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About the National Data
Data
Baseline: 60.3 percent of state and territorial public health agencies incorporated Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals into developing training plans by 2019
Target: 65.1 percent
Methodology
Questions used to obtain the national baseline data
From the 2019 ASTHO Profile of State and Territorial Public Health:
Numerator:
Indicate the use of various public health competencies in the course of managing your agency personnel: Core competencies for public health professionals (Council on Linkages)- Not familiar with
- Familiar with but have not used
- Conducting performance evaluations
- Developing training plans
- Preparing job descriptions
- Other use
Methodology notes
The Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals (Core Competencies) are a consensus set of skills for the broad practice of public health, as defined by the 10 Essential Public Health Services. Developed by the Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice (Council on Linkages), the Core Competencies reflect foundational skills desirable for professionals engaging in the practice, education, and research of public health. These competencies are organized into eight domains, reflecting skill areas within public health, and three tiers, representing career stages for public health professionals. States and territories that responded that they use core competencies for public health professionals in "Developing training plans" were counted in the numerator. The ASTHO Profile Survey is sent to the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and 8 US territories and freely associated states.
History
In 2022, the objective statement was revised from "Increase the proportion of state public health agencies that use Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals in continuing education for personnel" to "Increase the proportion of state and territorial public health agencies that use Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals in continuing education for personnel." Due to the the change in measurement for the objective to track state and territorial agencies, the baseline was revised from 72.0% in 2016 to 60.3% in 2019. The target was revised from 76.4% to 65.1% using the original target setting method.
1. Effect size h=0.1 was chosen to correspond with 10% improvement from a baseline of 50%.