Mastering Public Health will enable you to improve your performance and productivity within your organization and with the people and the communities you serve. Designed for new and seasoned public health workers alike, this user-friendly guide focuses on the day-to-day practical skills and competencies that are often not taught in educational or training programs. It is a how-to book with tools, techniques, tips, checklists, and other resources that will assist you in developing your competencies in the areas of communication, administration and management, and leadership. Using this book will enable you to be more effective in many areas of your work, including: - Communicating with the public - Advocating for programs and policies - Speaking and writing - Being culturally competent - Planning, budgeting, and obtaining funding - Recruiting and developing employees - Improving quality, and initiating and sustaining change - Creating a vision and inspiring others The 60 contributors to this book are experts in public health as well as in the fields of education and organizational management. They have worked in federal, state, and local government agencies as well as non-governmental organizations, academic and research institutions, and consulting organizations. In their chapters, commentaries, and textboxes, they share their expertise and experience and describe best practices. Their personal stories illustrate real-world challenges they faced and successes they achieved.
Mastering Public Health will enable you to improve your performance and productivity within your organization and with the people and the communities you serve. Designed for new and seasoned public health workers alike, this user-friendly guide focuses on the day-to-day practical skills and competencies that are often not taught in educational or training programs. It is a how-to book with tools, techniques, tips, checklists, and other resources that will assist you in developing your competencies in the areas of communication, administration and management, and leadership. Using this book will enable you to be more effective in many areas of your work, including: - Communicating with the public - Advocating for programs and policies - Speaking and writing - Being culturally competent - Planning, budgeting, and obtaining funding - Recruiting and developing employees - Improving quality, and initiating and sustaining change - Creating a vision and inspiring others The 60 contributors to this book are experts in public health as well as in the fields of education and organizational management. They have worked in federal, state, and local government agencies as well as non-governmental organizations, academic and research institutions, and consulting organizations. In their chapters, commentaries, and textboxes, they share their expertise and experience and describe best practices. Their personal stories illustrate real-world challenges they faced and successes they achieved.
Foreword
Edward L. Baker
Part I: Communication
1. Communicating with the Public
Diana M. Bontá and Diana Halper
Commentary 1-1: Lessons Learned from Communicating with the
Public
Jonathan E. Fielding
Commentary 1-2: How to Prepare for a Media Interview
Norman S. Hartman
2. Persuading Others: How to Advocate
Patricia A. Nolan
Commentary 2-1: Lessons Learned from Advocacy for Health Care
Reform
Quentin D. Young, Margie Schaps, and Ida Hellander
Commentary 2-2: Lessons Learned from Advocacy for the Promotion of
Peace and Public Health
Victor W. Sidel, John Loretz, and Robert M. Gould
Commentary 2-3: How Public Health Workers Can Be Directly Involved
in Policy-making Processes
E. Richard Brown
3. Making a Presentation
Joyce R. Gaufin and Barry S. Levy
Commentary 3-1: Using Active Learning to Make Presentations
Memorable
Vonna Henry
Commentary 3-2: Making Presentations with Passion and Props
Virginia A. Caine
Commentary 3-3: An Example of How to Accept an Award with Humility,
Authenticity, and Grace
Robert García
Commentary 3-4: The Gettysburg Address as a PowerPoint
Presentation
Barry S. Levy
4. Writing for Publication
Omar A. Khan and Tim Brookes
Commentary 4-1: Honing Your Writing Skills for Peer-reviewed
Publication
Mary E. Northridge
Commentary 4-2: 21 Tips for Clearer Writing
Barry S. Levy and Joyce R. Gaufin
Commentary 4-3: The Evolution of Writing a Book: My Experience
Linda Landesman
5. Practicing Cultural Competence
Carol Easley Allen and Cheryl E. Easley
Commentary 5-1: Sexuality and Diet: Two Examples of the Importance
of Cultural Competence
Carmen R. Nevarez
Part II: Administration and Management
6. How to Work Within an Organization
Tricia Todd and Shailendra Prasad
Commentary 6-1: Lessons Learned from Working in Organizations
J. Alan Baker
7. Planning and Budgeting
Walter Tsou
Commentary 7-1: How to Plan and Budget in an Emergency
Situation
Esther D. Chernak
Commentary 7-2: Lessons Learned from Experience in Financial
Management and Oversight
Melvin D. Shipp
8. Improving and Maintaining Quality
Ron Bialek and John W. Moran
Commentary 8-1: Improving Quality in Your Organization
Paul Halverson
9. Obtaining Funding
Fern Percheski and Robyn Powers
Commentary 9-1: Fundraising from Individuals and Corporations
Lyndon Haviland
10. Recruiting and Developing Employees
Donna R. Dinkin, Sylvester Taylor, and Joyce R. Gaufin
Commentary 10-1: Hiring and Retaining the Right Workers in the
Right Jobs
Kristine M. Gebbie
Part III: Leadership
11. Creating a Vision and Inspiring Others
Robert S. Lawrence and Barry S. Levy
Commentary 11-1: People Who Have Inspired Us
James (Jim) Grant, Helene Gayle, Helen Rodriguez-Trias, and William
(Bill) Foege
12. Transforming Organizations by Using Systems Thinking
Charlotte Roberts and Frankie Byrum
Commentary 12-1: Lessons Learned in Transforming the Veterans
Health System
Kenneth W. Kizer
13. Creating and Sustaining Change
Magda G. Peck
Commentary 13-1: Fluoridation: Bringing About and Maintaining
Change
Myron Allukian, Jr.
Commentary 13-2: Build the Stomach for the Journey
Ronald Heifetz, Alexander Grashow, and Martin Linsky
14. Facilitating Negotiation and Mediation
Giorgio A. Piccagli
Commentary 14-1: Lessons Learned About Negotiation from a Career in
Public Health
David J. Sencer
15. Collaborating With Others
Darrin K. Hicks and Carl E. Larson
Commentary 15-1: Lessons Learned from Establishing a Collaborative
Graduate Program that Evolved into a Collaborative School of Public
Health
Audrey Gotsch and Michael Greenberg
Commentary 15-2: A Funder's Work to Facilitate and Nurture
Collaboration
Martin D. Cohen
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Barry S. Levy, M.D., M.P.H., is a physician and epidemiologist who
has had extensive experience in public health practice, education,
research, and consulting in the United States and more than 20
other countries. He is an Adjunct Professor of Public Health at
Tufts University School of Medicine and a former president of the
American Public Health Association. He has co-edited 15 other books
and has written numerous articles and book chapters on a
wide range of public health subjects.
Joyce R. Gaufin, B.S., is Executive Director of the Great Basin
Public Health Leadership Institute, a member of the APHA Executive
Board, a past president of the Utah Public Health Association, and
a former chair of the National Public Health Leadership Development
Network. Her career has focused on management and leadership
training, organization development, and consultation for state and
local public health agencies. She has expertise in emergency
preparedness, quality
improvement, and creating new programs and collaborative efforts.
82.95, 180, Jones & Bartlett, 05/25/2010, This book is more theoretical and it's very expensive considering its length 9780763750503, Rowitz / Public Health Leadership: Putting Principles into Practice / 2e, 110.95, 570, Jones & Bartlett, 09/15/2008, Entirely focused on leadership competency 9780763754440, Turnock / Public Health: What It Is and How It Works / 4e, 100.95, 534, Jones & Bartlett, 03/14/2008, Coverage of topic is far more basic
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