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- Monitor health status to identify community health problems
- Diagnose and investigate health problems and health hazards in the community
- Inform, educate, and empower people about health issues
- Mobilize community partnerships to identify and solve health problems
- Develop policies and plans that support individual and community health problems
- Enforce laws and regulations that protect health and ensure safety
- Link people to needed personal health services and assure the provision of health care when otherwise unavailable
- Assure a competent public health and personal care workforce
- Evaluate effectiveness, accessibility and quality of personal and population based health services
- Research for new insights and innovative solutions to health problems
*Adopted Fall 1994, Source Health Steering Committee (July 1995)
1) Monitor health status to identify community health problems
Analytic/Assessment Skills
- Defines a problem
- Determines appropriate uses and limitations of both quantitative and qualitative data
- Selects and defines variables relevant to defined public health problems
- Identifies relevant and appropriate data and information sources
- Evaluates the integrity and comparability of data and identifies gaps in data sources
- Applies ethical principles to the collection, maintenance, use and dissemination of data and information
- Makes relevant inferences from quantitative and qualitative data
- Obtains and interprets information regarding risks and benefits to the community
- Applies data collection processes, information technology applications and computer systems storage/retrieval strategies
- Recognizes how the data illuminate ethical, political, scientific, economic and overall public health issues
Policy Development/Program Planning Skills
- Collects, summarizes, and interprets information relevant to an issue
- Decides on the appropriate course of action
Communication Skills
- Communicates effectively both in writing and orally, or in other ways
- Solicits input from individuals and organizations
- Advocates for public health programs and resources
- Leads and participates in groups to address specific issues
- Uses the media, advances technologies, and community networks to communicate information
- Effectively presents accurate demographic, statistical,
programmatic, and scientific information for professional and lay
audiences - Listens to others in an unbiased manner, respects points of view of
others, and promotes the expression of diverse opinions and
perspectives (attitude)
Cultural Competency Skills
- Utilizes appropriate methods for interacting sensitively,
effectively, and professionally with persons from diverse cultural,
socioeconomic, educational, racial, ethnic and professional
backgrounds, and persons of all ages and lifestyle preferences - Understands the dynamic force contributing to cultural diversity
Community Dimensions of Practice Skills
- Develops, implements and evaluates a community public health assessment
Basic Public Health Sciences Skills
- Defines, assesses, and understands the health status of
populations, determinants of health and illness, factors contributing
to health promotion and disease prevention, and factors influencing the
use of health services - Applies the basic public health sciences including behavioral and
social sciences, biostatistics, epidemiology, environmental public
health, and prevention of chronic and infectious diseases and injuries
Financial Planning and Management Skills
- Develops and presents a budget
- Manages programs within budget constraints
- Applies budget processes
- Develops strategies for determining budget priorities
- Monitors program performance
- Prepares proposals for funding from external sources
- Applies basic human relations skills to the management of organizations, motivation of personnel, and resolution of conflicts
- Manages information systems for collection, retrieval, and use of data for decision-making
Leadership and System Thinking Skills
- Creates a culture of ethical standards within organizations and communities
- Identifies internal and external issues that may impact delivery of essential public health services (i.e. strategic planning)
2) Diagnose and investigate health problems and health hazards in the community
Analytic/Assessment Skills
- Defines a problem
- Determines appropriate uses and limitations of both quantitative and qualitative data
- Selects and defines variables relevant to defined public health problems
- Identifies relevant and appropriate data and information sources
- Evaluates the integrity and comparability of data and identifies gaps in data sources
- Applies ethical principles to the collection, maintenance, use and dissemination of data and information
- Partners with communities to attach meaning to collected quantitative and qualitative data
- Makes relevant inferences from quantitative and qualitative data
- Obtains and interprets information regarding risks and benefits to the community
- Recognizes how the data illuminate ethical, political, scientific, economic and overall public health issues
Policy Development/Program Planning Skills
- Collects, summarizes, and interprets information relevant to an issue
- States policy options and writes clear and concise policy statements
- Articulates the health, fiscal, administrative, legal, social, and political implications of each policy option
- States the feasibility and expected outcomes of each policy option
- Decides on the appropriate course of action
- Develops mechanisms to monitor and evaluate programs for their effectiveness and quality
Communication Skills
- Communicates effectively both in writing and orally, or in other ways
- Leads and participates in groups to address specific issues
- Uses the media, advances technologies, and community networks to communicate information
- Effectively presents accurate demographic, statistical, programmatic, and scientific information for professional and lay audiences
- Listens to others in an unbiased manner, respects points of view of others, and promotes the expression of diverse opinions and perspectives (attitude)
Cultural Competency Skills
- Utilizes appropriate methods for interacting sensitively, effectively, and professionally with persons from diverse cultural, socioeconomic, educational, racial, ethnic and professional backgrounds, and persons of all ages and lifestyle preferences
- Understands the dynamic force contributing to cultural diversity
Community Dimensions of Practice Skills
- Accomplishes effective community engagements
- Identifies community assets and available resources
- Develops, implements, and evaluates a community public health assessment
Basic Public Health Sciences Skills
- Defines, assesses, and understands the health status of populations, determinants of health and illness, factors contributing to health promotion and disease prevention, and factors influencing the use of health services
- Identifies and applies basic research methods used in public health
- Applies the basic public health sciences including behavioral and social sciences, biostatistics, epidemiology, environmental public health, and prevention of chronic and infectious diseases and injuries
Financial Planning and Management Skills
- Develops and presents a budget
- Manages programs within budget constraints
- Applies budget processes
- Develops strategies for determining budget priorities
- Monitors program performance
- Prepares proposals for funding from external sources
- Applies basic human relations skills to the management of organizations, motivation of personnel, and resolution of conflicts
- Manages information systems for collection, retrieval, and use of data for decision-making
Leadership and System Thinking Skills
- Creates a culture of ethical standards within organizations and communities
- Identifies internal and external issues that may impact delivery of essential public health services (i.e. strategic planning)
3) Inform, educate, and empower people about health issues
Analytic/Assessment Skills
- Defines a problem
- Obtains and interprets information regarding risks and benefits to the community
- Recognizes how the data illuminate ethical, political, scientific, economic and overall public health issues
Policy Development/Program Planning Skills
- Collects, summarizes, and interprets information relevant to an issue
- States policy options and writes clear and concise policy statements
- Identifies, interprets and implements public health laws, regulations, and policies related to specific programs
- Articulates the health, fiscal, administrative, legal, social, and political implications of each policy option
- States the feasibility and expected outcomes of each policy option
Communication Skills
- Communicates effectively both in writing and orally, or in other ways
- Solicits input from individuals and organizations
- Advocates for public health programs and resources
- Leads and participates in groups to address specific issues
- Uses the media, advances technologies, and community networks to communicate information
- Effectively presents accurate demographic, statistical, programmatic, and scientific information for professional and lay audiences
- Listens to others in an unbiased manner, respects points of view of others, and promotes the expression of diverse opinions and perspectives (attitude)
Cultural Competency Skills
- Utilizes appropriate methods for interacting sensitively, effectively, and professionally with persons from diverse cultural, socioeconomic, educational, racial, ethnic and professional backgrounds, and persons of all ages and lifestyle preferences
- Identifies the role of cultural, social, and behavioral factors in determining the delivery of public health services
- Develops and adapts approaches to problems that take into account cultural differences
- Understands the dynamic force contributing to cultural diversity
- Understands the importance of diverse public health workforce
Community Dimensions of Practice Skills
- Establishes and maintains linkages with key stakeholders
- Collaborates with community partners to promote the health of the population
- Identifies how public and private organizations operate within the community
- Accomplishes effective community engagements
Basic Public Health Sciences Skills
- Defines, assesses, and understands the health status of populations, determinants of health and illness, factors contributing to health promotion and disease prevention, and factors influencing the use of health services
- Applies the basic public health sciences including behavioral and social sciences, biostatistics, epidemiology, environmental public health, and prevention of chronic and infectious diseases and injuries
Financial Planning and Management Skills
- Develops and presents a budget
- Manages programs within budget constraints
- Applies budget processes
- Develops strategies for determining budget priorities
- Monitors program performance
- Prepares proposals for funding from external sources
- Applies basic human relations skills to the management of organizations, motivation of personnel, and resolution of conflicts
- Negotiates and develops contracts and other documents for the provision of population-based services
Leadership and System Thinking Skills
- Creates a culture of ethical standards within organizations and communities
- Helps create key values and shared vision and uses these principles to guide action
- Identifies internal and external issues that may impact delivery of essential public health services (i.e. strategic planning)
- Facilitates collaboration with internal and external groups to ensure participation of key stakeholders
- Uses the legal and political system to effect change
4) Mobilize community partnerships to identify and solve health problems
Analytic/Assessment Skills
- Defines a problem
- Partners with communities to attach meaning to collected quantitative and qualitative data
- Recognizes how the data illuminate ethical, political, scientific, economic and overall public health issues
Policy Development/Program Planning Skills
- Collects, summarizes, and interprets information relevant to an issue
- States policy options and writes clear and concise policy statements
- Identifies, interprets, and implements public health laws, regulations, and policies related to specific programs
- Articulates the health, fiscal, administrative, legal, social, and political implications of each policy option
- States the feasibility and expected outcomes of each policy option
- Decides on the appropriate course of action
Communication Skills
- Communicates effectively both in writing and orally, or in other ways
- Solicits input from individuals and organizations
- Advocates for public health programs and resources
- Leads and participates in groups to address specific issues
- Uses the media, advances technologies, and community networks to communicate information
- Effectively presents accurate demographic, statistical, programmatic, and scientific information for professional and lay audiences
- Listens to others in an unbiased manner, respects points of view of others, and promotes the expression of diverse opinions and perspectives (attitude)
Cultural Competency Skills
- Utilizes appropriate methods for interacting sensitively, effectively, and professionally with persons from diverse cultural, socioeconomic, educational, racial, ethnic and professional backgrounds, and persons of all ages and lifestyle preferences
- Identifies the role of cultural, social, and behavioral factors in determining the delivery of public health services
- Develops and adapts approaches to problems that take into account cultural differences
- Understands the dynamic force contributing to cultural diversity (attitude)
- Understands the importance of a diverse public health workforce (attitude)
Community Dimensions of Practice Skills
- Establishes and maintains linkages with key stakeholders
- Utilizes leadership, team building, negotiation, and conflict resolution skills to build community partnerships
- Collaborates with community partners to promote the health of the population
- Identifies how public and private organizations operate within a community
- Accomplishes effective community engagements
- Identifies community assets and available resources
Basic Public Health Sciences Skills
- Defines, assesses, and understands the health status of populations, determinants of health and illness, factors contributing to health promotion and disease prevention, and factors influencing the use of health services
- Applies the basic public health sciences including behavioral and social sciences, biostatistics, epidemiology, environmental public health, and prevention of chronic and infectious diseases and injuries
Financial Planning and Management Skills
- Develops and presents a budget
- Manages programs within budget constraints
- Applies budget processes
- Develops strategies for determining budget priorities
- Monitors program performance
- Prepares proposals for funding from external sources
- Applies basic human relations skills to the management of organizations, motivation of personnel, and resolution of conflicts
- Negotiates and develops contracts and other documents for the provision of population-based services
Leadership and System Thinking Skills
- Creates a culture of ethical standards within organizations and communities
- Helps create key values and shared vision and uses these principles to guide action
- Identifies internal and external issues that may impact delivery of essential public health services (i.e. strategic planning)
- Facilitates collaboration with internal and external groups to ensure participation of key stakeholders
- Uses the legal and political system to effect change
- Applies theory of organizational structures to professional practice
5) Develop policies and plans that support individual and community health efforts
Analytic/Assessment Skills
- Defines a problem
- Recognizes how the data illuminate ethical, political, scientific, economic and overall public health issues
Policy Development/Program Planning Skills
- Collects, summarizes, and interprets information relevant to an issue
- States policy options and writes clear and concise policy statements
- Identifies, interprets, and implements public health laws, regulations, and policies related to specific programs
- Articulates the health, fiscal, administrative, legal, social, and political implications of each policy option
- States the feasibility and expected outcomes of each policy option
- Utilizes current techniques in decision analysis and health planning
- Decides on the appropriate course of action
- Develops a plan to implement policy, including goals, outcome and process objectives, and implementation steps
- Translates policy into organizational plans, structures, and programs
- Prepares and implements emergency response plans
- Develop mechanisms to monitor and evaluate programs for their effectiveness and quality
Communication Skills
- Communicates effectively both in writing and orally, or in other ways
- Solicits input from individuals and organizations
- Leads and participates in groups to address specific issues
- Uses the media, advances technologies, and community networks to communicate information
- Effectively presents accurate demographic, statistical, programmatic, and scientific information for professional and lay audiences
- Listens to others in an unbiased manner, respects points of view of others, and promotes the expression of diverse opinions and perspectives (attitude)
Cultural Competency Skills
- Utilizes appropriate methods for interacting sensitively, effectively, and professionally with persons from diverse cultural, socioeconomic, educational, racial, ethnic and professional backgrounds, and persons of all ages and lifestyle preferences
- Identifies the role of cultural, social, and behavioral factors in determining the delivery of public health services
- Develops and adapts approaches to problems that take into account cultural differences
- Understands the dynamic force contributing to cultural diversity (attitude)
- Understands the importance of a diverse public health workforce (attitude)
Community Dimensions of Practice Skills
- Establishes and maintains linkages with key stakeholders
- Utilizes leadership, team building, negotiation, and conflict resolution skills to build community partnerships
- Collaborates with community partners to promote the health of the population
- Identifies how public and private organizations operate within a community
- Accomplishes effective community engagements
- Identifies community assets and available resources
- Accomplishes effective community engagements
- Describes the role of government in the delivery of community health services
Basic Public Health Sciences Skills
- Defines, assesses, and understands the health status of populations, determinants of health and illness, factors contributing to health promotion and disease prevention, and factors influencing the use of health services
- Applies the basic public health sciences including behavioral and social sciences, biostatistics, epidemiology, environmental public health, and prevention of chronic and infectious diseases and injuries
Financial Planning and Management Skills
- Develops and presents a budget
- Manages programs within budget constraints
- Applies budget processes
- Develops strategies for determining budget priorities
- Monitors program performance
- Prepares proposals for funding from external sources
- Applies basic human relations skills to the management of organizations, motivation of personnel, and resolution of conflicts
- Negotiates and develops contracts and other documents for the provision of population-based services
- Conducts cost-effectiveness, cost benefit, and cost utility analyses
Leadership and System Thinking Skills
- Creates a culture of ethical standards within organizations and communities
- Helps create key values and shared vision and uses these principles to guide action
- Identifies internal and external issues that may impact delivery of essential public health services (i.e. strategic planning)
- Facilitates collaboration with internal and external groups to ensure participation of key stakeholders
- Contributes to development, implementation, and monitoring of organizational performance standards
- Uses the legal and political system to effect change
- Applies theory of organizational structures to professional practice
6) Enforce laws and regulations that protect health and ensure safety
Analytic/Assessment Skills
- Defines a problem
- Obtains and interprets information regarding risks and benefits to the community
- Recognizes how the data illuminate ethical, political, scientific, economic and overall public health issues
Policy Development/Program Planning Skills
- Collects, summarizes, and interprets information relevant to an issue
- Identifies, interprets, and implements public health laws, regulations, and policies related to specific programs
- Decides on the appropriate course of action
Communication Skills
- Communicates effectively both in writing and orally, or in other ways
- Solicits input from individuals and organizations
- Leads and participates in groups to address specific issues
- Uses the media, advances technologies, and community networks to communicate information
- Effectively presents accurate demographic, statistical, programmatic, and scientific information for professional and lay audiences
- Listens to others in an unbiased manner, respects points of view of others, and promotes the expression of diverse opinions and perspectives (attitude)
Cultural Competency Skills
- Utilizes appropriate methods for interacting sensitively, effectively, and professionally with persons from diverse cultural, socioeconomic, educational, racial, ethnic and professional backgrounds, and persons of all ages and lifestyle preferences
- Understands the dynamic force contributing to cultural diversity (attitude)
- Understands the importance of a diverse public health workforce (attitude)
Community Dimensions of Practice Skills
- Accomplishes effective community engagements
- Describes the role of government in the delivery of community health services
Basic Public Health Sciences Skills
- Defines, assesses, and understands the health status of populations, determinants of health and illness, factors contributing to health promotion and disease prevention, and factors influencing the use of health services
- Applies the basic public health sciences including behavioral and social sciences, biostatistics, epidemiology, environmental public health, and prevention of chronic and infectious diseases and injuries
Financial Planning and Management Skills
- Develops and presents a budget
- Manages programs within budget constraints
- Applies budget processes
- Develops strategies for determining budget priorities
- Monitors program performance.
- Prepares proposals for funding from external sources.
- Applies basic human relations skills to the management of organizations, motivation of personnel, and resolution of conflicts.
- Negotiates and develops contracts and other documents for the provision of population-based services
Leadership and System Thinking Skills
- Creates a culture of ethical standards within organizations and communities
- Identifies internal and external issues that may impact delivery of essential public health services (i.e. strategic planning)
- Contributes to development, implementation, and monitoring of organizational performance standards
- Uses the legal and political system to effect change
- Applies theory of organizational structures to professional practice
7) Link people to needed personal health services and assure the provision of health care when otherwise unavailable
Analytic/Assessment Skills
- Defines a problem
- Determines appropriate uses and limitations of both quantitative and qualitative data
- Makes relevant inferences from quantitative and qualitative data
- Recognizes how the data illuminate ethical, political, scientific, economic and overall public health issues
Policy Development/Program Planning Skills
- Collects, summarizes, and interprets information relevant to an issue
- States policy options and writes clear and concise policy statements
- Articulates the health, fiscal, administrative, legal, social, and political implications of each policy option
- States the feasibility and expected outcomes of each policy option
- Decides on the appropriate course of action
- Develops a plan to implement policy, including goals, outcome and process objectives, and implementation steps
- Translates policy into organizational plans, structures and programs
- Prepares and implements emergency response plans
- Develops mechanisms to monitor and evaluate programs for their effectiveness and quality
Communication Skills
- Communicates effectively both in writing and orally, or in other ways
- Solicits input from individuals and organizations
- Leads and participates in groups to address specific issues
- Uses the media, advances technologies, and community networks to communicate information
- Listens to others in an unbiased manner, respects points of view of others, and promotes the expression of diverse opinions and perspectives (attitude)
Cultural Competency Skills
- Utilizes appropriate methods for interacting sensitively, effectively, and professionally with persons from diverse cultural, socioeconomic, educational, racial, ethnic and professional backgrounds, and persons of all ages and lifestyle preferences
- Identifies the role of cultural, social, and behavioral factors in determining the delivery of public health services
- Develops and adapts approaches to problems that take into account cultural differences
- Understands the dynamic force contributing to cultural diversity
Community Dimensions of Practice Skills
- Establishes and maintains linkages with key stakeholders
- Utilizes leadership, team building, negotiation, and conflict resolution skills to build community partnerships
- Collaborates with community partners to promote the health of the population
- Identifies how public and private organizations operate within a community
- Identifies community assets and available resources
- Describes the role of government in the delivery of community health services
Basic Public Health Sciences Skills
- Defines, assesses, and understands the health status of populations, determinants of health and illness, factors contributing to health promotion and disease prevention, and factors influencing the use of health services
- Applies the basic public health sciences including behavioral and social sciences, biostatistics, epidemiology, environmental public health, and prevention of chronic and infectious diseases and injuries
Financial Planning and Management Skills
- Develops and presents a budget
- Manages programs within budget constraints
- Applies budget processes
- Develops strategies for determining budget priorities
- Monitors program performance
- Prepares proposals for funding from external sources
- Applies basic human relations skills to the management of organizations, motivation of personnel, and resolution of conflicts
Leadership and System Thinking Skills
- Creates a culture of ethical standards within organizations and communities
- Identifies internal and external issues that may impact delivery of essential public health services (i.e. strategic planning)
- Applies theory of organizational structures to professional practice
8) Assure a competent public health and personal health care workforce
Analytic/Assessment Skills
- Defines a problem
- Determines appropriate uses and limitations of both quantitative and qualitative data
- Recognizes how the data illuminate ethical, political, scientific, economic and overall public health issues
Policy Development/Program Planning Skills
- Collects, summarizes, and interprets information relevant to an issue
- States policy options and writes clear and concise policy statements
- Articulates the health, fiscal, administrative, legal, social, and political implications of each policy option
- States the feasibility and expected outcomes of each policy option
- Decides on the appropriate course of action
- Develops a plan to implement policy, including goals, outcome and process objectives, and implementation steps
- Translates policy into organizational plans, structures and programs
- Develops mechanisms to monitor and evaluate programs for their effectiveness and quality
Communication Skills
- Communicates effectively both in writing and orally, or in other ways
- Solicits input from individuals and organizations
- Leads and participates in groups to address specific issues
- Uses the media, advances technologies, and community networks to communicate information
- Listens to others in an unbiased manner, respects points of view of others, and promotes the expression of diverse opinions and perspectives (attitude)
Cultural Competency Skills
- Utilizes appropriate methods for interacting sensitively, effectively, and professionally with persons from diverse cultural, socioeconomic, educational, racial, ethnic and professional backgrounds, and persons of all ages and lifestyle preferences
- Develops and adapts approaches to problems that take into account cultural differences
- Understands the dynamic force contributing to cultural diversity (attitude)
- Understands the importance of a diverse public health workforce (attitude)
Community Dimensions of Practice Skills
- Identifies how public and private organizations operate within a community
Basic Public Health Sciences Skills
- Identifies the individual's and organization's responsibility within the context of the Essential Public Health Services and core functions
- Defines, assesses, and understands the health status of populations, determinants of health and illness, factors contributing to health promotion and disease prevention, and factors influencing the use of health services
- Understands the historical development, structure, and interaction of public health care systems
- Applies the basic public health sciences including behavioral and social sciences, biostatistics, epidemiology, environmental public health, and prevention of chronic and infectious diseases and injuries
- Identifies and retrieves current relevant scientific evidence
- Develops a lifelong commitment to rigorous critical thinking (attitude)
Financial Planning and Management Skills
- Develops and presents a budget
- Manages programs within budget constraints
- Applies budget processes
- Develops strategies for determining budget priorities
- Monitors program performance
- Prepares proposals for funding from external sources
- Applies basic human relations skills to the management of organizations, motivation of personnel, and resolution of conflicts
Leadership and System Thinking Skills
- Creates a culture of ethical standards within organizations and communities
- Identifies internal and external issues that may impact delivery of essential public health services (i.e. strategic planning)
- Promotes team and organizational learning
- Contributes to development, implementation, and monitoring of organizational performance standards
- Applies theory of organizational structures to professional practice
9) Evaluate effectiveness, accessibility, and quality of personal and population-based health services
Analytic/Assessment Skills
- Defines a problem
- Determines appropriate uses and limitations of both quantitative and qualitative data
- Identifies relevant and appropriate data and information sources
- Evaluates the integrity and comparability of data and identifies gaps in data sources
- Applies ethical principles to the collection, maintenance, use, and dissemination of data and information
- Makes relevant inferences from quantitative and qualitative data
- Recognizes how the data illuminate ethical, political, scientific, economic and overall public health issues
Policy Development/Program Planning Skills
- Collects, summarizes, and interprets information relevant to an issue
- Identifies, interprets, and implements public health laws, regulations, and policies related to specific programs
- Decides on the appropriate course of action
- Develops mechanisms to monitor and evaluate programs for their effectiveness and quality
Communication Skills
- Communicates effectively both in writing and orally, or in other ways
- Solicits input from individuals and organizations
- Advocates for public health programs and resources
- Leads and participates in groups to address specific issues
- Uses the media, advances technologies, and community networks to communicate information
- Effectively presents accurate demographic, statistical, programmatic and scientific information for professional and lay audiences
- Listens to others in an unbiased manner, respects points of view of others, and promotes the expression of diverse opinions and perspectives (attitude)
Cultural Competency Skills
- Utilizes appropriate methods for interacting sensitively, effectively, and professionally with persons from diverse cultural, socioeconomic, educational, racial, ethnic and professional backgrounds, and persons of all ages and lifestyle preferences
- Identifies the role of cultural, social, and behavioral factors in determining the delivery of public health services
- Develops and adapts approaches to problems that take into account cultural differences
- Understands the dynamic force contributing to cultural diversity (attitude)
- Understands the importance of a diverse public health workforce (attitude)
Community Dimensions of Practice Skills
- Develops, implements, and evaluates a community health assessment
Basic Public Health Sciences Skills
- Defines, assesses, and understands the health status of populations, determinants of health and illness, factors contributing to health promotion and disease prevention, and factors influencing the use of health services
- Understands the historical development, structure, and interaction of public health care systems
- Identifies and applies basic research methods used in public health
- Applies the basic public health sciences including behavioral and social sciences, biostatistics, epidemiology, environmental public health, and prevention of chronic and infectious diseases and injuries
Financial Planning and Management Skills
- Develops and presents a budget
- Manages programs within budget constraints
- Applies budget processes
- Develops strategies for determining budget priorities
- Monitors program performance
- Prepares proposals for funding from external sources
- Applies basic human relations skills to the management of organizations, motivation of personnel, and resolution of conflicts
- Conducts cost-effectiveness, cost-benefit, and cost utility analyses
Leadership and System Thinking Skills
- Creates a culture of ethical standards within organizations and communities
- Identifies internal and external issues that may impact delivery of essential public health services (i.e. strategic planning)
- Facilitates collaboration with internal and external groups to ensure participation of key stakeholders
- Contributes to development, implementation, and monitoring of organizational performance standards
10) Research for new insights and innovative solutions to health problems
Analytic/Assessment Skills
- Defines a problem
- Determines appropriate uses and limitations of both quantitative and qualitative data
- Selects and defines variables relevant to defined public heath problems
- Identifies relevant and appropriate data and information sources
- Evaluates the integrity and comparability of data and identifies gaps in data sources
- Applies ethical principles to the collection, maintenance, use, and dissemination of data and information
- Makes relevant inferences from quantitative and qualitative data
- Recognizes how the data illuminate ethical, political, scientific, economic and overall public health issues
Policy Development/Program Planning Skills
- Collects, summarizes, and interprets information relevant to an issue
- Decides on the appropriate course of action
Communication Skills
- Communicates effectively both in writing and orally, or in other ways
- Solicits input from individuals and organizations
- Advocates for public health programs and resources
- Leads and participates in groups to address specific issues
- Uses the media, advances technologies, and community networks to communicate information
- Effectively presents accurate demographic, statistical, programmatic and scientific information for professional and lay audiences
- Listens to others in an unbiased manner, respects points of view of others, and promotes the expression of diverse opinions and perspectives (attitude)
Cultural Competency Skills
- Utilizes appropriate methods for interacting sensitively, effectively, and professionally with persons from diverse cultural, socioeconomic, educational, racial, ethnic and professional backgrounds, and persons of all ages and lifestyle preferences
- Identifies the role of cultural, social, and behavioral factors in determining the delivery of public health services
- Develops and adapts approaches to problems that take into account cultural differences
- Understands the dynamic force contributing to cultural diversity (attitude)
Community Dimensions of Practice Skills
- Identifies how public and private organizations operate within a community
Basic Public Health Sciences Skills
- Defines, assesses, and understands the health status of populations, determinants of health and illness, factors contributing to health promotion and disease prevention, and factors influencing the use of health services
- Understands the historical development, structure, and interaction of public health care systems
- Identifies and applies basic research methods used in public health
- Applies the basic public health sciences including behavioral and social sciences, biostatistics, epidemiology, environmental public health, and prevention of chronic and infectious diseases and injuries
- Identifies and retrieves current relevant scientific evidence
- Identifies the limitations of research and the importance of observations and interrelationships
Financial Planning and Management Skills
- Develops and presents a budget
- Manages programs within budget constraints
- Applies budget processes
- Develops strategies for determining budget priorities
- Monitors program performance
- Prepares proposals for funding from external sources
- Applies basic human relations skills to the management of organizations, motivation of personnel, and resolution of conflicts
Leadership and System Thinking Skills
- Creates a culture of ethical standards within organizations and communities
- Identifies internal and external issues that may impact delivery of essential public health services (i.e. strategic planning)
- Facilitates collaboration with internal and external groups to ensure participation of key stakeholders
