Health Promotion Workforce Capacity

Battel-Kirk, Barbara; Dempsey, Colette; Barry, Margaret M.

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“…The IUHPE Health Promotion Accreditation System 1 builds on definitions of health and health promotion as outlined in the Ottawa Charter (1) and subsequent charters and declarations. The System is grounded in the ongoing work of the International Union for Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE) in developing global workforce capacity and draws on international experience and research (2–7) in using competency-based approaches in health promotion.…”

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“…Building a competent health promotion workforce is key to delivering on the vision, core values, principles, political vision, and strategic objectives of health promotion as outlined in World Health Organization (WHO) charters and directives, and in international agreements and national policies (2–7). Workforce capacity development is essential to the sustainability and future development of health promotion and critical to the effective translation of health promotion policy and research into effective practice (2–7). Developing capacity for health promotion at local, national, regional and global levels has long been a core activity of the IUHPE.…”

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“…Within the context of workforce capacity development, the identification of competencies, standards and accreditation processes provides a shared vision of what constitutes the specific knowledge and skills required for effective and ethical practice (2–7). Competency-based approaches have been used in health promotion over the past three decades (2–7) and have been endorsed by the IUHPE (e.g., 11).…”

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The IUHPE Health Promotion Accreditation System – developing and maintaining a competent health promotion workforce

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Comeau³

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Glob Health Promot

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This commentary reports on the development and implementation of the competency-based IUHPE Health Promotion Accreditation System in the context of workforce capacity as a key activity of the International Union for Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE). The process of developing the System is described, including how it built on, and added to, international research and experience in competency-based approaches to health promotion. An overview of how the System works, its current status and future plans, is presented. Evidence of the positive impact of the System to date, in particular in the context of health promotion education, is considered.

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The IUHPE Health Promotion Accreditation System – developing and maintaining a competent health promotion workforce

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Comeau³

et al. 2021

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“…Much of the literature on health promotion competencies centers on the positive outcomes which are expected to ensue from their implementation. For example, competencies have been described as a critical component of developing and strengthening health promotion workforce capacity to improve global health in the 21st century, as a key to quality assurance of practice, education and training, and as a means of developing a shared vision of what constitutes the specific knowledge and skills required for effective and ethical health promotion practice (Allegrante et al, 2009; Barry, 2008; Barry, Allegrante, Lamarre, Auld, & Taub, 2009; Barry, Battel-Kirk, & Dempsey, 2012; Battel-Kirk, Dempsey, & Barry, 2018; Battel-Kirk et al, 2009; Dempsey et al, 2011a, 2011b, 2011c; IUHPE, 2009).…”

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Has the Development of Health Promotion Competencies Made a Difference? A Scoping Review of the Literature

Battel-Kirk

Barry

2019

Health Educ Behav

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Introduction. Competency-based approaches have been developed in health promotion over the past four decades but, to date, there has been limited focus on the evaluation of their use and impact. In 2016, 5 years after publication of the CompHP Core Competencies Framework for Health Promotion, an evaluation of their use and impact across the health promotion community in Europe was initiated. As a first step in this process, a scoping review of the literature was undertaken which aimed to explore the current status of health promotion competencies, with a particular focus on developments in Europe and ascertain what evidence exists about the use and impact of health promotion competencies on practice, education, and training. Method. Searches of the electronic databases and gray literature were conducted between February 2016 and December 2017. The searches were limited to sources published in English between 2009 and 2017, which focused on health promotion competencies. Results. A total of 39 sources were identified for in-depth analysis, of which 26 were theoretical papers and 13 were papers reporting on empirical studies. Many of the sources presented health promotion competency frameworks or described their development. Some examples of the use of health promotion competencies were found but only two instances of their evaluation were identified. Conclusions. The review found few empirical studies on the implementation and use of health promotion competencies and highlights a lack of evaluation studies on their impact on practice, education, and training.

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