Jeffrey C Kwong, Jennifer A Pereira, Susan Quach, Rosana Pellizzari, Edwina Dusome, Margaret L Russell, Jemila S Hamid, Yael Feinberg, Anne-Luise Winter, Jonathan B Gubbay, Brittany Sirtonski, Deanna Moher, Doug Sider, Michael Finkelstein, Mark Loeb
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since publication core competencies public health canada 2008 public health communication landscape changed dramatically digital media infodemics shifted practitioners must communicate respond health information age current competency framework relied workforce development alongside emerging public health challenges prompted calls modernized competency statements study aims measure selfreported communication competence public health workforce ii measure agreement new communication competency statements iii identify variation agreement subgroups professionals iv explore current needed communication training using mixedmethods online survey sample 378 participants various canadian public health roles regions asked rate current communication competence agreement modernized evidencebased draft communication competency framework survey distributed official languages partner organizations social media descriptive statistics performed assess agreement variation analyzed relation public health roles experience participants selfreported communication competence specific areas rated lower 21 proposed competency statements received high agreement variation observed expertise experience levels demand communication training high strong agreement statements indicates support modernized communication competency framework among sampled professionals research gather evidence surrounding communication demands public health workforce observed variation strong agreement proposed statements underway