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Community Engagement & Advocacy

Our graduates will demonstrate knowledge of community factors that influence individual, community and public health and will gain both perspective and experience through service-learning activities within local or global community settings.

Expand the entries below to learn more about benchmarks in these competencies.

 CES -1

Demonstrate knowledge of social influencers of health, their root causes, and their impact on population health and equity.

  • Does Not Meet: Cannot identify social influencers of health or their impact on population health and equity.
  • Phase 1 Benchmark: Can identify some social influencers of health and describe their impact on population health and equity.
  • Phase 2-3 Benchmark: Describes social influencers of health and their effects on health and equity in detail.
  • Aspirational Behavior: Identifies and describes the complex interactions between social influencers of health in different populations and their effects on varied health outcomes.

 CES - 2

Demonstrate knowledge and application of strategies to advance population health and equity within the clinical setting.

  • Does Not Meet: Does not demonstrate knowledge or use of strategies to enhance population health or equity in clinical settings.
  • Phase 1 Benchmark: Demonstrates some knowledge and application of strategies to identify social influencers of health and relevant community resources within the clinical setting.
  • Phase 2 Benchmark: Can implement patient level screening strategies and identify community resources to address social needs.
  • Phase 3 Benchmark: Demonstrates advanced ability to identify and mitigate social influencers of health within the clinical setting in conjunction with social work or other team members.
  • Aspirational Behavior: Develops and implements strategies for identifying and mitigating social influencers of health within the clinical setting in a manner that enhances health and equity.

 CES-3
Demonstrate knowledge and application of strategies to partner with communities and policy makers to advance population health and equity.

  • Does Not Meet: Does not demonstrate knowledge nor application of strategies to partner with communities or policy makers.
  • Phase 1-2 Benchmark: Demonstrates knowledge and application of some strategies to partner with communities or policy makers to address social influencers of health.
  • Phase 3 Benchmark: Demonstrates knowledge and application of institutional strategies to partner with communities or policy makers to address social influencers of health.
  • Aspirational Behavior: Develops and implements longitudinal partnerships with communities or policy makers to address social influencers of health to improve health and equity.