other countries. Other sources also used were Institute of Medicine Reports: The Future of Public Health, 1988, 2002; Who Will Keep the Public Healthy: Educating Public Health Professionals for the 21st Century (2003, The National Academies Press, Washington, DC); and Public Health in America, 1994 (http://www.health.gov/phfunctions/public.htm). Where competencies sets are lacking, selected resources are listed if appropriate.

Ms. Kimberley Geissman, M.S., M.Ed., and Dr. Anil Patel, M.D., M.P.H. conducted the primary research.

The competency sets can be grouped and differentiated several ways:

• Core: Basic Public Health Skills (skills needed to perform the essential functions of public health)

• Function-specific: e.g., leadership, management, supervisory, support staff

• Discipline-specific: e.g., community dentistry for public health dentists, other professionals or technical specialists

• Subject-specific (within a discipline): maternal and child health, STD, vaccine preventable diseases, cancer, other chronic diseases

• Workplace basics: required of all personnel and includes literacy, writing and presentation skills and computer literacy

The competencies listed are those known at the time of printing. The comprehensive search for related public health worker competencies included numerous global and site-specific web searches, list-serve queries, and personal contacts. Since the field of workforce development is evolving, many competency sets—be they produced by government, academic institutions, public health and professional organizations—are in development. Therefore, this list may not contain all available competency sets. Inclusion of any competency set in the table does not imply CDC endorsement.

Please notify the CDC Office of Workforce Policy and Planning (PHPPO) of major omissions, corrections, and additions to this document, “A Collection of Competency Sets of Public Health-Related Occupations and Professions,” updated for the Public Health Workforce Development Annual Meeting, January 21-23, 2003, Atlanta, GA, through our web site at www.phppo.cdc.gov/owpp or call 770 488 2480 (main office).

Front Matter (R1-R26)

Executive Summary (1-18)

1. Assuring America's Health (19-45)

2. Understanding Population Health and Its Determinants (46-95)

3. The Governmental Public Health Infrastructure (96-177)

4. The Community (178-211)

5. The Health Care Delivery System (212-267)

6. Employers and Business (268-306)

7. Media (307-357)

8. Academia (358-400)

Appendix A: Models of Health Determinants (401-405)

Appendix B: Models of Collaborative Planning in Communities (406-410)

Appendix C: Recommendations from The Future of Public Health (411-420)

Appendix D: Healthy People 2010 Objectives for the Public Health Infrastructure (421-422)

Appendix E: Competencies for Public Health Workers: A Collection of Competency Sets for Public Health-Related Occupations and Professions (423-440)

Appendix F: Data-Gathering Activities (441-460)

Appendix G: Agendas for Public Committee Meetings (461-464)

Appendix H: Committee Biographies (465-474)

Index (475-510)