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Needs assessment interview guide

Open questions and somewhere to record what is said, and what is not.

Taught in Community Needs Assessment and Accountability

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Takaful Association

Needs assessment interview guide

Open questions and somewhere to record what is said, and what is not.

The interview

Date
Place
Interviewer
Participant code (not a name)

Use a code. Any name is kept separately if needed at all.

Before you start

  • Explained who we are and why we are asking
  • Said taking part is voluntary and they can stop at any point
  • Said what happens to what they say and who sees it
  • Made no promise I cannot keep

The questions

Ask, then stop talking. The silence after the question is what makes someone go on.

How are things at the moment?
What is the hardest thing you are dealing with?
What have you tried? What helped?
If one thing changed, what would it be?
Who else is dealing with this that we do not know about?

What was not said

Hesitation, changing the subject, silence — note it here
Takaful Association — registration no. 898needs-assessment-interview

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