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The Core Competencies For Public Health Professionals, Center For Leadership In Public Health Practice Jan 2013

The Core Competencies For Public Health Professionals, Center For Leadership In Public Health Practice

Florida Public Health Training Center

Core competencies for public health professionals are competencies that represent a set of skills, knowledge, and attitudes necessary for the broad practice of public health, as they apply to front-line staff, senior-level staff, and supervisory and management staff. We will describe the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals by defining the related key terminology, reviewing how the Core Competencies are designed for all public health professionals at the various stages of their career, and presenting the Domains of the Core Competencies.


Community-Based Coalitions: Influencing Policy & Practice, Florida Covering Kids & Families May 2011

Community-Based Coalitions: Influencing Policy & Practice, Florida Covering Kids & Families

Florida Covering Kids & Families

Simple approaches to outreach can increase enrollment in CHIP. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (2010) found community-based coalitions can be simple yet effective methods to communicate needed policy and practice changes to those “charged with implementing insurance coverage”. Community-based coalitions are able to bring to light enrollment and retention barriers increasing the awareness of stakeholders and hopefully, help to create effective solutions.


Connecting Kids To Coverage, Florida Covering Kids & Families Jun 2010

Connecting Kids To Coverage, Florida Covering Kids & Families

Florida Covering Kids & Families

This issue provides examples of application assistance strategies that can be used to enroll the uninsured in health coverage programs.


School-Based Outreach: A Way In, Florida Covering Kids & Families May 2010

School-Based Outreach: A Way In, Florida Covering Kids & Families

Florida Covering Kids & Families

According to the Urban Institute, 3.4 million U.S. children aged 6-18 are eligible for Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) but are uninsured. These school-aged children make up about 68% of the total eligible but uninsured population. Child and family advocates have long considered schools to be valuable partners for Florida KidCare outreach.