Table 5.

Respondents’ mean scores for public health activities

Activity	Perceived Importance* Mean (SD)	Perceived Competence* Mean (SD)	Correlation between importance & competence
Be active in providing general health information to patients	3.7 (1.38)	3.6 (1.37)	r= 0.520, p<0.01
Provide update, unbiased information medicines information to patients and doctors	3.8 (1.46)	3.7 (1.44)	r= 0.552, p<0.01
Engage in health screening activities	3.0 (1.79)	2.9 (1.78)	r= 0.691, p<0.01
Engage in health promotion activities	3.7 (1.46)	3.5 (1.47)	r= 0.554, p<0.01

^*(0 =low; 5=high)