164054 New Challenges for Leadership Development

Tuesday, November 6, 2007: 2:30 PM

Kate S. Wright, EdD, MPH , School of Public Health, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO
The National Public Health Leadership Development Network is a consortium of organizations and individuals from academic institutions, national and international organizations, and local, state, and federal agencies dedicated to advancing the practice of public health leadership in order to achieve optimal health outcomes in communities. The purpose of the Network is to:

• Collaborate with and promote linkages among organizations, agencies, associations, foundations and other stakeholders to develop and/or expand public health leadership programs

• Increase and diversify participation in public health leadership programs

• Disseminate information regarding need and access to public health leadership development programs

• Provide technical assistance to emerging and existing public health leadership programs

• Contribute to the body of knowledge around public health leadership and leadership development and improve utilization of public health leadership resources, assets, and knowledge

• Expand advocacy and visibility of the Network and member institutes

Over the last 12 years the Network has served as a forum to help expand, build, and refine state, regional, national, and international Leadership Institutes. Therefore, the Network's role in facilitating the development of strategies and methods to overcome the challenge of public health interest through strengthened leadership development is critical.

Learning Objectives:
Understand various approaches and strategies used to overcome issues such as public health workforce development in the future AND learn about the emergence of new leadership techniques used to train the public health workforce

Keywords: Leadership, Public Health Infrastructure

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Any relevant financial relationships? No
Any institutionally-contracted trials related to this submission?

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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