The 2014 version of the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals (Core Competencies) was adopted by the Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice (Council on Linkages) on June 26, 2014. Since that date, numerous activities have been undertaken to help make this latest version available to the public health community. Council on Linkages member organizations, members of the Core Competencies Workgroup, and other public health professionals and organizations have been actively engaged in sharing the Core Competencies through:

• Email announcements
• Newsletter articles
• Presentations at meetings and conferences, including those of the American Public Health Association, Association for Prevention Teaching and Research’s Council of Graduate Programs in Public Health, National Association of Local Boards of Health, Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health, Association for Community Health Improvement, and PHPartners
• Webinars held in collaboration with the National Association of County and City Health Officials, the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, and the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health
• Updates to the TRAIN learning management network