Table 2 Frequency, mean, and standard deviation of participants’ answers to each of the questionnaire items
From: What competencies do environmental health graduates need to manage social determinants of health?
Competency areas | Competencies | Very high + high | Moderate | Very low + low | Mean | SD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Expert knowledge | Having knowledge about health and dimensions of health | 82% | 18% | 0% | 4.38 | 0.78 |
Having knowledge about SDH | 94% | 4% | 2% | 4.5 | 0.68 | |
Recognizing SDH related to environmental health | 92% | 6% | 2% | 4.46 | 0.71 | |
Recognizing factors affecting SDH related to environmental health | 93.87% | 4.08% | 2.04% | 4.53 | 0.68 | |
Reasoning and planning | Systematically collecting and organizing information about the state of society in terms of SDH | 74% | 20% | 6% | 4.04 | 0.90 |
Interpreting information and preparing a list of problems related to SDH | 80% | 18% | 2% | 4.20 | 0.81 | |
Prioritizing problems related to SDH in society | 68% | 28% | 4% | 3.98% | 0.83 | |
Identifying the effective factors in the occurrence of problems related to SDH in the community | 78% | 20% | 2% | 4.12% | 0.86 | |
Determining the necessary interventions to solve problems related to SDH | 76% | 18% | 6% | 4.14 | 0.94 | |
Planning to implement designated interventions to solve problems related to SDH | 82% | 16% | 2% | 4.18 | 0.77 | |
Having creativity and initiative in formulating intervention for problems related to SDH | 78% | 20% | 2% | 4.04 | 0.76 | |
Professionalism | Being sensitive to problems related to SDH | 78% | 20% | 2% | 4.20 | 0.84 |
Having commitment to environmental health laws | 89.79% | 6.12% | 4.08% | 4.42 | 0.87 | |
Respecting professional ethics and human rights | 92% | 8% | 2% | 4.55 | 0.71 | |
Having Commitment and responsibility to solve problems related to SDH | 85.7% | 10% | 4.08% | 4.44 | 0.85 | |
System-based practice | Recognizing effective stakeholders, institutions, and all community resources to solve problems related to SDH | 84% | 16% | 0% | 4.20 | 0.7 |
Recognizing and making use of the facilities and capacities of stakeholders, institutions, and all community resources to solve problems related to SDH | 75.5% | 22.44% | 2.04% | 4.12 | 0.83 | |
Understanding legal systems and using them to solve problems related to SDH | 76% | 18% | 6% | 4.26 | 1.01 | |
Advocacy | Engaging and sensitizing stakeholders and effective institutions for problems related to SDH | 86% | 8% | 6% | 4.38 | 0.88 |
Influencing key individuals to build support for intervention to Solve problems related to SDH | 86% | 8% | 6% | 4.26 | 0.85 | |
Instructional expertise | Using technology and instructional media (use of computers and modern technologies such as movies, etc.) | 84% | 12% | 4% | 4.08 | 0.91 |
Using appropriate instructional methods | 86% | 8% | 6% | 4.10 | 0.94 | |
Using appropriate articulation with target group health literacy | 86% | 8% | 6% | 4.27 | 1.00 | |
Social and personal skills | Working effectively as a member or leader of a health professional team or other professional groups | 80% | 14% | 6% | 4.24 | 0.99 |
Communicating effectively with other health professional and the public | 88% | 6% | 6% | 4.39 | 0.93 | |
Controlling strong emotions (anger, stress, etc.) | 84% | 12% | 4% | 4.43 | 0.87 | |
Motivating themselves to continuously follow the results of activities | 78% | 18% | 4% | 4.08 | 0.83 | |
Research and self-development | Doing research and following evidence in the field of SDH | 65.3% | 30.61% | 4.08% | 3.94 | 0.97 |
Evaluating the impact of interventions to solve problems related SDH | 82% | %14 | 4% | 4.14 | 0.82 |