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Strengthening Public Health Practice: Using Core Competencies for Public Health. Canadian Public Health Association 2008 Annual Conference. The Need to Strengthen the Public Health Workforce. Public health events & reports emphasized the need to re-examine public health. Workforce Challenges. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Strengthening Public Health Practice: Using Core Competencies for Public Health Canadian Public Health Association 2008 Annual Conference
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Page 1: Strengthening Public Health Practice: Using Core Competencies for Public Health

Strengthening Public Health Practice: Using Core Competencies

for Public Health

Canadian Public Health Association 2008 Annual Conference

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The Need to Strengthen the Public Health Workforce

Public health events &

reports emphasized the need

to re-examine public health

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Workforce Challenges

Lack of:• qualified public health professionals in Canada, aging

workforce & uneven distribution of existing practitioners

(especially in rural & remote areas)

• common measure & data to quantify the gap

• ‘surge’ capacity of public health practitioners in the case of

an emergency

• skills development & training opportunities for existing

public health practitioners

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National Response to Strengthen the Public Health Workforce

Creation of the Public Health Agency of Canada (October 2004)

Federal/Provincial/Territorial Advisory Groups

– Develop pan-Canadian strategies to strengthen public health capacity

– 2 Components: Develop public health core competencies common to all

public health professionals Enhance knowledge & skills among the public health

workforce

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Public health needs of the population

Define the public health workforce for planning purposes

Gather data on the public health

workforce

Identify core public health services

Identify function-specific** public

health competencies

Identify core* public health competencies

Develop worker competency

assessment tools and incentives

Align education programs to reflect competencies and interprofessional

practice

Develop organizational competency

assessment tools and incentives

Map the competencies of each discipline against the

core and function-specific competencies

Develop recruitment / retention strategies to

attract required competencies

Develop structures to support

interprofessional education (space, time, instructors)

Deploy workforce in interprofessional

models based on their competencies

Identify best practices in interprofessional

deployment

Identify best practices in recruitment and retention

Identify best practices in education (including placements, continuing

education)

Develop accreditation

standards / quality control measures

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Core Competencies for Public Health in Canada

Set of essential skills, knowledge & attitudes

necessary for the broad practice of public health

• Basic building block to develop the workforce

• Independent of discipline & program

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HOW were they developed?

2005: Pan-Canadian Framework for Public

Health Human Resource Planning

recommends development

2005: Draft statements/preliminary

consultation

2006: Revised draft statements, glossary

2006/7: National consultation

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Consultation Activities

• Communication & promotion

• Consultation components:

– Survey

– Regional consultation meetings

– Implementation Pilots

– Discipline specific work

• Develop tools to assess & use

for agencies, educational

institutions & employers

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www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/core_competencies

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Core Competencies for Public Health in Canada: Release 1.0

Launched at Canadian Public Health Association 2007 Annual Conference

Ottawa, ON

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Core Competencies for Public Health in Canada: Release 1.0

36 statements organized under 7 categories:

1. Public Health Sciences

2. Assessment & Analysis

3. Policy & Program Planning, Implementation & Evaluation

4. Partnerships, Collaboration & Advocacy

5. Diversity & Inclusiveness

6. Communication

7. Leadership

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Recommendations from Consultation

• Keep the momentum going!!!• Communicate & Market to get endorsement & raise

profile of public health• Build infrastructure to support use & maintain

competencies (e.g., education, training & professional continuing education; Human Resource planning & management)

• Monitor & evaluate use• Keep the Core Competencies for Public Health current• Continue to involve public health community &

promote/support collaboration

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Next Steps…

Strategic Plan

• Dissemination – Communication & Marketing

Strategy

• Support for use – materials & tools for

– Practitioners

– Organizations

– System

(e.g. Self assessment tool, Orientation to Public

Health, proficiency levels, practice examples, Skills

Online professional continuing education program)

• Evaluation Plan

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A Shared Responsibility

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For More Information

Core Competencies for Public Health in Canada

www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/core_competencies

Skills Online

www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/skills


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