These US prevention core competencies and accompanying knowledge, skills, and abilities offer professional direction to the prevention field, affecting staff development and career ladders and pipelines, and providing guidance for training programs and service delivery qualification.

Prevention core competencies

Cross-cutting competencies

1. Interdisciplinary foundations
2. Multiple systems
3. Family dynamics
4. Ethical practice
5. Basic knowledge communication 

Domain 1: assessment

1. Data gathering
2. Needs and resource identification
3. Problem definition
4. Analysis

Domain 2: capacity building

1. Collaboration
2. Organizational advocacy
3. Organizational cultural proficiency

Domain 3: planning

1. Collaborative planning
2. Cultural inclusion
3. Systematic thinking
4. Evidence-informed approaches
5. Facilitation
6. Strategic planning 

Domain 4: implementation

1. Cultural responsiveness
2. Collaboration
3. Change management

Domain 5: evaluation

1. Evaluation methods
2. Data interpretation and use