A Systematic Approach to Evaluating Public Health Training: The Obesity Prevention in Public Health Course

Conclusions:We identified practitioners' high-priority competency needs and then designed 7 annual courses to progressively address those needs and new needs as they arose. This approach resulted in trainings valued by practitioners and effective in increasing their sense of competence to lead public health obesity prevention initiatives. The course's continuing impact was evidenced by participants' high level of completion of their action plans at 6-month follow-up. Competency-based training is important to develop a skilled public health workforce.
Source: Journal of Public Health Management and Practice - Category: Health Management Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research