Leading Public Health ― A Competency Framework

This is a current, compact guide to the values, knowledge, and competencies needed by public health professionals to mobilize people, organizations, and communities to successfully tackle tough public health challenges. It is the only leadership text designed specifically for graduate students of public health, highlighting those aspects of leadership unique to this discipline. Drawing from the MPH Core Competency Model that guides accredited MPH curricula, the text focuses on developing the leadership skills that will enable public health professionals to set bold future directions, enlist diverse populations, seek and use power, communicate effectively, and strive for excellence. It is co-authored by a highly respected scholar of public health leadership who is the recipient of prominent awards for excellence in teaching and scholarship.

Based on the premise that public health is undervalued, the book addresses the need for more informed and proactive public health leadership and describes the knowledge and values required for such leadership. At its heart are detailed examinations of the five specific, evidence-based competencies required for leadership. It also includes content on future challenges, social media, intergenerational collaboration, and quality improvement. Written in accessible language, the text is replete with multiple case examples.

• Examines five competencies key to leadership in public health
• Encompasses the specific requirements of public health leadership
• Distills the expertise of both an academic and a practicing health care leader
• Provides abundant cases examples from public health practice
• Focus on leadership development as a lifelong process