The Including People with Disabilities: Public Health Workforce Competencies align within the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals developed by the Council on Linkages between Academia and Public Health Practice. The Core Competencies reflect foundational skills desirable for professionals engaging in the practice, education, and research of public health. These competencies are organized into eight domains, reflecting skill areas within public health, and three tiers, representing career stages for public health professionals. [June 27, 2014]
| Core Competencies | Including People with Disabilities: Public Health Workforce Competencies (AUCD and CDC) – 5/1/2016 |
| Policy Development/Program Planning Skills
Communication Skills Cultural Competency Skills Community Dimensions of Practice Skills Leadership and Systems Thinking Skills
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Competency 1: Discuss disability models across the lifespan
Learning Objectives: 1.1. Compare and contrast different models of disability 1.2. Define model(s) of disability for a particular scope of work or population served 1.3. Describe the Social Determinants of health and how they affect health disparities for people with disabilities
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| Analytical/Assessment Skills
Public Health Sciences Skills |
Competency 2: Discuss methods used to assess health issues for people with disabilities.
Learning Objectives: 2.1. Identify surveillance systems used to capture data that includes people with disabilities 2.2. Recognize that disability can be used as a demographic variable
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| Analytical/Assessment Skills
Community Dimensions of Practice Skills Public Health Sciences Skills |
Competency 3: Identify how public health programs impact health outcomes for people with disabilities
Learning Objectives: 3.1. Recognize health issues of people with disabilities and health promotion strategies that can be used to address them 3.2. Use laws as a tool to support people with disabilities 3.3. Recognize accessibility standards, universal design, and principles of built environment that affect the health and quality of life for people with disabilities 3.4. Explain how public health services, governmental programs and non-governmental/community-based organizations interact with disability 3.5. Describe how communities (places where people live, work and recreate) can adapt to be fully inclusive of disability populations
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| Community Dimensions of Practice Skills
Public Health Sciences Skills Financial Planning and Management Skills Leadership and Systems Thinking Skills
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Competency 4: Implement and evaluate strategies to include people with disabilities in public health programs that promote health, prevent disease, and manage chronic and other health conditions
Learning Objectives: 4.1. Describe factors that affect health care access for people with disabilities 4.2. Use strategies to integrate people with disabilities into health promotion programs 4.3. Identify emerging issues that impact people with disabilities 4.4. Define how environment can impact health outcomes for people with disabilities 4.5. Apply evaluation strategies (needs assessment, process evaluation, and program evaluation) that can be used to demonstrate impact for people with disabilities |
Including People with Disabilities: Public Health Workforce Competencies 