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Profile of Public Health Leadership
Ruth Gaskins Little1, Annette Greer, Maria Clay
1Department of Public Health (Drs Little and Clay), Department of Bioethics (Drs Greer and Clay), and Department of Higher Education Leadership, College of Education (Dr McFadden), East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina.
Journal of Public Health Management and Practice : JPHMP
|February 25, 2016
Summary
Public health leaders
Area of Science:
- Public Health
- Health Administration
- Epidemiology
Background:
- Public health leaders are crucial for national population health.
- The number of public health schools has doubled since 2000.
- Scholarly credentials of leaders impact workforce and policy.
Purpose of the Study:
- To describe educational degrees and demographics of public health leaders.
- To inform future public health leadership planning.
- Focus on deans of public health schools and state health directors.
Main Methods:
- Data extracted from academic and government websites.
- Analysis of educational degrees and demographic profiles.
- Comparison of academic deans and state health directors.
Main Results:
- Deans: 73% male, 40% PhD, 33% MD, 70% terminal degree >35 yrs ago.
- State directors: 60% male, 60% MD, 4% PhD, 26% no terminal degree, 64% terminal degree >25 yrs ago.
- MPH degrees held by 56% of deans and 40% of state directors.
Conclusions:
- Findings question competencies for future public health leaders.
- Need to clarify required training and degree types for leadership.
- Highlights potential gaps in current public health leadership qualifications.
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