93.055: PPHF - Applied Leadership for Community Health Improvement

93.055

Inactive

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) [HHS]

July 26, 2016

May 28, 2015

The purpose of this program is to improve community health through applied, team-based meta-leadership development. Specifically, this program will: Establish a national health applied leadership training program to provide customized public health applied leadership training to local and state public health officials and their allies. Assemble, train and provide technical assistance to local teams of 3-5 leaders to effectively address local public health problems as part of a Community Health Improvement Project. Document and evaluate the applied public health training approach. Foster replication through train the trainer and e-learning models to increase the programs reach and impact. Document and evaluate the Community Public Health Improvement projects used by the teams and to submit the promising and effective strategies and interventions utilized to the CDC for further evaluation and potential dissemination. This program addresses the “Healthy People 2020” focus area(s) of Public Health Infrastructure; activities arising from this program may address many other focus areas. Measurable outcomes of the program will be in alignment with one (or more) of the following Department of Health and Human Services and Healthy People 2020 performance goal(s) that the Office for State Tribal Local and Territorial Support undertakes: 1) Strengthen the Nation’s Health and Human Service Infrastructure and Workforce. 2) To ensure that Federal, State, Tribal, and local health agencies have the necessary infrastructure to effectively provide essential public health services.

B - Cooperative Agreements

Assemble, train and provide technical assistance to local teams of 4 leaders to effectively address local public health problems as part of a Community Health Improvement Project.

The general public will benefit from the objectives of this program.