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Leadership for Public Health 3.0: A Preliminary Assessment of Competencies for Local Health Department Leaders

Overview of attention for article published in Frontiers in Public Health, October 2017
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Title
Leadership for Public Health 3.0: A Preliminary Assessment of Competencies for Local Health Department Leaders
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Frontiers in Public Health, October 2017
DOI 10.3389/fpubh.2017.00272
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Emmanuel D. Jadhav, James W. Holsinger, Billie W. Anderson, Nicholas Homant

Abstract

The foundational public health services model V1.0, developed in response to the Institute of Medicine report For the Public's Health: Investing in a Healthier Future identified important capabilities for leading local health departments (LHDs). The recommended capabilities include the organizational competencies of leadership and governance, which are described as consensus building among internal and external stakeholders. Leadership through consensus building is the main characteristic of Democratic Leadership. This style of leadership works best within the context of a competent team. Not much is known about the competency structure of LHD leadership teams. The objectives of this study characterize the competency structure of leadership teams in LHDs and identify the relevance of existing competencies for the practice of leadership in public health. The study used a cross-sectional study design. Utilizing the workforce taxonomy six management and leadership occupation titles were used as job categories. The competencies were selected from the leadership and management domain of public health competencies for the Tier -3, leadership level. Study participants were asked to rank on a Likert scale of 1-10 the relevance of each competency to their current job category, with a rank of 1 being least important and a rank of 10 being most important. The instrument was administered in person. Data were collected in 2016 from 50 public health professionals serving in leadership and management positions in a convenience sample of three LHDS. The competency of most relevance to the highest executive function category was that of "interaction with interrelated systems." For sub-agency level officers the competency of most relevance was "advocating for the role of public health." The competency of most relevance to Program Directors/Managers or Administrators was "ensuring continuous quality improvement." The variation between competencies by job category suggests there are distinct underlying relationships between the competencies by job category.

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Country Count As %
Unknown 45 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 10 22%
Student > Doctoral Student 4 9%
Lecturer > Senior Lecturer 3 7%
Student > Postgraduate 3 7%
Student > Ph. D. Student 3 7%
Other 5 11%
Unknown 17 38%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 11 24%
Nursing and Health Professions 7 16%
Social Sciences 2 4%
Psychology 1 2%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 1 2%
Other 2 4%
Unknown 21 47%
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#12,862,254
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#2,648
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#149,651
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Outputs of similar age from Frontiers in Public Health
#39
of 93 outputs
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