Competencies:
Evidence-Based Approaches to Public Health
1. Apply epidemiological methods to the breadth of settings and situations in public health practice
2. Select quantitative and qualitative data collection methods appropriate for a given public health context
3. Analyze quantitative and qualitative data using biostatistics, informatics, computer-based programming and software, as appropriate
4. Interpret results of data analysis for public health research, policy or practice
Public Health & Health Care Systems
5. Compare the organization, structure and function of health care, public health and regulatory systems
across national and international settings
6. 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
7. Assess population needs, assets and capacities that affect communities’ health
8. Apply awareness of cultural values and practices to the design or implementation of public health policies
or programs
9. Design a population-based policy, program, project or intervention
10. Explain basic principles and tools of budget and resource management
11. Select methods to evaluate public health programs
Policy in Public Health
12. Discuss multiple dimensions of the policy-making process, including the roles of ethics and evidence
13. Propose strategies to identify stakeholders and build coalitions and partnerships for influencing public
health outcomes
14. Advocate for political, social or economic policies and programs that will improve health in diverse
populations
15. Evaluate policies for their impact on public health and health equity
ESU MPH Program_Health 586 Competencies 1/30/17
Leadership Can not be changed
17. Apply negotiation and mediation skills to address organizational or community challenges
Communication
Interprofessional Practice Can not be changed
21. Perform effectively on interprofessional teams
Systems Thinking
22. Apply systems thinking tools to a public health issue
