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The Galway Consensus Conference: international collaboration on the development of core competencies for health promotion and health education

Department of Health Promotion, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland, margaret.barry{at}nuigalway.ie

John P. Allegrante

Department of Health and Behavior Studies, Teachers College and Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA

Marie-Claude Lamarre

International Union for Health Promotion and Education, Paris, France

M. Elaine Auld

Society for Public Health Education, Washington, DC 20002-4242, USA

Alyson Taub

Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, New York University, New York, New York 10003, USA

Developing a competent health promotion workforce is a key component of capacity building for the future and is critical to delivering on the vision, values and commitments of global health promotion. This paper reports on an international consensus meeting to identify core competencies, jointly organized by the International Union for Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE), the Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE) and the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC), with participation from international leaders in the field, that took place at the National University of Ireland, Galway, in June 2008. The purpose of the meeting is outlined and the outcomes in terms of strengthening global exchange, collaboration and common approaches to capacity building and workforce development are discussed. The Consensus Statement, based on the proceedings of the meeting, outlines core values and principles, a common definition and eight domains of core competency that are required to engage in effective health promotion practice. The core domains of competency agreed to at the meeting are: catalysing change, leadership, assessment, planning, impementation, evaluation, advocacy and partnerships. A summary of the Consensus Statement is presented and further dialogue and discussion are invited in order to continue the process of building international consensus with regard to health promotion core competencies. (Global Health Promotion, 2009; 16 (2): pp. 5—11)

Key Words: capacity building • consensus conference • global health promotion • health promotion competencies • workforce development

This version was published on June 1, 2009

Global Health Promotion, Vol. 16, No. 2, 05-11 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/1757975909104097


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