{"id":437,"date":"2026-01-13T14:39:26","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T14:39:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beta.devon.gov.uk\/public-health\/resources-for-professionals\/needs-assessments\/health-needs-assessments\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T13:02:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T12:02:30","slug":"health-needs-assessments","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/public-health\/resources-insights-data\/health-needs-assessments\/","title":{"rendered":"Health needs assessments"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Health needs assessments look in detail at the health needs associated with particular groups or health-related topics and make recommendations about how these needs can be addressed. Topic summaries provide an overview of some of these areas of interest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Health conditions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/devoncc.sharepoint.com\/sites\/DevonPublicHealthIntelligence\/Shared%20Documents\/HNA%20uploads%20Nov%2025\/Safe%20and%20Active%20Travel%20-%20HNA%20-%20Road%20Safety%20in%20Devon.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Safe and Active Travel &#8211; Health Needs Assessment &#8211; Road Safety in Devon 2025<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/devoncc.sharepoint.com\/:w:\/s\/PublicDocs\/PublicHealth\/IQDL18HuABtmTYL3MPofDHxUAcsucWx2yy0_gwd9G99xv5Y?e=jsqIj5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Devon Drug and Alcohol Strategic Partnership Joint Health Needs Assessment, 2025<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/devoncc.sharepoint.com\/:w:\/s\/PublicDocs\/PublicHealth\/IQDKXlZvWm9PT6IfOXLItVibARwG4Dm6nWmwJkZHBNZ9NAs?e=nhihMz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs Assessment, 2023<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/devoncc.sharepoint.com\/:b:\/s\/PublicDocs\/PublicHealth\/Ebhkd0K6Y_tMmkq6-XHUUAEBNU5ae0qkeuzQ-aIcS9XBrg?e=3K50vS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Devon Drug and Alcohol Strategic Partnership Joint Health Needs Assessment, 2022<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/devoncc.sharepoint.com\/sites\/PublicDocs\/PublicHealth\/_layouts\/15\/guestaccess.aspx?docid=0fefd291113d84cfa811215a2b1f53cd2&amp;authkey=AStvKVhBxocN2oWs6_s2mWs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">End of Life Health Needs Assessment 2017<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/devoncc.sharepoint.com\/sites\/PublicDocs\/PublicHealth\/_layouts\/15\/guestaccess.aspx?docid=0445af19f74b344a5ba3cd63d0e6e4be0&amp;authkey=ASk-xeH3OntY6rPfsk0nFok\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Diabetes Health Needs Assessment 2017<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Population groups<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/devoncc.sharepoint.com\/:b:\/s\/PublicDocs\/PublicHealth\/IQB5g_Tt2HdlT58x--kFZgwNAQt0ZiNkpdU_wdEa1z1fM7Y?e=nGhlXf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Early years health needs assessment 2023 presentation<\/a> (gathering system-wide evidence to inform shared strategy)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/devoncc.sharepoint.com\/:b:\/s\/PublicDocs\/PublicHealth\/EdGmgU51r1dJpBzxJL7gSn4BiuaQMBvqrO6bsYN9re_dZA?e=rPSqit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Health-related risk behaviours in adolescence 2020<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/devoncc.sharepoint.com\/:b:\/s\/PublicDocs\/PublicHealth\/EZI7IB6W8hJJrXmxRK2_VB4Bd-EQxRm-DvxaPxnXlWI-gQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reducing health inequalities through increasing rates of breastfeeding 2020<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/devoncc.sharepoint.com\/:b:\/s\/PublicDocs\/PublicHealth\/EQb2YXcbPr5InIXYGy4fahIBXevdtba7pPf-_vVwc9164g?e=Z5jds6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Transitions from Young People&#8217;s to Adult Substance Misuse services Health Needs Assessment 2019<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/devoncc.sharepoint.com\/:b:\/s\/PublicDocs\/PublicHealth\/EZwKTE5ms6hPhF2mCLgVK-gBGqlVOdkDDUx7htc3-DrwDw?e=z4Hddb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trauma amongst adults in contact with substance&nbsp;misuse and domestic and sexual violence and abuse services<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/devoncc.sharepoint.com\/:b:\/s\/PublicDocs\/PublicHealth\/EZ_gmcdz5hhPhcZ_bv3lk38BPDc1PwwI5pSF0TLuHnIJRw?e=RlWdhV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Armed Forces Veterans summary 2019<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Local areas<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/devoncc.sharepoint.com\/:b:\/s\/PublicDocs\/PublicHealth\/IQBHwx-YmH8mQbQUo1pBy-UeAY23DXh4fEWaYFgbs5KT6-I?e=eRHRwy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cranbrook Area Overview April 2025<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/devoncc.sharepoint.com\/:b:\/s\/PublicDocs\/PublicHealth\/EQF1ETEQOTBKn323vKjVuToB2jd-yy4A5fiMZinkoW-1Zg?e=sAiCcc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cranbrook: Understanding the Population Health Needs March 2019<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Health needs assessments look in detail at the health needs associated with particular groups or health-related topics and make recommendations about how these needs can be addressed. 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