果冻影院

MPH Program Competency Set

Foundational Competencies

Evidence-based Approaches to Public Health

• Apply epidemiological methods to the breadth of settings and situations in public health practice
• Select quantitative and qualitative data collection methods appropriate for a given public health context
• Analyze quantitative and qualitative data using biostatistics, informatics, computer-based programming and software, as appropriate
• Interpret results of data analysis for public health research, policy or practice

Public Health & Health Care Systems

• Compare the organization, structure and function of health care, public health and regulatory systems across national and international settings
• Discuss the means by which structural bias, social inequities and racism undermine health and create challenges to achieving health equity at organizational, community and societal levels

Planning & Management to Promote Health

• Assess population needs, assets and capacities that affect communities’ health
• Apply awareness of cultural values and practices to the design, implementation, or critique of public health policies or programs
• Design a population-based policy, program, project or intervention
• Explain basic principles and tools of budget and resource management
• Select methods to evaluate public health programs

Policy in Public Health

• Discuss multiple dimensions of the policy-making process, including the roles of ethics and evidence
• Propose strategies to identify stakeholders and build coalitions and partnerships for influencing public health outcomes
• Advocate for political, social or economic policies and programs that will improve health in diverse populations
• Evaluate policies for their impact on public health and health equity

Leadership

• Apply leadership and/or management principles to address a relevant issue
• Apply negotiation and mediation skills to address organizational or community challenges

Communication

• Select communication strategies for different audiences and sectors
• Communicate audience-appropriate (i.e. non-academic, non-peer audience) public health content, both in writing and through oral presentation
• Describe the importance of cultural competence in communicating public health content

Interprofessional Practice

• Integrate perspectives from other sectors and/or professions to promote and advance population health

Systems Thinking

• Apply a systems thinking tool to visually represent a public health issue in a format other than standard narrative

Concentration-Specific Competencies

• Apply basic theories and models from behavioral science disciplines that are used in public health practice
• Demonstrate strategic planning and program planning in the contextual setting for when it is appropriate to use each process
• Design a logic model as a component of program planning that addresses short, medium, and long term outcomes
• Conduct outcome and impact analysis using evaluation design and data
• Apply methods for evaluating efficiency, cost benefit, and cost effectiveness analyses