TABLE 3. Perceived Skill Proficiency of Strategic Public Health Skills—Perspective From Leadership (DAWNS) and Respondents (PH WINS)^a.

Perceived Skill	Leadership Perspective—DAWNS	Staff Perspective—PH WINS	P
Collect valid data for use in decision making	69%	82%	<.001
Deliver socially, culturally, and linguistically appropriate programs and services	69%	60%	<.05
Identify evidence-based approaches to address public health issues	65%	69%	.24
Effectively target communications to different audiences	62%	75%	<.01
Engage community assets and resources to improve health in a community	58%	50%	<.05
Participate in quality improvement processes for agency programs and services	54%	41%	<.01

Abbreviations: DAWNS, Directors' Assessment of Workforce Needs Survey; PH WINS, Public Health Workforce Interests and Needs Survey.

^aInterpret as follows: In total, leaders thought 62% of their staff were able to “effectively target communications to different audiences” at a proficient or expert level, on average. Comparatively, 75% of staff thought they were able to “effectively target communications to different audiences” at a proficient or expert level. There were 193 DAWNS respondents and 3528 PH WINS respondents to these questions.