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The task force identified a competency framework that included business skills, program coordination skills, and human resource skills with corresponding subskills. The AWHP Task Force also recommended education degrees/certifications and desirable wellness/health promotion on-the-job-experience for program providers. In response to requests by professional organizations, 418 working health professionals voluntarily completed an online survey about the usefulness of the AWHP competency framework. Data were collected from members of the former AWHP (now part of American College of Sports Medicine), the National Wellness Institute, the Health Education Directory, [and HPCareer.net. Findings](and HPCareer.net. Findings) indicate expected skill competencies of health professionals have expanded, and corresponding curriculum adjustments are needed. The results further indicated that continual development of a set of professional standards for the health promotion field is timely and needed.  \nIn the past 50 years significant advancesin all health fields have led to a decrease in communicable diseases, increased life expectancy, and declining death rates (National Center for Health Statistics, 1997) . Improved sanitation, better access to medical care, prevention efforts, safety enhancements, improved medical technology, and the ability to treat most diseases have helped improve health status (United States Department of Health and Human Services [DHHS], 2002) . These and other advancements have been so effective that data indicate 80–90% of the Western world is now generally healthy (Bowling, 1997; DHHS, 2003) . This improved state of health has created a driving force of change within health fields to move from a traditional treatment model toward one with a greater emphasis on health promotion and preven-  \ntion (Kulbok & Baldwin, 1992; DHHS, 2003) . As Breslow (1999) and others suggest, practice in health has generally focused on prevention and the treatment of pathologies. Breslow and a growing number of health professionals now contend the health field must move beyond disease prevention toward health promotion such that capacity to live is maximized (Heikkinen, 2000; Kulbok, Baldwin, Cox, & Duffy, 1997) . In support of this shift, recent evidence indicates that people have a higher intention to engage in health-promoting behaviors if the program objective is to enhance health rather than prevent disease (Becker,  \nMcMahan, Etnier, & Nelson, 2002) .  \nThe shift toward health promotion-oriented practices occurring in other health fields is also occurring in worksite health promotion. For instance, health promotion  \nprograms are now present in more than 80% of worksites (DHHS, 2003) . In these programs, content has shifted from the treatment of illness or disease to the promotion of positive health states. Programs to increase physical activity, develop social support groups, and initiate personal financial planning are examples of expanded health promotion efforts offered at worksites (Schultz, Broder, Braunstein, & Edington, 2000) . The reason for offering  \nCraig Becker, PhD, is an assistant professor in the Department of Health Education & Promotion at East Carolina University, 110 Christenbury, Greenville, NC 27858; E-mail: [beckerc@mail.ecu.edu. Marty Loy](beckerc@mail.ecu.edu. Marty Loy), PhD, is with the College of Professional Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point.  \nCraig Becker and Marty Loy  \nhealth programs at worksites has also shifted. In the past, when little was known about the health and economic benefits of prevention, many health promotion programs were offere","cbCaif6dpMLfiFj5","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaif6dpMLfiFj5","pdf",113203,"English","# Abstract\n## Study purpose and competency framework\n## Context for health promotion shift\n## Worksite health promotion expansion\n## Rationale for program changes\n## Development of competency framework","[{\"question\":\"What competency framework does the study examine?\",\"answer\":\"It examines the AWHP Professional Standards Task Force competency framework, which covers business skills, program coordination skills, and human resource skills with corresponding subskills.\"},{\"question\":\"Who participated in the survey and how was it conducted?\",\"answer\":\"418 working health professionals completed an online survey about the usefulness of the AWHP competency framework.\"},{\"question\":\"What do the findings suggest about curriculum and standards?\",\"answer\":\"Expected competencies for health professionals have expanded, indicating that curriculum adjustments are needed. 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