The public health workforce should demonstrate competency in which of the following compe-tency categories?
a. Financial planning and management
b. Workforce needs assessment
c. Acute care services
d. Curriculum development
ANS: A
Workforce needs assessment, acute care services, and curriculum developments are not consid-ered categories of core competencies of public health. Rather there are eight categories of com-petency, which include: (1) analytic/assessment, (2) policy development/program planning, (3) communication, (4) cultural competence, (5) community dimensions of practice, (6) basic public health sciences, (7) financial planning and management, and (8) leadership and systems thinking.
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