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Focus On: Six Strategic Steps for Situational Assessment

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The Six Strategic Steps for Situational Assessment outlines steps for conducting a situational assessment to inform planning decisions (e.g., setting priorities). It provides information about the population of interest, trends and issues that may affect the implementation strategy, and community wants/needs/assets.

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Focus on: Six strategic steps for situational assessment

Meserve, A. & Bergeron, K. (2015). Focus on: Six strategic steps for situational assessment. Retrieved from Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion (Public Health Ontario),: https://www.nccmt.ca/uploads/media/media/0001/03/163cb94078bb01ab97ad056e0ffbfc5f33c7afb4.pdf

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