Health Equity Readiness Competencies

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Health Equity ReadinessCompetencies
Equitable access to services for all groups plus
cultural and linguistic competency.
Values Ideology Scientific evidence Theories
SDOH Knowledge
Public Policy Political efficacy
Multi-sectored collaboration
Social change ethos
Neutral implementer of policy directives
emanating from the policymaker, or the public
administrator as an agent of change, using
autonomous judgment to operate in ways that may
change societal arrangements
Agenda setting Social movements Community
organizing
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Health Equity ReadinessCompetencies
Social Change Ethos Continuum
Richard C. Box, 2007, pg. 200.

1. Functionary- traditional neutrality
2. Opportunist/pragmatist- administrator as utility
   maximizer
3. Interest broker/market manager- the public choice
   administrator
4. Professional expert/technician- the autonomous
   technician
5. Agent/trustee- guardian of the public interest
6. Communitarian facilitator- enabling face-to-face
   discourse and
7. Transformational social critic- protecting
   citizens from societal conditions.

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Lauri Andress, Ph.D. February
25-26, 2009