Education of the public health workforce and the Sustainable Development Goals: An analysis of existing competency sets
Objectives: This paper describes a project designed to quantify the extent to which existing competency frameworks used for educating the public health workforce contribute to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) directly relevant to public health. Study design: This was a qualitative...
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| author | Saskia Jaenecke Leanne Coombe Roger Harrison Laura Rasar King Priscilla Robinson |
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| description | Objectives: This paper describes a project designed to quantify the extent to which existing competency frameworks used for educating the public health workforce contribute to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) directly relevant to public health. Study design: This was a qualitative study involving a content and thematic analysis and mapping of nine available public health competency sets against the World Federation of Public Health Association's Global Charter for the Public's Health and the SDGs. Methods: First, the SDG targets directly relevant to public health were selected, then mapped against the elements of the Global Charter to illustrate their alignment with aspects of public health practice. Next, competencies from each respective framework were mapped against the SDG targets, and the results quantified as to the coverage of the SDG targets by each of the frameworks. Results: Overall, very few competencies directly or fully covered the SDG targets in question, however, there were more competencies partially covering the targets. Except for one framework, many issues found in the SDG targets were not explicitly addressed by the competencies in most of the frameworks, namely, migration, human rights, violence, and food and water scarcity. Conclusions: Overall, urgent action is required to ensure public health competency frameworks are more in line with the SDGs and include public health issues that disproportionally affect low- and middle-income countries. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-55fc273257ef4216a9b312a488bc4dfb2023-06-12T04:09:38ZengElsevierPublic Health in Practice2666-53522023-06-015100374Education of the public health workforce and the Sustainable Development Goals: An analysis of existing competency setsSaskia Jaenecke0Leanne Coombe1Roger Harrison2Laura Rasar King3Priscilla Robinson4Fulda University of Applied Sciences, Fulda, GermanyThe University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia; World Federation of Public Health Associations, Geneva, Switzerland; Corresponding author. Faculty of Medicine, 288 Herston Road, Herston, QLD, 4006, Australia.The University of Manchester, Manchester, UKCouncil on Education for Public Health, Silver Spring, MD, USALa Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia; World Federation of Public Health Associations, Geneva, SwitzerlandObjectives: This paper describes a project designed to quantify the extent to which existing competency frameworks used for educating the public health workforce contribute to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) directly relevant to public health. Study design: This was a qualitative study involving a content and thematic analysis and mapping of nine available public health competency sets against the World Federation of Public Health Association's Global Charter for the Public's Health and the SDGs. Methods: First, the SDG targets directly relevant to public health were selected, then mapped against the elements of the Global Charter to illustrate their alignment with aspects of public health practice. Next, competencies from each respective framework were mapped against the SDG targets, and the results quantified as to the coverage of the SDG targets by each of the frameworks. Results: Overall, very few competencies directly or fully covered the SDG targets in question, however, there were more competencies partially covering the targets. Except for one framework, many issues found in the SDG targets were not explicitly addressed by the competencies in most of the frameworks, namely, migration, human rights, violence, and food and water scarcity. Conclusions: Overall, urgent action is required to ensure public health competency frameworks are more in line with the SDGs and include public health issues that disproportionally affect low- and middle-income countries.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666535223000204Competency frameworksCompetencies for public healthSustainable Development Goals (SDGs)MappingPublic health education and training |
| spellingShingle | Saskia Jaenecke Leanne Coombe Roger Harrison Laura Rasar King Priscilla Robinson Education of the public health workforce and the Sustainable Development Goals: An analysis of existing competency sets Public Health in Practice Competency frameworks Competencies for public health Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Mapping Public health education and training |
| title | Education of the public health workforce and the Sustainable Development Goals: An analysis of existing competency sets |
| title_full | Education of the public health workforce and the Sustainable Development Goals: An analysis of existing competency sets |
| title_fullStr | Education of the public health workforce and the Sustainable Development Goals: An analysis of existing competency sets |
| title_full_unstemmed | Education of the public health workforce and the Sustainable Development Goals: An analysis of existing competency sets |
| title_short | Education of the public health workforce and the Sustainable Development Goals: An analysis of existing competency sets |
| title_sort | education of the public health workforce and the sustainable development goals an analysis of existing competency sets |
| topic | Competency frameworks Competencies for public health Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Mapping Public health education and training |
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