Figure 2.

Competencies according to ratings for level and priority, 2007

Circled: competencies are those with widest discrepancy between trainers and trainees

1: Community input

2: Knowledge of relationship between obesity and cancer

3: Community assessment

4: Partnerships at multi-levels

5: Developing a concise statement of the issue

6: Grant writing need

7: Literature searching

8: Leadership and evidence

9: Role of behavioral science theory

10: Leadership at all levels

11: Evaluation in ‘plain English’

12: Leadership and change

13: Translating evidence-based interventions

14: Quantifying the issue

15: Developing an action plan for program or policy

16: Prioritizing health issues

17: Qualitative evaluation

18: Collaborative partnerships

19: Non-traditional partnerships

20: Systematic reviews

21: Quantitative evaluation

22: Grant writing skills

23: Role of economic evaluation

24: Creating policy briefs

25: Evaluation designs

26: Transmitting evidence-based research to policy makers