title: Potential uses of health promotion competencies.
abstract: Projects in Australia and internationally over the past two decades have sought to define and clarify competencies required to work in health promotion. It is now apparent that such competencies are very useful to health promotion practice. However, to date little attempt has been made to describe those uses. More than 200 health promotion practitioners throughout Australia were engaged in workshops to explore and define potential uses of health promotion competencies. The suggestions from these 10 workshops are summarised in eight categories of uses. Agreed health promotion competencies have potential to impact on recruitment, training, employment policy and health promotion practice.
authors.affiliation: National Heart Foundation of Australia (WA Division), Western Australia. Trevor.Shilton@heartfoundation.com.au
authors.forename: Trevor
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shilton
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Howat
authors.forename: Ray
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: James
authors.forename: Cheryl
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hutchins
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Burke
mesh_terms: D000288:Administrative Personnel / Q000193:education / Q000592:standards; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001315:Australia; D003162:Competency-Based Education / Q000592:standards*; D003406:Credentialing; D003479:Curriculum; D040441:Health Educators / Q000193:education* / Q000592:standards; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007586:Job Application; D020380:Needs Assessment; D011361:Professional Competence; D024382:Professional Role; D013038:Specialization; D000078329:Workforce