DOMAIN 1: PUBLIC HEALTH
INTRODUCTION
Domain 1 covers public health which is concerned with protecting the health of entire populations. It can be described as the science of protecting and improving the health of people and their communities. This can be achieved by promoting healthy lifestyles, treating disease, preventing injuries, and detecting, preventing, and responding to infectious diseases. Public health and management pharmacists implement educational programmes, develop policies, deliver services, and conduct research. A large part of public health is promoting healthcare equity, quality and accessibility. The public health domain competencies are:
| 1.2 | Epidemiology and Biostatistics; |
| 1.3 | Policy development, implementation and management; |
| 1.4 | Health promotion and disease prevention; and |
DOMAIN 1: PUBLIC HEALTH
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COMPETENCIES
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BEHAVIOURAL STATEMENTS
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| 1.1.1 | Critically explore and analyse health systems. |
| 1.1.2 | Optimise pharmaceutical services within the health system. |
| 1.1.3 | Identify and understand the pharmaceutical and health needs of the community and population. |
| 1.1.4 | Develop, implement, and evaluate the effectiveness and outcomes of pharmacy interventions and services to improve and protect community and population health. |
| 1.1.5 | Monitor and evaluate health systems for the delivery of pharmaceutical services. |
| 1.1.6 | Advocate for public health equity. |
| 1.1.7 | Provide high-quality public health services to improve health and help reduce health inequalities in the population. |
| 1.1.8 | Apply strategic management and provide leadership in the design of public health projects to promote community health. |
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| 1.2 | Epidemiology and biostatistics |
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| 1.2.1 | Apply the principles and methods of epidemiology in public health. |
| 1.2.2 | Appraise the effectiveness and efficiency of healthcare delivery using epidemiological data. |
| 1.2.3 | Design appropriate studies and surveillance tools to determine causes of death, disease, disability, prognosis, prevention, and the evaluation of therapy in a particular community in the planning and design of health programmes. |
| 1.2.4 | Apply key biostatistical concepts and methods to summarise, display, evaluate and interpret medical and healthcare data. |
| 1.2.5 | Conduct surveillance and assessment of the public’s health and well-being to: |
| 1.2.5.1 | understand the health needs of the local population to be able to plan healthcare and public health programmes. |
| 1.2.5.2 | identify who is and who is not accessing pharmacy services. |
| 1.2.5.3 | demonstrate how pharmacy services are improving health outcomes. |
| 1.2.5.4 | demonstrate how pharmacy services are improving the health and well-being of the community. |
| 1.2.5.5 | demonstrate how pharmacy services are improving access to public health services. |
| 1.2.6 | Demonstrate the ability to maintain surveillance records. |
| 1.2.7 | Develop reporting systems to determine whether pharmaceutical services are in accordance with the burden of disease. |
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| 1.3 | Policy development, implementation, and management |
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| 1.3.1 | Identify, analyse and evaluate the main determinants of health for potential implementation into health policy and health services. |
| 1.3.2 | Influence the development and support of the implementation of antimicrobial guidelines and policies to reduce antimicrobial resistance. |
| 1.3.3 | Participate in and lead the formulation and implementation of national health and medicines policy and guidelines, including practising at the organisational level. |
| 1.3.4 | Evaluate reports and develop interventions to improve formularies and guidelines. |
| 1.3.5 | Explain and evaluate the application of the pharmaceutical policy process at the relevant levels of pharmaceutical service delivery. |
| 1.3.6 | Demonstrate the ability to develop public health policies for the management and rational use of medicines to improve health services. |
| 1.3.7 | Analyse policy instruments for the delivery of pharmaceutical services. |
| 1.3.8 | Ensure that policies, guidelines, protocols, and procedures relevant to pharmacy public health practice are adopted and implemented. |
| 1.3.9 | Engage with public health policy leads to ensure that pharmacy’s contribution to public health is recognised and helps to inform new policy developments. |
| 1.3.10 | Incorporate public health and medicines policy and guidelines into organisational practices. |
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| 1.4 | Health promotion and disease prevention |
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| 1.4.1 | Determine the health promotion and disease prevention needs of communities. |
| 1.4.2 | Apply psychosocial and behavioural aspects in health promotion and disease prevention, and the design of interventions for the health and wellbeing of the community. |
| 1.4.3 | Create platforms to provide the public with advice and information to support self-care. |
| 1.4.4 | Provide information on the range of pharmacy public health services available from the pharmacy to support access to services by a wide range of individuals. |
| 1.4.5 | Effectively communicate information on threats to the health of the public. |
| 1.4.6 | Work collaboratively with other organisations and healthcare professionals to recommend pharmacy engagement in public health programmes to improve community health and resilience e.g., immunisation programmes. |
| 1.4.7 | Provide evidence-based advice and information to raise awareness of communicable and non-communicable diseases and their prevention. |
| 1.4.8 | Develop pharmacy public health improvement and wellness strategies and interventions with demonstratable population health benefits and outcomes. |
| 1.4.9 | Plan, develop, and implement evidence-based public health campaigns. |
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| 1.5.1 | Participate in emergency planning and response. |
| 1.5.2 | Ensure that business continuity plans are in place during disasters. |
| 1.5.3 | Participate in the development of reporting systems for the identification of potential hazards such as seasonal and pandemic influenza and other communicable diseases. |
| 1.5.4 | Implement, monitor, and evaluate the rollout of an outbreak/disaster pharmaceutical response plan. |
| 1.5.5 | Identify possible threats for the outbreak of disease/disasters in the population. |
| 1.5.6 | Identify and report the incidence and prevalence of disease in the population with the detection of the source and cause of infectious diseases. |
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