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Subject:                Health Promotion Competencies
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Dear Alan

We were involved in developing competencies in Western Australia
(and in other States) several years ago.  They have undergone
some revision in recent years, and we were planning to undertake a
major review of them this year.

We have prepared a paper that is to be published in the IUHPE
Journal ( Promotion and Education) soon, that outlines how we
have used the competencies in designing our academic courses at
Curtin University.

Regards
Peter Howat
I am seeking information about frameworks for health promotion competencies.
Key words include health promotion, primary health care, prevention and
community development.  The context for competencies is as follows:

1. Full time professionals
2. Health professionals requiring the capacity to design and implement small
programs whilst in service delivery.
3. Competencies for health managers who have responsibility for health
promotion as a broad program function.

We are a small state with no major health promotion courses at tertiary
level of greater than short course in length.  (We have one on-line course
for community development of short duration).  There are several courses
that can be done by distance education from other states

If you know of courses that explicitly state the skills, knowledge,
attitudes and values that are being taught, up front, that would be helpful.

At present I have a 1994 Australian (NSW) set of competency based standards
for dedicated health promotion professionals. However I am mindful of the
recent knowledge development and how it has been incorporated into training.

Regards

Alan

Alan Sutherland
Health Promotion Policy Officer
Strategic Analysis and Research
Strategic and Corporate Support Division
Department of Health and Human Services
PO Box 125B, Hobart
TASMANIA
AUSTRALIA       7000

Phone: (03) 6233 3147
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Peter Howat
Assoc Professor and Head
Dept Health Promotion
School of Public Health
Curtin University