Skills and interests (public health practitioner)
This page offers you a brief summary of some the skills needed by public health practitioners.
Some of the skills and qualities you'll need as a public health practitioner include:
- well developed people skills
- an ability to value difference and diversity
- creativity and adaptability
- analysing and interpreting information
- an ability to create marketing materials, publications and reports
- making recommendations about how services could be delivered
More detailed information about necessary skills can be found on the example roles we have listed on our public health practitioner [1] role page.
Public health practitioners have skills and knowledge primarily at levels 5-7 of the Skills for Health Career Framework [2].
You might also find it helpful to take a look at our career planning section [3] to think more about the skills and qualities you have to offer.
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