Specifically, public health analytical competencies as well as leadership, and context-sensitive and planning and management competencies were mentioned.
Fifteen competencies were mentioned in the literature.
All other competencies were mentioned only by a single article.
Uncertainties about the policies and procedures for teaching safe abortion as well as clinical competencies were mentioned (36.5%).
Although these competencies were mentioned in more than one article, no single topic area was covered in more than 16% of identified articles, suggesting a lack of consensus on the importance assigned to any particular subject.
Finally, the time it took to carry out an assessment was impacted by nurses' own competencies (four nurses mentioned that their competencies increased over the course of the intervention, which they said reduced overall assessment time) and by the extent to which older people wished to share stories and experiences.
The development and maintenance of palliative care competencies is often mentioned as a challenge for health care professionals involved in rural palliative care [ 30- 32].
The most frequently mentioned competencies included an understanding of: the global burden of disease, travel medicine, healthcare disparities between countries, immigrant health, primary care within diverse cultural settings and skills to better interface with different populations, cultures and healthcare systems.
Policy development competencies were the least mentioned, which may arise from, for example, the place of work, the degree of emphasis by specific MPH programs, or the different processes of policy making.
aThe percent of articles mentioning competencies was calculated by dividing the total number of articles discussing a certain competency by the total number of retrieved articles.
