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Domains Global Components Component 1: Ethical, Professional, and Collaborative Partnership Component 2: Capacity Strengthening and Planning Component 3: Structural and Social Determinants of Health Component 4: Strategic Analysis D1. Global burden of disease D1.1 0.551 D1.2 0.576 D2. Globalization of health and health care D2.1 0.753 D2.2 0.751 D3. Social and environmental determinants of health D3.1 0.776 D3.2 0.695 D4. Capacity strengthening D4.1 0.629 D4.2 0.555 D5. Collaboration, partnering, and communication D5.1 0.793 D5.2 0.811 D6. Ethics D6.1 0.744 D6.2 0.734 D7. Professional practice D7.1 0.653 D7.2 0.658 D8. Health equity and social justice D8.1 0.486 D8.2 0.713 D9. Program management D9.1 0.700 D9.2 0.723 D10. Sociocultural and political awareness D10.1 0.772 D10.2 0.687 D11. Strategic analysis D11.1 0.801 D11.2 0.814 Extraction method: Principal Component Analysis. Rotation method: Varimax with Kaiser Normalization. Refer to Table 2 for a full list of the 2 competencies included under each of the 11 domains.
Domains Mean (SD) D1. Global burden of disease D1.1 I can describe the basic causes of morbidity and mortality and their variations between high-, middle-, or low-income regions and where the population I will be spending time with fits into the global picture. 1.84 (.73) D1.2 I can describe the efforts to reduce health disparities in global health and specifically for my population of study. 1.98 (.70) D2. Globalization of health and health care D2.1 I can describe the major models or systems of health care and where my population of study fits in these systems and the effect it has on the health of the people. 1.71 (.72) D2.2 I can describe the major trends and influences in the global availability and movement of health care workers in my study population. 1.65 (.63) D3. Social and environmental determinants of health D3.1 I can list the major social, economic, and structural determinants of health, their effects on access and quality of health services, and their relationship to mortality and morbidity generally and specifically in my population of study. 2.09 (.76) D3.2 I can describe how cultural context influences perceptions of health and disease generally and specifically in my population of study. 2.31 (.72) D4. Capacity strengthening D4.1 I can collaborate with my host or partner organization to assess knowledge, skills, and resources needed to enhance the organization's operational capacity. 2.31 (.82) D4.2 I can identify strategies to strengthen community capacity that may help reduce health disparities. 2.16 (.81) D5. Collaboration, partnering, and communication D5.1 I am able to build trust, communicate, and work effectively with partners and within the team. 3.22 (.81) D5.2 I am able to exhibit values and skills that demonstrate respect for and awareness of unique cultures, values, roles/responsibilities, and expertise of other professionals and groups who work in global health and with my population of study. 3.28 (.81) D6: Ethics D6.1 I can demonstrate an understanding of and an ability to resolve common ethical issues and challenges that arise when working in diverse contexts, vulnerable populations, and low-resource settings. 2.86 (.81) D6.2 I can demonstrate an awareness of local and national codes of ethics relevant to the environment of my study population. 2.64 (.90) D7: Professional practice D7.1 I am able to articulate barriers to health and health care in low-resource settings locally and internationally. 2.53 (.80) D7.2 I am able to adapt my discipline-specific skills and practice in this setting. 2.72 (.90) D8: Heath equity and social justice D8.1 I am able to engage marginalized and vulnerable people/populations in making decisions that affect their health and well-being. 2.54 (.79) D8.2 I am able to identify and evaluate the global economic trends, forces, and policies that influence global health indicators. 1.96 (.73) D9: Program management D9.1 I am able to plan, implement, and evaluate an evidence-based program. 2.12 (.80) D9.2 I am able to apply project management techniques throughout program planning, implementation, and evaluation. 2.19 (.80) D10: Sociocultural and political awareness D10.1 I can describe the roles and relationships of the major entities influencing global health and development. 1.90 (.64) D10.2 I am able to identify and evaluate potential causes (micro and macro) of marginalization and inequity related to global health. 1.96 (.76) D11: Strategic analysis D11.1 I can conduct a community needs assessment. 1.94 (.76) D11.2 I can conduct a situational analysis and design context-specific health interventions based on a situational analysis. 1.78 (.74) Abbreviation: SD, standard deviation.
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