Health Administration

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2008 CALL FOR ABSTRACTS Background This is the 100 year anniversary of the Health Administration Section. New in 2008, is the opportunity for APHA members to join up to three sections. We invite all APHA members to be primary members of Health Administration – but we also welcome all members who join our section! Health Administration is the right section for you if you have interest in the advancement of quality and best practices in health administration leadership skill development, and participation in cutting edge dialogue about health administration and leadership practice. 2008 CALL FOR ABSTRACTS This section invites papers for presentation that address one of the two categories listed below. We encourage papers that address research, practice and policy issues as they relate to health administration and leadership in domestic and international governmental public health agencies, for profit and nonprofit health organizations, academia, business, industry and other settings. APHA’s Health Administration Section invites abstracts for the 2008 Annual Meeting in one of two general categories: (1) Papers addressing the APHA conference theme of Public Health Without Borders; and (2) Papers addressing the 100 Year Anniversary of the Health Administration Section CATEGORY 1: PUBLIC HEALTH WITHOUT BORDERS This class of papers should emphasize innovative leadership and management strategies within public health systems recognizing the challenges of various borders. Authors should think broadly about “borders” and consider various borders such as geographic, organizational, discipline diversity, resources (rich versus poor), political, ethnicity, union environments, research versus practice, etc. Papers should identify the specific administrative and leadership challenges resulting from crossing borders. We encourage papers that focus on solutions including best practices, promising models for the future, and/or instructive failures that offer insight for improvement. These papers should focus on practice or applicable research and consider transportability and applicability of lessons learned to other settings. CATEGORY 2: 100 YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE HEALTH ADMINISTRATION SECTION This class of papers should emphasize how the practices of health administration and leadership have changed over the past 100 years. Of particular interest are papers addressing leadership development in general and of the next generation of health administrators, lessons learned from history that can influence the current and future practice of health administrators and the impact that research has on the practice of health administration as well as the impact practice has on research. Check list Does my paper address at least one of the following? Health administration issues that cross some type of border Leadership issues that cross borders History of health administration and lessons learned History of leadership and lessons learned Future of health administration, trends, ideas, opportunities Future of leadership, trends, ideas, opportunities Research, practice and/or policy related to health administration Research, practice and/or policy related to leadership Challenges in health administration and leadership across borders with a problem-solving perspective The content topics will likely be broad and diverse as the field of health administration – the key this year is to recognize that the two themes the Health Administration section intends to address are “Public Health Without Borders” and "Celebrating a Century of Health Administration" which includes a celebration of the history and anticipation of the future. Suggested Topic Areas Are Listed Below: Administrative Models and Tools That Produce Efficiencies Across Organizational Boundaries Administrative Strategies Allowing and Supporting Multi-Sector Collaboration Collaborative Leadership Strategies and Tools That Assist Communities to Achieve Public Health Outcomes Collaborative Programs That Effectively Share Administrative Practices To Implement The Program Community Based Particpatory Research for Health Care Administrators Creative Ideas For Generating Financial Support for Public Health Programs Effective Leadership Development Strategies and Programs That Increase Diversity of Leadership in Public Health Practice Future Trends and Opportunities For New and Creative Administrative Practices That Will Have Broad Impact On Public Health Historical Management Practices and Their Impact on Population Health History and Relationship Among Administration, Management and Leadership Functions in Public Health Leadership Development Models in Public Health Practice Settings Lessons Learned From History On Administrative and Leadership Practices in Public Health Models for Successful Business and Financial Planning for Local Heatlh Departments Models in Public Health That Reach Across Hierarchical and Discipline Borders in Public Health Models of Collaborative Programs With Shared Administrative and Fiscal Responsibility Models of Successful Academic/Practice Partnerships To Enhance Student Experiences in Health Administration Promising Practices in Responding to Technology Challenges for Health Care Administrators Successful Stategies in Working with Governing Boards to Accomplish Public Heatlh Objectives Workforce Development and Human Resource Programs That Increase Instituionalization of Public Health Succession Planning Please click on the "Submit Abstract" link in the top right corner and select one of the topics above. If you are proposing multiple papers to comprise an entire panel or session (i.e. a session proposal), please consult with the program chair before submission; all such session proposals need to be approved by the program chair in advance.
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Program Planner Contact Information: Gretchen Sampson, RN, BSN, MPH Polk County Health Department 100 Polk County Plaza Suite 180 Balsam Lake, WI 54810 Phone: 715-485-8506 gretchens@co.polk.wi.us