TY - JOUR
T1 - Public health training and research competencies in 2015: a review of literature
AU - La Torre, Giuseppe
AU - Damiani, Gianfranco
AU - Mancinelli, S
AU - De Vito, C
AU - Maurici, M
AU - Bucci, Roberto
AU - D’Andrea, E
AU - Parente, Paolo
AU - Lucaroni, F
AU - De Vito, Elisabetta
AU - Villari, Paolo
AU - Franco, E
AU - Ricciardi, Walter
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Background
The three Roman Schools of specialization on Public Health
(PH), on behalf of the Roman Academy of Public Health
(ARSP), started a project to provide a common training to
their residents. The aim of this study was to define the
educational needs and gaps of PH professionals through a
review of the PH competencies worldwide.
Methods
A Literature search was performed. Moreover, relevant
documents produced by PH training and teaching associations
and core curricula of Masters in PH were retrieved. Web sites
of international PH organizations have been investigated and
relevant documents were collected. The competencies were
then revised and supplemented in the light of the guidelines for
programming teaching of Schools of Specialization in PH
detailed in Italian Ministerial Decree 68/2015.
Results
Ten main areas, reflecting skill areas within PH, were identified:
analytical and assessment area; policy development and program
planning; communication; social determinants and health
inequalities; health promotion at community dimension;
public health sciences; financial planning and management;
leadership, systems thinking and capacity building; prevention
of communicable and non-communicable diseases; environment,
food and occupational health. For each area a set of skills,
called core competencies, were delineated and listed. The core
competencies are in agreement with the desirable skills for the
broad practice of PH. The main gaps were referred to three
domains: social determinants and health inequalities, communication,
leadership, systems thinking and capacity building.
Conclusions
Common core competencies are useful to understand, assess,
and meet training and workforce needs and also obtain a
nationwide PH professional profile enhancing the role of PH
in the European Community. However, we need to take into
account the diversity of the health care systems and the social
and economic trends among Countries.
Key message
Common and supranational public health professional
profile is needed to guarantee cooperation among
Countries and enhance the role of public health in Europe
AB - Background
The three Roman Schools of specialization on Public Health
(PH), on behalf of the Roman Academy of Public Health
(ARSP), started a project to provide a common training to
their residents. The aim of this study was to define the
educational needs and gaps of PH professionals through a
review of the PH competencies worldwide.
Methods
A Literature search was performed. Moreover, relevant
documents produced by PH training and teaching associations
and core curricula of Masters in PH were retrieved. Web sites
of international PH organizations have been investigated and
relevant documents were collected. The competencies were
then revised and supplemented in the light of the guidelines for
programming teaching of Schools of Specialization in PH
detailed in Italian Ministerial Decree 68/2015.
Results
Ten main areas, reflecting skill areas within PH, were identified:
analytical and assessment area; policy development and program
planning; communication; social determinants and health
inequalities; health promotion at community dimension;
public health sciences; financial planning and management;
leadership, systems thinking and capacity building; prevention
of communicable and non-communicable diseases; environment,
food and occupational health. For each area a set of skills,
called core competencies, were delineated and listed. The core
competencies are in agreement with the desirable skills for the
broad practice of PH. The main gaps were referred to three
domains: social determinants and health inequalities, communication,
leadership, systems thinking and capacity building.
Conclusions
Common core competencies are useful to understand, assess,
and meet training and workforce needs and also obtain a
nationwide PH professional profile enhancing the role of PH
in the European Community. However, we need to take into
account the diversity of the health care systems and the social
and economic trends among Countries.
Key message
Common and supranational public health professional
profile is needed to guarantee cooperation among
Countries and enhance the role of public health in Europe
KW - public health training
KW - public health training
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10807/69273
M3 - Conference article
SN - 1101-1262
VL - 25 (Suppl. 3)
SP - 87
EP - 87
JO - European Journal of Public Health
JF - European Journal of Public Health
T2 - 8th European Public Health Conference – “Health in Europe – from global to local policies, methods and practices”
Y2 - 14 October 2015 through 17 October 2015
ER -