Alignment with Learning Standards in Graduate Programs

The Including People with Disabilities: Public Health Workforce Competencies align within the 12 ASPPH and 5 CEPH Learning Domains.

ASPPH Core MPH Domains and CEPH Core Knowledge Including People with Disabilities: Public Health Workforce Competencies  (AUCD and CDC) 
HEALTH POLICY AND MANAGEMENT (ASPPH)

DIVERSITY AND CULTURE (ASPPH)

LEADERSHIP (ASPPH)

PUBLIC HEALTH BIOLOGY (ASPPH)

SYSTEMS THINKING (ASPPH)

 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
BIOSTATISTICS (ASPPH/ CEPH)

EPIDEMIOLOGY (ASPPH/ CEPH)

 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
SOCIAL and BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES (ASPPH/ CEPH)

COMMUNICATION and INFORMATICS  (ASPPH)

 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
HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION (CEPH)

PROFESSIONALISM  (ASPPH)

PROGRAM PLANNING (ASPPH)

 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
Note: The Draft Disability Inclusion Competencies do not align with the ASPPH Environmental Health Sciences Domain of the Core MPH Competencies.