Faith and public health partnership – making a meaningful and sustainable impact for healthier communities

The Institute for Faith and Public Leadership was created to strengthen partnerships between faith entities and public health institutions to enhance their collective capacity to address the health inequities rooted in complex social problems. Drawing on the principles from the MidAmerica Regional Public Health Leadership Institute at the University of Illinois at Chicago, School of Public Health and the Institute for Public Health and Faith Collaborations at the Interfaith Health Program at Emory University, The MidAmerica Public Health Training Center and The Center for Faith and Community Health Transformation developed the Institute for Faith and Public Health Leadership. This presentation will highlight the following: how the institute helps to nurture the collaborative process through team work; how the evaluation results from the pilot year of the institute were used to change the curriculum in year 2 of the institute; and how the evaluations from year 2 of the institute will be used to further strengthen the program.