Return-Path: <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id eAAKAu923027; Fri, 10 Nov 2000 15:10:56 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 15:10:56 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <v04210112b632053fb9cf@[146.186.96.31]> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Barb Van Horn <blv1@psu.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-HEALTH:2720] public health professional competencies X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Status: OR I was sent the following information -- and thought that some subscribers might be interested in reviewing this project. Actually, I went to the site and logged in as a reviewer. I only commented on the Communications competencies as I am not a public health professional -- I'm a literacy professional. At any rate, you may find this interesting... If you want to skip the background and go to the web site, see the last paragraph. >The Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice >(Council on Linkages) is comprised of leaders from national >organizations representing the public health practice and academic >communities. The Council grew out of the Public Health Faculty/Agency >Forum, which developed recommendations for improving the relevance of >public health education to the demands of public health in the >practice sector. The Council's Mission is to improve public health >practice and education by refining and implementing recommendations >of the Public >Health Faculty/Agency Forum, establishing links between academia and the >agencies of the public health community, and creating a process for >continuing public health education throughout one's career. > >The Council on Linkages is committed to assisting the U.S. Public Health >Service in efforts to implement components of The Public Health >Workforce: An Agenda for the 21st Century report pertaining to identifying >public health competencies that are core for the entire professional public >health workforce. To this end, the Council has reviewed ten years of work in >this area as well as gathered input from public health practitioners and >academicians. The work has synthesized the information into one >comprehensive list of potential core public health competencies. A >process of receiving feedback ... has now been implemented. A final >list is expected to be released in January 2001. > >By engaging the users of competencies in their refinement, the Council on >Linkages hopes to gain the acceptance of and promote the use of a core set of >public health competencies. Furthermore, this list will ultimately help guide >curriculum and content development of public health education and training >programs. Your comments are needed to validate the identified competencies. >Go to http://www.trainingfinder.org/competencies to comment. If you have any >questions about the Council on Linkages or the Competencies Project, please ****************** Barbara Van Horn NIFL-WORKPLACE List Co-Moderator Assistant Director Institute for the Study of Adult Literacy College of Education The Pennsylvania State University 102 Rackley Building University Park, PA 16802-3202 Phone: 814-865-5876 Fax: 814-863-6108 E-mail: BLV1@PSU.EDU "Enjoy yourself. These are the 'good old days' you're going to miss in the years ahead." Anonymous
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