Who does public health?

Lecture 1

What are the 3 parts of the public health skills and knowledge framework?

What are the 3 parts of the public health skills and knowledge framework?

technical, context, delivery

technical

measuring, monitoring, evaluating, using evidence and research to improve health and protect the population

context

working with other agencies/countries, collaborating to reduce health inequalities

delivery

communicating with others to improve outcomes, providing leadership to achieve public health goals, using what is available to create programmes

What are the three parts to the WHO ASPHER framework?

context and content, relations and interaction, performance and achievement

context and content

Science and practice, Promoting health, Law, policies and ethics, One Health and health security

relations and interactions

Leadership and systems thinking, Collaboration and partnerships, Communication, culture and advocacy

performance and achievement

Governance and resource management, Professional development and reflective ethical practice, Organizational literacy and adaptability

Level 1 (expert)

works at the core problem at the head of an organisation, supervises multiple tiers of staff, assigns responsibilities, makes decisions intuitively

Level 2 (proficient)

has leadership roles, uses their own skills to make decisions, supervisor

Level 3 (competent)

has foundational training, relies in core principles in decision making, may supervise a small group of staff