Ten things i wish someone had told me when i became a health officer

T.R. Frieden

American Journal of Public Health, 2016, vol. 106, issue 7, 1214-1218

Abstract: Public health, like politics, is the art of the possible.To maximize effectiveness, public health officers in any jurisdiction should (1) get good data and ensure timely and effective dissemination; (2) prioritize and tackle more difficult initiatives first; (3) find, fight, and win winnable battles in areas where progress is possible but not ensured without focused, strategic effort; (4) support andhire greatpeople and protect themso they can do their jobs; (5) address communicable diseases and environmental health effectively; (6) do not cede the clinical realm - public health programs depend on clinical care and on effective coordination between health care and public health; (7) learn and manage the budget cycle; (8)manage the context; (9) never surprise their boss; and (10) follow core principles.

Keywords: budget; Communicable Diseases; economics; environmental health; human; information dissemination; organization and management; personnel management; politics; procedures; public health service, Budgets; Communicable Diseases; Environmental Health; Humans; Information Dissemination; Personnel Management; Politics; Public Health Administration; Public Health Practice (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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