Crosswalk of the 2010 Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals and the Essential Public Health Services
September 6, 2010
The Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals (Core Competencies) are a consensus set of foundational skills for the broad practice of public health, as defined by the 10 Essential Public Health Services (Essential Services). To ensure that the Core Competencies help build the skills necessary...
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Crosswalk of the 2010 and 2001 Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals
September 3, 2010
This is a crosswalk of the original set of Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals (Core Competencies) adopted in April 2001 and the 2010 version of Core Competencies. The crosswalk maps the 2010 Core Competencies with the 2001 Core Competencies to help illustrate the similarities and differences...
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North Carolina - Public Health Professionals' Self Assessment
September 2, 2010
The North Carolina Public Health Academy created a general public health professionals assessment tool aimed at helping public health professionals discover their level of competence on key dimensions of public health practice.
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Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, CA - Competency Framework
September 2, 2010
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, CA developed a competency framework for its 4,000 employees using the Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice's Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals' eight domain framework as a starting point. The purpose of the competency...
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Core Public Health Competencies Use at the Public Health Training Centers
September 2, 2010
This document contains results from a 2009 survey that was fielded to public health practitioners that work at the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Public Health Training Centers (PHTCs). The purpose of the survey was to determine how public health practitioners are using the COL...
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Objectives and Strategies of the Council on Linkages Between Academia & Public Health Practice
September 2, 2010
Several years ago, the Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice (COL) developed a set of Objectives and Strategies to help guide and prioritize its work, following a broad consensus among academic institutions and public health agencies that continued leadership in public health...
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Livingston County Department of Health, NY - Using the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals to Improve Performance
September 2, 2010
As part of a Quality Improvement (QI) initiative, Livingston County Department of Health in New York has used the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals in two ways: 1) to improve its performance appraisal form; and, 2) to conduct a workforce needs assessment. Download this document to learn how...
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Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals: Examples of Use...
September 1, 2010
This document outlines how public health practice organizations and academic institutions have used and/or are using the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals to conduct workforce needs assessments, develop discipline-specific competencies, review curricula, and refine personnel system...
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Using the Model for Improvement to Enhance Core Competencies Proficiency
August 31, 2010
This resource shows how Olmsted County Public Health Service in MN used the Model for Improvement to increase knowledge about the Council on Linkages Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals amongst its Leadership Council Members and staff.
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Past Accomplishments of the Council on Linkages: A Quick Overview
August 30, 2010
This is an overview of past accomplishments and activities of the Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice (Council on Linkages). The Council on Linkages is a coalition of 17 national public health organizations that has been improving academic/practice collaboration in order...
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