From: Core competencies for health headquarters: a systematic review and meta-synthesis
Themes | Subthemes | Example of codes | Sub-themes References |
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Leadership and management competencies | Policy Development competencies | - Identify where new policies and strategies are needed - Develop and implement policies and strategies in area of work - Examines the feasibility and implication of policies | |
Planning competencies | - Set strategic direction and vision for health - Contributes to development of organizational strategic plan - Knowledge about planning and program management | ||
Management control competencies | - Lead on the evaluation of interventions - control the organization - Monitors current and projected trends | ||
performance management competencies | - Develops performance management systems - Uses performance management systems for program - Describes program performance standards and measures | ||
Financial Planning competencies | - Uses administrative processes for budgeting - Develops program budgets - Defends program budgets | ||
Implementation competencies | - Implement interventions - Implements policies and procedures of the administrative units - Implements organizational strategic plan | ||
Team management and people supervision competencies | - Apply leadership practices that support team effectiveness - Lead interdisciplinary groups that work in a coordinated manner - Describes how teams help achieve program, organizational goals | ||
Empowerment and consultation skill competencies | - Facilitate the development of personal skills - Ensures use of professional development opportunities - Describes ways to improve individual and program performance | ||
Knowledge management competencies | - Apply technical knowledge in work - Knowledge management capacity - Incorporate new knowledge to respond challenges | ||
Change management competencies | - Anticipating the changes in your environment - Managing change in response to dynamic, evolving - Describes the impact of changes on organizational practices | ||
Resources management competencies | - Describes and identifies assets and resources - Select credible sources - Contribute to mobilizing and managing resources | ||
Risk management competencies | - Perform disaster risk assessments - Design disaster risk management plans for natural - Design investment projects for reducing the health risks | ||
Conflict Management competencies | - Apply strategies to minimize conflicts - Apply strategies to minimize conflicts - Capacity to manage conflicts between people | ||
Information management competencies | - Knowledge about information systems - Knowledge about information technologies - Ability to analyze information to know the health status | ||
Analyzing, Interpreting and Reporting competencies | Basic analysis competencies | - Basic computer skills to work with computer scientists - Describes factors affecting the health - Analyzes quantitative and qualitative | |
Identifying a topic, problem or issue competencies | - Analyze distribution of resources to meet the health needs - Determine priorities for research - Assess the needs and problems of individuals, families, groups | ||
Gathering information and Interpreting competencies | - prioritize, interpret - providing data and evidence for executives and policy makers - Accurately interpret the dominant | ||
Developing solutions or furthering your understanding of topics competencies | - Set a culture of continuous evidence-based improvement - Uses evidence in developing, implementing, evaluating - Applying evidence-based approaches to solve issues | ||
Testing solutions or new ideas based on what you’ve learned competencies | - Recognizes limitations of evidence - Use culturally and ethically appropriate assessment approach - Apply the results of the research to the population | ||
Post-analysis, or reviewing what solutions worked competencies | - Integrate evaluation into the planning and implementation - Use evaluation findings to refine and improve - Analysis and Evaluation of Health-Related Policies and Programs | ||
Public Health knowledge competencies | Basic public health competencies | - Describes prominent events in the history of public health - Discusses the scientific foundation of the field of public health - Basic knowledge of service quality management | |
knowledge of vision, mission, goals and health strategies competencies | - Know the lines of the institution where you work - Integrative vision of the health concept - mission, values ​​and objectives of the Public Health Agency | ||
Knowledge of health structures competencies | - Describes public health as part of a larger inter-related system - Global knowledge about the organization in which they work - Knowledge of the public health organization chart | ||
Knowledge of health procedures competencies | - Identify minimum or basic safety conditions in health care delivery - understand result chains, knowledge of primary health care | ||
Ability to apply public health science in field competencies | - Orientation to the preservation of the health of the population - Health protection operations - to | ||
Health equity and social justice competencies | - Promote quality assurance, safety standards to reduce inequity - Support the principles of equity, using the social determinants - Implement plans, strategies and activities that increase equity | ||
Health promotion and social participation competencies | - Knowledge about health promotion and health education - Develop strategies using the health promotion approach - Assess the focus and scope of health promotion through needs | ||
Interpersonal relationship competencies | Empathy competencies | - Empathy, understanding and respect - Ability to use common sense | |
Negotiation competencies | - Improve the health through effective use of negotiating - Ability to relate - Negotiation capacity (especially in management positions) | ||
Communication competencies | - Communication through new technologies - Use effective communication skills - Communicate with intelligible way | ||
Teamwork competencies (including interdisciplinary teams) | - Work in multidisciplinary teams - Feeling of belonging to the group and the organization - Team culture (orient the work to the success of the team) | ||
Networking competencies | - Participate in integrated care networks with the different level - Interest Facilitate the development and sustainability to network in promoting agreement, consensus and cohesion among - Ability to work in a network | ||
Personality competencies | Ethical reasoning competencies | - Applies ethical principles in any public health subject - Incorporates ethical standards into all interaction - ability to understand and resolve common ethical issues | |
Critical thinking competencies | - Have initiative, personal disposition | [37] | |
Problem solving competencies | - problem solving - problem solving skills | ||
Attitude toward public health competencies | - Adheres to organizational policies and procedures - Rigorous attitude towards everyday tasks - Vocational attitude towards public health | ||
Self-awareness competencies | - Work capacity and dedication - Involvement and motivation - Responsible attitude, adaptability and flexibility | [37] | |
Decision making competencies | - Makes evidence-based decisions - Take decisions - Willingness to provide decisions | ||
Creative thinking competencies | - Develop an idea from the beginning to the end - Ability to work in a systematic, structured and organized way - Ability to innovate | ||
Individual updating competencies | - work with a multidisciplinary perspective - Stay updated on knowledge - Open attitude towards learning | ||
Cultural and community competencies | Understand the role of community health actors competencies | - Communicate joint lessons learned to community partners and global - Demonstrate diplomacy and build trust with community partners - Identifies agencies with authority to address specific health need | |
Strategies and Activities for diversity in community competencies | - Describes diversity of individuals, populations in a community - Describes the concept of diversity as it applies to population - Advocates for a diverse public health workforce | ||
Socio cultural and political awareness competencies | - Demonstrate a commitment to social responsibility - Assesses effects of policies, programs, services on populations - List major social and economic determinants of health | ||
Community strengthening competencies | - Engages community members to improve health in a community - Integrate community assets and resources to improve the health - Create strategies with the community to strengthen community | ||
Advocacy skill, collaborating and partnering competencies | - Advocates for policies, programs, and resources that improve health - Advocate across sectors for the development - Ability to absorb advocacy from politicians | ||
Building Relationships with People from Different Cultures competencies | - Engages community members to improve health in a community - Identifies relationships that are affecting health in a community - Establishes relationships to improve health in a community | ||
Understanding of Culture competencies | - Work independently in complex cultural setting - Adapt to diverse educational and cultural backgrounds - Having knowledge of sociology | ||
International/ Global health competencies | Global health knowledge competencies | - Recognize the local implications of global health events - Recognize the global dimensions of local health action - Describe general trends& influences the global availability of HRH | |
Global health vision competencies | - Apply social justice and human rights principles in addressing - Ability of global vision - Global and integrative vision of public health | ||
Absorb global advocacy for health competencies | - Engage non-governmental organizations and encourage advocacy - Collaborating with diverse communities to solve health problems |