This tool has been developed to assist individuals and organizations in
understanding their areas of strength and weakness regarding the fundamental
and basic principles of injury and violence prevention from a public health
perspective. In the short-term, the tool contained within this document can
provide useful information both for individual practitioners and for the
agencies in which they work. It may direct individuals to the areas in which
further training would strengthen their professional competence. For
organizations or agencies, it can provide a current picture of staff
strengths and weaknesses and assist in planning to fill gaps through
modified job descriptions and training. In the long-term, the
self-assessment tool can form the basis for a broader effort to enhance
professional development in injury and violence prevention among many
individuals and organizations.
How to Use this Document
Proficiency levels for injury and violence prevention and control were
developed by the National Training Initiative for Injury and Violence
Prevention’s Core Competencies Sub-committee and refer to the ability to
synthesize, critique, and teach the skills of each competency. The
questions in the self-assessment tool are designed to provide an overview of
aptitude in core areas of injury and violence prevention practice at the
entry level of proficiency. These areas include the following key
competencies:
1) Ability to describe and explain injury
and/or violence as a major social and health problem.
2) Ability to access, interpret, use and present injury and/or violence
data.
3) Ability to design and implement injury and/or violence prevention
activities.
4) Ability to evaluate injury and/or violence prevention activities.
5) Ability to build and manage an injury and/or violence prevention
program.
6) Ability to disseminate information related to injury and/or violence
prevention to the community, other professionals, key policy makers and
leaders through diverse communication networks.
7) Ability to stimulate change related to injury and/or violence
prevention through policy, enforcement, advocacy and education.
8) Ability to maintain and further develop competency as an injury
and/or violence prevention professional.
9) Demonstrate the knowledge, skills and best practices necessary to
address at least one specific injury and/or violence topic (e.g. motor
vehicle occupant injury, intimate partner violence, fire and burns,
suicide, drowning, child injury, etc.) and be able to serve as a
resource regarding that area.
For the complete list of core competencies and learning
objectives, see the Core Competencies page.
The injury and violence prevention questions are
grouped by competency area. They assess selected learning objectives within
each competency.
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