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LEADERSHIP IN PUBLIC HEALTH
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In response to the Institute of
Medicine report of 1988, CDC/PHPPO encouraged the development of Public Health
Leadership training programs. Programs are designed to expand Leadership
Development by providing opportunities for health professionals to develop/enhance
their leadership and management skills through a series of lectures, learning situations,
interactions among peers and teachers, and knowledge of important issues. Broad
based Public Health Leadership skills are developed.
Goal:
To refine and expand state, regional, and national efforts to facilitate,
demonstrate and evaluate increased capacity of public health leadership.
State:
Florida Public Health Leadership Institute
This year long program for local and state health departments and the private sector
emphasizes personal understanding and growth and mastery of essential leadership skills
such as visioning, team building, systems thinking and political effectiveness. Each
scholar completes a personal project either in his/her=s community or home agency.
Normal Class size is 30. Total from inception is about 90.
Illinois Public Health Leadership Institute
This is a year-long mentor based program for state and local public health administrators,
boards of health members, community agency healths and legislators which emphasizes
organizational leadership practices and personal leadership skill development. Teams
attend from Illinois, Wisconsin and Indiana. Normal Class size is 45. Total from
inception is 200.
Kansas Pubic Health Leadership Institute
This program is currently under development. Normal Class size is 30. Total from
inception is about 60.
Michigan Public Health Leadership Institute
This year long program emphasizes the importance of more effective local level models
which empower communities to improve health and human services. The activities are
directed toward building collaborative models across the government, private and
nonprofit sectors to provide solutions to issues and problems facing health professionals.
Normal Class size is 30. Total from inception is 60.
Missouri Public Health Leadership Certificate Program
During the two year program, participants attend four 3-day sessions and develop a
practice-base case study integrating and applying principles learned during the
program. Normal Class size is 15. Total from inception is about 60.
Ohio Public Health Leadership Institute
The twelve month program for public health officials and community leaders increases the
leadership competencies and raises the awareness of emergent public heath issues.
Community groups, or leadership teams, comprised of 5-8 community leaders, work
together with local public health officials to tackle community health related projects.
Normal Class size is 45. Total from inception is about 135.
Oklahoma Public Health Leadership Institute
This collaborative partnership between Oklahoma State Department of Health and the
University of Oklahoma Health Science Center/College of Pubic Health consists of
three modules over one year. The curriculum focus is on development of leadership
skills and population-based preventive health incorporating community development
training. Normal Class size is 30. Total from inception is about 60.
Texas Public Health Leadership Institute
Public Health agencies and academic institutions are presently planning the
development of a Texas Pubic Health Leadership Institute for public health
practitioners. No classes have been held.
Regional:
Mid-Atlantic Health Leadership Institute
This Regional Institute (Maryland, Delaware, and District of Columbia) provides a
unique learning experience to health professionals and policy; makers who are
integral to the development of healthy communities. Through the development of
leadership skills and shared vision, the Institute will facilitate creative, integrated
collaborative approaches to the achievement of community health goals. No classes
have been held.
Northeast Regional Pubic Health Leadership Institute
This year long training program brings together state and local health administrators,
academia, and pubic health associations from New York, New Hampshire, New Jersey,
Maine, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont to improve the leadership skills of
public health practitioners and promote healthy communities. Normal Class size is 35.
Total from inception is 35.
Regional Leadership Institute for Colorado and the Rocky Mountain Region
This year long program is designed to develop leadership for senior and middle
management public health professionals and provide training in the development of
strategic vision and direction and identifying collaborative leadership opportunities
in the community and agency setting. The Institute is coordinated through a
consortium of four universities. No classes have been held.
South Central Public Health Leadership Institute
This year long program develops leadership skills through education, individual change
and growth. It facilitates the application of core functions, provides shared
experiences in a learning community, and translates leadership into a tool for
community empowerment. Participants attend from Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana and
Mississippi. Normal Class size is 40. Total from inception is 68.
Public Health Leadership Institute of North Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia (TriState)
This is a partnership program of three state departments of public health and the
University of North Carolina School of Public Health. The Institute utilizes distance
based learning technologies and working retreats to offer an experiential leadership
skills development program and to strengthen relationships between public health
practitioner and academicians. Normal Class size is 30. Total from inception is 30.
National:
CDC/UC Public Health Leadership Institute
The Institute´s mission is to strengthen America´s health system by enhancing the
leadership capabilities of senior federal, state and local public health officials,
academicians; and health system executives. The program develops the ability to
create and implement a shared vision and the skills to mobilize the resources
necessary to achieve national health objectives. Normal Class size is 60. Total from
inception is X.
Public Health Leadership Development Network
Membership includes academic and practice directors of all state and regional public
health leadership programs.
Contact:
Steve Frederick
4770 Buford Highway, NE
MS K39
Atlanta, GA 30341-3724
Telephone: 770/488-2534
Fax: 770/488-2474 or 2489
E-mail address: slf2@cdc.gov
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This page last reviewed: July 1, 2003
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