Back to Annual Meeting Page		American Public Health Association 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition December 10-14, 2005 Philadelphia, PA

Abstract #102196

Sharon Rudy, PhD, Public Health Institute, Population Leadership Program, 529 14th Street NW, Suite 1030, Washington, DC 20045, 202-661-8020, srudy@popldr.org, Aaron Katz, CPH, Packard-Gates Population Leadership Program, University of Washington, 1107 NE 45th Street, Suite 400, Seattle, WA 98105, Esther Tahrir, MPH, International Health Programs, 210 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, and Kim Ammann Howard, PhD, Strategic Assessment, Planning and Research, 1563 Solano Ave. #317, Berkeley, CA 94707.

The first presenter on the panel, Dr. Rudy, will introduce the presenters and use an interactive exercise to involve and focus the participants on the topic. She will introduce the theme of the panel: evidence regarding the importance of leadership development in international health, the programs and the elements that result in successful cultivation of leaders in developing countries. Dr. Rudy will then share the key results of three researchers and how one program has applied them in the field. The research data from studies done by four main leadership researchers has been applied to the USAID-funded, global Population Leadership Program, focusing on leadership development for those implementing health programs. These multiple and diverse findings reflect the interplay among values, intentions and commitments with behaviors and practices, resulting in key outcomes. Dr. Rudy will also explore the controversy regarding what is culture-specific and what is universal regarding leadership, citing the research done in 60 cultures as part of the Global Leadership and Organizational Behavior Effectiveness Research Program.

Mr. Katz will review evidence and share specific examples of how US-based leadership training combined with strong, ongoing support for leadership trainees in-country can catalyze critical improvements in reproductive health and family planning services and population policy in developing countries.

Ms. Tahrir will share the successful results of a collaborating U.S.-Latin America partnership to transfer leadership development programming to the field.

Finally, Dr. Howard will explore the results of a recent, cutting-edge evaluation of Packard and Gates funded leadership development programs, including lessons learned regarding recruitment and selection, training and ways to support leaders post-program.

Q and A and opportunities to interact will be designed into the panel presentations.

For Dr. Rudy's section, participants will increase their understanding of an evidence-based leadership framework and at least one way they could apply this in their own setting.

Learning Objectives:

• Learners will be able to articulate at least 3 evidence-based approaches to establishing leadership competencies in developing countries.

Keywords: Leadership, Developing Countries

Related Web page: www.popldr.org, www.population-leaders.washington.edu

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

I wish to disclose that I have NO financial interests or other relationship with the manufactures of commercial products, suppliers of commercial services or commercial supporters.