Social Problem Analysis
Frameworks for Problem Analysis
100

This phrase refers to professionals that are familiar with a problem or consumers/clients who have experienced this problem, and those generally knowledgeable about the problem.

What is Program Planners?

100

This concept can be defined as a piece of data that stands alone without interpretation. This can also be defined as a "social fact". 

What is a Condition? 

200

This describes the process of understanding the nature and causes of a particular social issue.

What is Problem Analysis? 

200

Conditions turn into _____ when they are perceived to be harmful or negative by someone or a particular group. 

What is Problems?

300

The first two activities involved in the planning process are problem analysis and ________. 

What is Needs of Assessment? 

300

This process involves collecting information and data from various diverse groups in order to make sure all sides of the problem are considered.

What is Nature of the Situation or Condition? 

400

This approach is focused on using existing data and the knowledge of who is in need with the community to come up with approaches to service based on an understanding of the need that is current. 

What is Analytical Approach? 

400

This aspect of the condition provides an estimate of the numbers impacted by the condition and the distribution of the condition. 

What is Scale and Distribution of the condition? 

500

This approach focuses on requesting increased funding for existing services that are based on a more traditional understanding of the problem. 

What is the Business as Usual Approach? 

500

This is an important aspect of program planning, emerging from an understanding of the history and development of the problem.

What is Etiology?

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