Core competencies for public health professionals129th Annual APHA Meeting in Atlanta, GA (October 21-25,
2001) Ron Bialek, MPP, Public Health Foundation, 1220 L Street, N.W., Suite 350, Washington, DC, DC 20005, fax: (202) 898-5609. The Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice is committed to assisting the U.S. Public Health Service in efforts to implement components of The Public Health Workforce: An Agenda for the 21st Century report pertaining to public health competencies. To this end the Council developed a list of core competencies for public health professionals. This list represents ten years of work on this subject by the Council and numerous other organizations and individuals in public health academia and practice settings. Their work has been compiled from various source documents and cross-walked with the Essential Public Health Services. This cross-walk ensures that the competencies help build the skills necessary for providing these essential services. This session will review the final list of core competencies and the process used to compile and refine the list. The session will also discuss the potential uses of the core competencies and highlight several practical examples. In addition, the session will discuss ways to promote the use of the core competencies in both academic and practice settings. The session will wrap up with a group dialogue to talk about examples from the audience and ways the competencies can be used in different academic and practice settings. See www.trainingfinder.org/competencies Program Selection: APHA-Innovations ProjectTopic Selection: Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals Keywords: Competency, Public Health Infrastructure Learning Objectives:
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