National Leadership Academy for the Public’s Health

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Please pay special attention to the Eligibility Statement below, specifically that applicants must be teams currently involved in a community health improvement initiative.

A project of the Center for Health Leadership and Practice, Public Health Institute

Application Information

Application Due Date: February 3, 2012 at 5:00 pm EST
Please email your completed application to eoq9@cdc.gov.

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For questions or information please contact
John Maynard at jmaynard@cdc.gov or Amy Kirsch at akirsch@cdc.gov.

PLEASE NOTE: This is intended to be a team application. Only one application per team can be submitted.

Eligibility
Teams must be currently involved in a community health improvement initiative that employs a multi-sector, place-based approach. Each team member must be a leader from a different sector and one member must be a public health department leader.

Program Summary
Year 1: February 2012 – January 2013

Background/Overview

Today’s context for public health leadership is complex, rapidly evolving, and calls for new approaches to the training and development of leaders for today and the future. As a result, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Center for Health Leadership and Practice, PHI, have entered into a cooperative agreement to pilot a public health leadership training program, titled the “National Leadership Academy for the Public’s Health (NLAPH),” in conjunction with community health improvement projects.

The NLAPH is focused on improving community health by working with collaborative, multi-sector leadership teams and training these teams through an applied, team-based, collaborative leadership development model. The vehicle for learning will be a team-identified project that ultimately advances the health of the community. The core curriculum addresses two tracks:

  1. Leadership: Training elements include personal and collaborative leadership and the progression to multi-sector and meta-leadership.
  2. Prevention/Policy/Systems Change: Training emphasizes growth from team-based collaborative work to policy and systems change.

Funding

CDC has entered into a Cooperative Agreement with the Center for Health Leadership and Practice, PHI for a three-year project period, starting September 1, 2011. First year funding is $1.25 million and focuses on piloting this new approach to leadership training in public health. CHLP (and NLAPH) are under the direction of Dr. Carmen Nevarez, MD, MPH. The Academy is “housed” at CDC in the Office of State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Support (OSTLTS) under the leadership of OSTLTS Director, Dr. Judith A. Monroe.

Site/Team Selection

Twenty teams of four people each will be selected through a competitive process. The final selected cohort of 80 will represent the geographic and cultural diversity of the Nation including tribal, frontier and rural communities.

Key Features

  • On-site learning through participation in both the annual retreat and regional meetings.
  • Distance learning through interactive synchronous and asynchronous webinars and e-Learning events.
  • Coaching/Technical assistance provided by expert Regional & Specialist Coaches, who will tailor curriculum based on individual needs and provide specific support to your applied community public health improvement projects.
  • Evaluation activities that will inform a continuous improvement approach to the program with a focus on understanding the leadership element in community health improvement.
  • Use of phConnect (www.phConnect.org) as a portal for continuous learning and professional networking.
  • Formation of a Learning Collaborative, which will provide a forum for ongoing learning and information sharing after the program year ends.

All of these elements are designed to help multi-sector teams to successfully lead and manage community health improvement projects.

Cost

There is no charge for participants (including travel associated expenses)