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Competency Statements

• Capacity Building Statements
• Leadership for All Public Health Core Competency Statements
• Health Equity Competency Statements
• Intersectoral Competency Statements

Canadian Public Health Association Work

• CPHA – Enhancing the Public Health Human Resource Infrastructure in Canada
• CPHA – A Sustainable Vision for Public Health

Self-Assessment Tools

• Community Capacity Building Pilot Survey Results for VCH 2010
• Community Capacity Building Pilot Survey Results – VCH and IH 2010
• Community Capacity Building Pilot Survey Results – Interior Health 2010
• LEADERSHIP FOR ALL Self-Assessment Employer Tool, BC Core Competencies Project 2010
• LEADERSHIP FOR ALL Self Assessment Employee Tool, BC Core Competencies Project 2010
• COMMUNITY CAPACITY BUILDING Self-Assessment Employer Tool, BC Core Competencies Project 2010
• COMMUNITY CAPACITY BUILDING Self Assessment Employee Tool, BC Core Competencies Project 2010
• Intersectoral Collaboration Competency-Survey results-VCH 2015
• Intersectoral Collaboration survey results-Northern Health 2015
• Fraser Health Authority – Health Equity Pilot survey Results – 2015

Project Summary

BC Core Competencies Project Achievements

Health Care Team

Please explore this section of the website to view the documents, resources and tools produced throughout the course of the BC Core Competencies Project.

Needs Assessment

A needs assessment was conducted where the nationally defined public health core competencies outlined by PHAC (Release 1.0) were affirmed as relevant in BC in addition to other competencies including community capacity building, competency enforcement, inter-professional collaboration, the application of new technology, knowledge exchange, health literacy and health ethics. Public health core competencies were mapped across the BC Framework for Core Functions in Public Health. A review of sub-discipline core competency work and an assessment of necessary system and organizational capacity and support for core competency development were also completed. Community capacity building, leadership for all and health ethics were identified as key starting points for prioritized core competency work in BC.

For more information about the Public Health Agency of Canada’s Core Competencies for Public Health in Canada Release 1.0, please see: http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/ccph-cesp/index-eng.php

Self-Assessment Tool Development

To assess local priorities and needs for core capacity development and supports, two adaptable self-assessment tools for public health employees and employers were developed. Tool development began with the definition of competency statements: “Community Capacity Building” and “Leadership for All” being the two prioritized competency areas. The “Community Capacity Building” tool was piloted successfully in both Vancouver Coastal Health and Interior Health while the “Leadership for All” tool was piloted successfully in Northern Health. The use of the employee and employer self-assessment tools together allows for the combined assessment of front-line worker and management perceptions and priorities regarding public health core competency skills, supports and training preferences. The self-assessment tools were piloted as an online survey format and were produced that they can be adapted to suit any public health core competency area.

Educational Development

An environmental scan of educational opportunities for public health professionals in the field, showed that on-going professional training is lacking – public health learning opportunities being centralized in formal post-secondary programming. Complementing the work of the BC Core Competencies Project, PHABC and partners responded to identified community capacity core competency learning needs in BC with the development of a two-day 2010 Public Health Summer School: “Supporting Community Change from a Population Health Promotion Perspective”. With presentations across the Province, video-conferencing allowed for participation amongst multiple sites, including UBC, UVIC and UNBC. Expanding from last year’s educational event, PHABC and partners are currently organizing a four-day summer school for 2011.

Evaluation and Communication

A midterm evaluation of the BC Core Competencies Project was conducted via key informant interviews amongst project members. A framework for the continuing evaluation of this project was produced in addition to a logic model for the project. Evaluation results emphasized the importance of expanding communication and engagement, particularly from post-secondary institution and public health leaders. A project communications strategy to improve awareness of and engagement with the BC Core Competencies Project was produced. An environmental scan poster, matrix poster, project PowerPoint and project website have been developed to share this project’s work and connect with other core competencies initiatives.

Network Development

A literature review and key stakeholder interviews were conducted to assess the use of networks as a best practice. Strong consensus was met that increased inter-sectoral and inter-organizational partnership and collaboration is necessary to promote comprehensive and innovative work in the field of public health. A proposal for the development of a Western Canadian Public Health Workforce Development Network is currently underway. The PHABC hosted a meeting with the Western Provincial and Territorial Public Health Associations to initiate discussions about the formation of a potential network and received positive initial responses. It is anticipated that the BC Core Competencies Project work could effectively complement network initiatives in the future.

Educational Development

2011 Public Health Summer School Backgrounder

PHABC 2010 Summer School Summary

This document includes a description of the 2010 Public Health Summer School as well as feedback from the results of the summer school evaluation. This two-day educational session, “Supporting Community Change from a Population Health Promotion Perspective”, was hosted across three sites: UBC, UVIC and UNBC.

Evaluation and Communication

• BC Core Competencies Project, Communications Strategy Report
• PowerPoint Presentation, Summary of the BC Core Competencies Project
• Context and Connections Matrix Poster – BC Core Competencies Project
• Context and Connections – Environmental Scan Poster, BC Core Competencies Project
• BC Core Competencies Project Summary of Findings and Future Considerations
  • A summary of the the work completed within this project over the past three years. Next steps for this project are synthesized and included at the end of this document to give direction to future work.
• BC Core Competencies Project Midterm Evaluation Final Report
  • A midterm evaluation of the BC Core Competencies Project was comprised of feedback gathered from key informant interviews with project members. A logic model and evaluation framework were developed and included in this report.