| CEPH-specified Core Program 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 |
| Leadership | |
| 16 | Apply principles of leadership, governance and management, which include creating a vision, empowering others, fostering collaboration and guiding decision making |
| 17 | Apply negotiation and mediation skills to address organizational or community challenges |
| Communication | |
| 18 | Select communication strategies for different audiences and sectors |
| 19 | Communicate audience-appropriate public health content, both in writing and through oral presentation |
| 20 | Describe the importance of cultural competence in communicating public health content |
| Interprofessional Practice | |
| 21 | Perform effectively on interprofessional teams |
| Systems Thinking | |
| 22 | Apply systems thinking tools to a public health issue |
| Concentration Competencies | |
|---|---|
| Applied Public Health Concentration | |
| APH 1 | Compare and contrast the functional roles of federal, state and local public health agencies in terms of mandated activities, recommendations, and funding provision. |
| APH 2 | Adopt the role of the Public Health 3.0 “Chief Health Strategist” to write a plan for engaging and defining the roles of multiple cross-sector collaborators to address a specific public health need. |
| APH 3 | Using population health data and results from community needs assessments, write a health problem statement for a specific community health problem. |
| APH 4 | Develop a public health program implementation plan, including program goals & objectives, work plans, budgets, and timelines. |
| APH 5 | Develop a written plan to apply processes that integrate transdisciplinary perspectives, contributions, and collaborations to address health disparities. |
| Concentration Competencies | |
|---|---|
| Epidemiology Concentration | |
| EPI 1 | Transform data by creating variables, merging data sets, and using arrays. |
| EPI 2 | Apply weighting and other complex sampling designs when analyzing survey data. |
| EPI 3 | Using a specified research reporting format, discuss statistical model development assumptions, including interpretations, diagnostics, and reporting, focusing on implementing logistic regression analysis modeling to epidemiological data. |
| EPI 4 | Develop and explore research questions and hypotheses. |
| EPI 5 | Discuss the selection and use of appropriate epidemiological methods including measures of disease occurrence; adjustment methods based on stratification; and evaluation of bias. |
| EPI 6 | Apply the principles of meta-analysis and solve meta-analytic problems using fixed effects and random effects modeling techniques. |
| Concentration Competencies | |
|---|---|
| Generalist Concentration (no longer available after Fall 2021) | |
| GEN 1 | Analyze the impact of risk and protective factors on health outcomes during the life course. |
| GEN 2 | Discriminate between research questions and hypotheses and derive one from the other. |
| GEN 3 | Develop theory-driven health behavior change messages to impact policy or practice. |
| GEN 4 | Identify and access public or private data sets and assess their relevance in addressing a specific public health research question or evaluation need. |
| GEN 5 | Assess workplace or environmental causes of injury or illness and make recommendations for ways to limit exposures and enhance health. |
| CEPH Foundational Knowledge Areas | |
|---|---|
| Profession & Science of Public Health | |
| 1 | Explain public health history, philosophy and values |
| 2 | Identify the core functions of public health and the 10 Essential Services |
| 3 | Explain the role of quantitative and qualitative methods and sciences in describing and assessing a population’s health |
| 4 | List major causes and trends of morbidity and mortality in the US or other community relevant to the school or program |
| 5 | Discuss the science of primary, secondary and tertiary prevention in population health, including health promotion, screening, etc. |
| 6 | Explain the critical importance of evidence in advancing public health knowledge |
| Factors Related to Human Health | |
| 7 | Explain effects of environmental factors on a population’s health |
| 8 | Explain biological and genetic factors that affect a population’s health |
| 9 | Explain behavioral and psychological factors that affect a population’s health |
| 10 | Explain the social, political and economic determinants of health and how they contribute to population health and health inequities |
| 11 | Explain how globalization affects global burdens of disease |
| 12 | Explain an ecological perspective on the connections among human health, animal health and ecosystem health (e.g., One Health) |