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Core Competencies

The Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice has developed the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals, which are used by hundreds of health departments across the U.S.  The core competencies are organized into 8 domains representing skill areas within public health:

  1. Data Analytics & Assessment Skills
  2. Policy Development & Program Planning Skills
  3. Communication Skills
  4. Health Equity Skills
  5. Community Partnership Skills
  6. Public Health Sciences Skills
  7. Management & Finance Skills
  8. Leadership & Systems Thinking Skills

Many jobs and careers related to public health will involve using some combination of these skill domains. The MPH Career Services Program recommends students explore and identify the skill domains they are most interested in further developing and utilizing in their careers.  In addition, it can also be helpful to use the skill domains as an organizing principle for one's job search and as a marketing tool.

The resources below provide a starting point for exploring opportunities within the skill domains. If you have a recommended resource to add, please contact Career Services Manager, Chandlee Bryan.

Data Analytics

  • Data for Health Impact Program
    Bloomberg Philanthropies, Data for Health Initiative
  • Lessons in Leadership: Using Data to Drive Public Health Decisions
    McKinsey
  • What's the Difference between a Data Analyst and a Data Scientist?
    Career Foundry
Training

Python, R, and Stata are three common programming languages used in data analytics. Here are library guides to provide you with resources for learning each of them

  • Python Bites Workshop Series - Research Guides at Dartmouth College
  • R Koujue - Statistical Software - Research Guides at Dartmouth College
  • Stata Koujue - Statistical Software - Research Guides at Dartmouth College

Policy Development & Program Planning Skills

  • Public Policy Development
    Public Health Institute
  • National Conference of State Legislatures

Communications

  • Public Health Communications Collaborative
    Communications resources for public health professionals
  • Health Communications Strategies and Resources
    National Prevention Information Network
  • Usability.gov

Health Equity

  • Health Equity Assessment Tool Kit
    World Health Organization
  • Health Equity Curricular Toolkit
    American Academy of Family Physicians
  • Health Equity Toolkit for COVID-19
    Big Cities Health Coalition and Human Impact Partners
  • Rural Health Equity Toolkit
    RHIhub
  • Sources for Data on Social Determinants of Health
    CDC

Community Partnership Skills

  • Indian Health Service Community Health Tools
  • Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI)
  • Public Health Toolbox
  • Rural Health Data Sources & Tools
    Ruralhealthinfo.org
  • Urban Health
    World Health Organization

Management & Finance

  • Public Health Finance
    National Association of County and City Health Officials
  • Public Health Finance & Management Bootcamp
  • Health Systems Governance and Financing
    World Health Organization

Public Health Leadership & Systems Thinking

  • National Leadership Academy for the Public's Health
    CDC - Public Health Professionals Gateway
  • Center for Health Leadership and Practice
    Public Health Institute
  • Systems Thinking Resources
    New England Public Health Training Center

Learn New Skills Online

  • O'Reilly Online Learning
    Instant access to ebook collections from publishers including O'Reilly Media, Adobe Press, Peachpit Press, Microsoft Press, Wharton School Publishing, Que, Sams and Addison-Wesley and more. Access to Safari Books Online is limited to titles published within the last three years including the current year. Also includes expert-led instructional technology, digital media, and professional development videos.
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