The Education Sub Committee of the OPHA Public Health Core Competencies Initiative wishes to thank and acknowledge several individuals and organizations for their support in completing these learning modules.

From the Public Health Agency of Canada, Claire Betker and Carla Troy for their contribution to content, voiceovers and ongoing support and expertise.

Thank you to Dr. Brent Moloughney for sharing the process used to develop the draft set of core competencies for public health.

A special thank you to our funders, the Public Health Agency of Canada and the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care.

Thank you to Ruta Valaitis and Brian Gould for their technological support and instructional design expertise.

A special thank you to those individuals who were instrumental to the development of these modules and represented the Task Group on the Education Sub Committee:

Vera Etches, (Sudbury & District Health Unit, Council of Medical Officers of Health representative)

Shawn Fendley, (Health Promotion Ontario; public health)

Lynne Foley, (Public Health Agency of Canada)

Ruth Schofield, (McMaster University, Community Health Nurses Initiatives Group)

Ruta Valaitis, (McMaster University, Public Health Research, Education and Development Program)

And finally, thank you to the staff at the Ontario Public Health Association who supported the development of these modules:

Anne Lessio, (Manager, Special Projects)

Cindy Russell, (OPHA Program Coordinator, Public Health Core Competencies Initiative; Producer Public Health Core Competencies Learning Modules)

The Public Health Core Competencies Learning Modules are funded in part by the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. The opinions and conclusions in this tool are those of the author(s) and no official endorsement by the funders is intended or should be inferred.

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