Core Competencies & the National Training Initiative
Safe States Alliance has partnered with the Society for the Advancement of Violence and Injury Research (SAVIR) to create a joint initiative known as the National Training Initiative (NTI). Through NTI, both organizations have worked together to develop Core Competencies for professionals working in the field of injury and violence prevention.
The Core Competencies encompass essential knowledge and skills that are widely considered necessary to work in the field of injury and violence prevention. In addition to the Core Competencies, the Safe States Alliance and SAVIR have also identified ways in which professionals can learn the skills and knowledge identified by the Core Competencies. NTI has also developed a self-assessment tool for professionals and organizations to evaluate their strengths and weaknesses in each of the Core Competency areas.
The Core Competencies for Injury & Violence Prevention
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.
Click here to view the detailed list of core competencies and learning objectives.
The NTI Core Competencies Self-Assessment Tool can 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 self-assessment tool can direct individuals to the areas in which further training would strengthen their professional competence. For organizations or agencies, it can help 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 individuals and organizations.
Click here to take the self-assessment.
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