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Table 2 Largest competency gaps in evidence-based decision making reported in four national public health workforce surveys

From: Training needs and supports for evidence-based decision making among the public health workforce in the United States

Gap rank a

2008 State health department staff (n =441)

2013 State health department staff (n =904)

2012 Local public health directors (n =517)

2013 Local public health program managers (n =332)

1

Economic evaluation

Economic evaluation

Economic evaluation

Economic evaluation

2

Communicating research to policymakers

Communicating research to policymakers

Evaluation designs

Communicating research to policymakers

3

Adapting interventions

Adapting interventions

Communicating research to policymakers

Evaluation designs

4

Evaluation designs

Evaluation designs

Adapting interventions

Adapting interventions

  1. aRank based on order of largest mean gap scores as calculated by subtracting rated availability from importance of EBDM competencies. A rank of “1” indicates the competency which had the largest mean gap.