Health Equity ReadinessCompetencies

Public Policy Political efficacy

Multi-sectored collaboration

SDOHKnowledge

Social change ethosAgenda setting

Social movementsCommunity organizing

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

Values IdeologyScientific evidenceTheories

Equitable access to services for all groups

plus cultural and linguistic competency.

Health Equity ReadinessCompetencies

Social Change Ethos Continuum

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.

Richard C. Box, 2007, pg. 200.

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