Table 3 Percent of students reporting current (“Now”) and needed (“Career Need”) competence in GHD-related competencies (n = 32)
% of students | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Domain: strategies to promote sustainable change | Strongly disagree | Disagree | Agree | Strongly agree | Wilcoxin’s paired T-value | |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||
Describe and implement key steps in program development and evaluation, including needs assessment, identifying health markers and project resources, community and stakeholder engagement, monitoring program implementation, and identifying program impact. | Now | 25 | 66 | 9 | - | 4.9*** |
Career Need | - | 9 | 34 | 56 | ||
Identify effects of a specific internal-external health partnership on the target community as a whole, beyond the immediate intended health effects. | Now | 12 | 72 | 16 | - | 4.8*** |
Career Need | - | 6 | 41 | 53 | ||
Define sustainability, how it can be measured, and apply at least one element to a health disparities project to enhance its sustainability. | Now | 3 | 34 | 56 | 6 | 3.2*** |
Career Need | - | 9 | 50 | 41 | ||
Critically review and analyze elements of successful capacity building in the context of a health disparities problem. | Now | 6 | 75 | 16 | 3 | 4.6*** |
Career Need | - | 6 | 68 | 26 | ||
Demonstrate understanding of health communication methods and technologies for improving health behavior and outcomes. | Now | 3 | 56 | 34 | 6 | 4.4*** |
Career Need | - | 3 | 34 | 62 | ||