• provide important contextual information for these activities
• facilitate engagement with communities and visiting providers
• inform future funding allocations for all current outreach programs administered by TAZREACH.

Please email TAZREACH for a copy of our current Needs Assessment.