Skills for public health systems leadership: Reflections on practice
Authors: Jo Peden, James Rees, Sophie Cole, Manon Roberts
Published on: 4th December 2023
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The role of public health leaders is ultimately to improve health outcomes, especially for the most vulnerable in our society.
Public health leaders have to work across multiple ‘systems’ because the causes of public health issues are often complex and multi-faceted.
This report, via a brief literature review and interviews with public health systems leaders, aims to explore the role of public health leaders in driving change for better health outcomes and the attributes needed to be successful. We hope that the report findings will be useful for future systems leaders to develop their skills in these areas.
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