Competencies

Analytical/Assessment Skills, Communication Skills, Cultural Competency Skills, Community Dimensions of Practice Skills, Leadership and Systems Thinking Skills

Tiers 1,2,3

• 1A1. Describes factors affecting the health of a community
• 1A4. Uses information technology in accessing, collecting, analyzing, using, maintaining, and disseminating data and information
• 1A/B/C8. Collects (and ensures collection of) valid and reliable quantitative and qualitative data
• 1A/B/C3. Applies and ensures ethical principles are applied in accessing, collecting, analyzing, using, maintaining, and disseminating data and
• information
• 1A/B11. Describes and identifies assets and resources that can be used for improving the health of a community (e.g., Boys & Girls Clubs, public libraries, hospitals, faith-based organizations, academic institutions, federal grants, fellowship programs)
• 1A12. Contributes to assessments of community health status and factors influencing health in a community (e.g., quality, availability, accessibility,
• and use of health services; access to affordable housing)
• 1B15. Advocates for the use of evidence in decision making that affects the health of a community (e.g., helping policy makers understand community health needs, demonstrating the impact of programs)
• 2A1. Contributes to state/Tribal/community health improvement planning (e.g., providing data to supplement community health assessments,
• communicating observations from work in the field)
• 2A5. Identifies current trends (e.g., health, fiscal, social, political, environmental) affecting the health of a community
• 2A6. Gathers information that can inform options for policies, programs, and services (e.g., secondhand smoking policies, data use policies, HR policies, immunization programs, food safety programs)
• 2A7. Describes implications of policies, programs, and services
• 2A10. Gathers information for evaluating policies, programs, and services (e.g., outputs, outcomes, processes, procedures, return on investment)
• 3A1. Identifies the literacy of populations served (e.g., ability to obtain, interpret, and use health and other information; social media literacy)
• 3A/B/C2. Communicates in writing and orally with linguistic and cultural proficiency
• 3A/B3. Solicits input from individuals and organizations (e.g., chambers of commerce, religious organizations, schools, social service organizations, hospitals, government, community- based organizations, various populations served) for improving the health of a community
• 3A7. Facilitates communication among individuals, groups, and organizations
• 4A4. Recognizes the contribution of diverse perspectives in developing, implementing, and evaluating policies, programs, and services that affect the health of a community
• 4A6. Describes the effects of policies, programs, and services on different populations in a community
• 5A5. Collaborates with community partners to improve health in a community (e.g., participates in committees, shares data and information, connects people to resources)
• 5A6. Engages community members (e.g., focus groups, talking circles, formal meetings, key informant interviews) to improve health in a community
• 5A/B11. Describes importance of and collaborates in community-based participatory research
• 8A1. Incorporates ethical standards of practice (e.g., Public Health Code of Ethics) into all interactions with individuals, organizations, and communities