Transforming Public Health Practice: Leadership and Management Essentials

Acknowledgments

We would like to begin by acknowledging the dedicated people who work in public health and who, despite limited resources, have accomplished so much in making the United States a better place to lead a healthy life. This is really a book about how to help public health departments achieve even greater success stories in the future through better leadership. Those who work in public health departments throughout this country have so much more to contribute if only allowed to do their work. This can only be accomplished through leadership, worker empowerment, and increased resources.

During the process of writing this book we met many dedicated people who demanded professionalism in everything they tried to accomplish. A number ...