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It’s Not Your Father’s Public Health. Louis Rowitz, PhD Director Mid America Regional Public Health Leadership Institute. The Tipping Point. The Stickiness Factor (Host). The Law of the Few (Agent ). The Tipping Point. The Power of Context (Environment).
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It’s Not Your Father’s Public Health Louis Rowitz, PhD Director Mid America Regional Public Health Leadership Institute
The Tipping Point The Stickiness Factor (Host) The Law of the Few (Agent) The Tipping Point The Power of Context (Environment)
The Law of the FewPersonality Types • Connectors - people specialists • Mavens- information specialists • Salespersons – the persuaders
Public Health ComplexityIssues: Leadership Demands Strategic Challenges P.H. The Tipping Point Societal Trends Community Context
Public Health Response Societal Pressure Local Public Health Response (Complexity) Community Crisis and Priorities Strategic Challenges National Agenda
Dimensions of Culture (Hofstede, 1997) • Power Distance • Collectivism vs. Individualism • Femininity vs. Masculinity • Uncertainty Avoidance
Power distance is the extent to which the less powerful members of institutions and organizations within a country expect or accept that power is distributed unequally.
Individualism pertains to societites in which the ties between individuals are loose; everyone is expected to look after himself or herself and his or her immediate familyCollectivism as its opposite pertains to societies in which people from birth onwards are integrated into strong, cohesive ingroups, which throughout people’s lifetimes continue to protect them in exchange for unquestioning loyalty.
Uncertainty of avoidance is the extent to which the members of a culture feel threatened by uncertain or unknown situations
PUBLIC HEALTH CERTIFICATIONS HEALTH ALERT NETWORK PUBLIC HEALTH LEADERSHIP ESSEENTIAL PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PUBLIC HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE HEALTH ALERT NETWORK NATIONAL PERFORMACE STANDARDS PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATICS MAPP EVIDENCE-BASED PUBLIC HEALTH NATIONAL AGENDA
COMMUNITY CRISES AND PRIORITIES • I-PLAN • I-PLAN PRIORITIES • STATE MANDATES • BUDGETING REALITIES • COUNTY BOARD • BOARD OF HEALTH • HEALTH CRISES