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Including People with Disabilities Public Health Workforce Competencies |
MCH Leadership Competencies |
Essential Public Health Services |
| Competency 1: Discuss disability models across the lifespan | Self:
Competency 1 MCH Knowledge Base/Context Wider Community: Competency 12 Policy and Advocacy
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1. Monitor health status to identify community health problems.
2. Diagnose and investigate health problems and health hazards in the community. 3. Assure a competent public health and personal healthcare workforce |
| Competency 2: Discuss methods used to assess health issues for people with disabilities
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Self:
Competency 1 MCH Knowledge Base/Context Competency 4 Critical Thinking Wider Community: Competency 11 Working with Communities and Systems Competency 12 Policy and Advocacy |
8. Assure a competent public health and personal healthcare workforce
9. Evaluate effectiveness, accessibility, and quality of personal and population-based health services. 10. Research for new insights and innovative solutions to health problems.
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| Competency 3: Identify how public health programs impact health outcomes for people with disabilities
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Self:
Competency 1 – MCH Knowledge Base/Context Others: Competency 7 Cultural Competency Wider Community: Competency 12 Policy and Advocacy |
3. Inform, educate, and empower people about health issues.
8. Assure a competent public health and personal healthcare workforce
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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
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Others:
Competency 5 Communication Competency 6 Negotiation and Conflict Resolution Competency 7 – Cultural Competency Competency 8 Family-centered Care Competency 10 Interdisciplinary Team Building Wider Community: Competency 11 – Working with Communities and Systems Competency 12 Policy and Advocacy |
4. Mobilize community partnerships to identify and solve health problems.
5. Develop policies and plans that support individual and community health efforts. 6. Enforce laws and regulations that protect health and ensure safety. 7. Link people to needed personal health services and assure the provision of health care when otherwise unavailable 8. Assure a competent public health and personal healthcare workforce |
Including People with Disabilities: Public Health Workforce Competencies 