Human resources for health challenges of public health system reform in Georgia

Table 3 CPH directors' judgment on various statements about skills and knowledge necessary for the implementation of four federal programs

Our CPH public health professionals possess sufficient knowledge and skills for:	Mean values and SD from Likert scale
	Health promotion	Disease surveillance	Immunization monitoring	Malaria prevention
a. Needs assessment	2.64 (0.64)	2.57 (0.63)	2.57 (0.63)	2.63 (0.65)
b. Program planning	2.80 (0.71)	2.70 (0.70)	2.70 (0.70)	2.75 (0.68)
c. Monitoring & Evaluation	2.80 (0.65)	2.80 (0.66)	2.80 (0.66)	2.79 (0.66)
d. Data analysis	2.64 (0.64)	2.73 (0.64)	2.73 (0.64)	2.67 (0.64)
e. Fin/admin management	2.84 (0.75)	2.66 (0.81)	2.66 (0.81)	2.75 (0.85)

Note: (Likert scale values: 5 = strongly agree; 4 = agree; 3 = neither disagree nor agree; 2 = disagree; 1 = strongly disagree).

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