Health promotion competencies for the Israeli workforce

Health promotion competencies can help inform health promotion training and practice. Competency sets have been developed in countries with formal educational, professional and policy infrastructures for health promotion, but little action has occurred in countries where such infrastructures are onl...

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Main Authors: Melville, L., Howat, Peter, Shilton, T., Weinstein, R.
Format: Journal Article
Published: International Union for Health Promotion and Education 2006
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/11300
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author Melville, L.
Howat, Peter
Shilton, T.
Weinstein, R.
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Weinstein, R.
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description Health promotion competencies can help inform health promotion training and practice. Competency sets have been developed in countries with formal educational, professional and policy infrastructures for health promotion, but little action has occurred in countries where such infrastructures are only emerging. This study examines the views of Israeli health promotion practitioners about the competencies relevant for health promotion practice and compares them with the perceptions held by their Australian counterparts. This study builds on a growing body of literature addressing health promotion competencies and workforce planning.It examines the views of Israeli health promotion practitioners about the competencies relevant for health promotion practice in Israel, a country where health promotion is in its infancy and compares them with the perceptions held by their counterparts in Australia, another multi-cultural country, where health promotion practitioners are readily employed, academic teaching is established and discourse regarding health promotion competencies had been studied. Methodology used in a previous Australian study was adapted to suit Israeli requirements. A literature search was conducted and an expert panel recruited to review and amend the list of competencies compiled in Australia. The original questionnaire was modified to suit Israeli requirements. Several new competencies were added. The questionnaire was posted to 97 health promotion professionals. The returned questionnaires were analysed and compared to the Australian results. Differences were found mainly in areas requiring specific health promotion training.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-113002017-01-30T11:23:59Z Health promotion competencies for the Israeli workforce Melville, L. Howat, Peter Shilton, T. Weinstein, R. training competencies workforce health promotion Health promotion competencies can help inform health promotion training and practice. Competency sets have been developed in countries with formal educational, professional and policy infrastructures for health promotion, but little action has occurred in countries where such infrastructures are only emerging. This study examines the views of Israeli health promotion practitioners about the competencies relevant for health promotion practice and compares them with the perceptions held by their Australian counterparts. This study builds on a growing body of literature addressing health promotion competencies and workforce planning.It examines the views of Israeli health promotion practitioners about the competencies relevant for health promotion practice in Israel, a country where health promotion is in its infancy and compares them with the perceptions held by their counterparts in Australia, another multi-cultural country, where health promotion practitioners are readily employed, academic teaching is established and discourse regarding health promotion competencies had been studied. Methodology used in a previous Australian study was adapted to suit Israeli requirements. A literature search was conducted and an expert panel recruited to review and amend the list of competencies compiled in Australia. The original questionnaire was modified to suit Israeli requirements. Several new competencies were added. The questionnaire was posted to 97 health promotion professionals. The returned questionnaires were analysed and compared to the Australian results. Differences were found mainly in areas requiring specific health promotion training. 2006 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/11300 International Union for Health Promotion and Education restricted
spellingShingle training
competencies
workforce
health promotion
Melville, L.
Howat, Peter
Shilton, T.
Weinstein, R.
Health promotion competencies for the Israeli workforce
title Health promotion competencies for the Israeli workforce
title_full Health promotion competencies for the Israeli workforce
title_fullStr Health promotion competencies for the Israeli workforce
title_full_unstemmed Health promotion competencies for the Israeli workforce
title_short Health promotion competencies for the Israeli workforce
title_sort health promotion competencies for the israeli workforce
topic training
competencies
workforce
health promotion
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/11300