Critical success factors of good leadership development models emerged from an evaluation of the Emerging Leaders in Public Health program at UNC’s Gillings School of Global Public Health.
Current Issue
Social Media as a Powerful Tool for Health Policy Evaluations: Using Twitter Data to Reveal How the Public Reacted to the Philadelphia Beverage Tax
We demonstrate how social media data can help researchers and policymakers understand how the public reacts to a health policy (anger, fear, trust), where and when these conversations occur, and who shapes them.
Featured Supplement
The Editor’s Podcast: Harassment and the Mental Well-being of Local Public Health Professionals
Tim McCall discusses the role of harassment in the mental well-being of local public health professionals and its relationship with an intent to leave their organization during the COVID-19 pandemic.
New Research on Big City Health Officials and Their Staff Show High Levels of Diversity, Commitment, and Acute Stress
Examining data from the 2017 and 2021 PH WINS, Big Cities Health Coalition (BCHC) Director Chrissie Juliano describes changes in the BCHC governmental public health workforce.
Leadership and Management
Rebuilding Advocacy in Public Health
Exciting new initiatives are now underway to rebuild advocacy in public health at this vulnerable moment of eroding trust and decreased political skill sets.
Facing Leadership Challenges: Priority Setting and Time Management
Better priority setting and time management practices offer public health professionals the tools to address the challenges of “too much to do and not enough time to do it.”
New Blogs
The Potential Value of Joint Health Assessments to Community Health
Community health assessments (CHAs)/community health needs assessments (CHNAs) are an integral part of public health practice and are conducted regularly on behalf of communities across the US. Yet, while there are many examples of joint CHAs/CHNAs between Nonprofit Hospitals (NPHs) and Local Health Departments (LHDs)/State Health Agencies (SHAs) across the country, too many assessments are conducted with minimal involvement from their organizational counterparts, particularly among NPHs conducting CHNAs. Hank Stabler explains why NPHs are not involving LHDs/SHAs in their CHNAs.
Messaging Research: Effective Public Health Communication Strategies for a Divisive Political Climate
Big Cities Health Coalition polled audiences from 35 of their member big cities to better understand how individuals who are skeptical of public health interventions could be moved to better support the important role governmental public health departments and leaders play in their communities. This post outlines the top messaging strategies their research supports.
New Podcasts
Is Incarceration a Public Health Issue? A Podcast with Drs. Faye Taxman and Niloofar Ramezani
In this episode of JPHMP Direct Talk, members of the APHA Health Administration Section and the APHA Human Rights Forum speak to Drs. Faye Taxman and Niloofar Ramezani about the macrofactors that influence local jail populations.
The Editor’s Podcast: Harassment and the Mental Well-being of Local Public Health Professionals
Tim McCall discusses the role of harassment in the mental well-being of local public health professionals and its relationship with an intent to leave their organization during the COVID-19 pandemic.
JPHMP Editorial Board Spotlight
Making Strides in Public Health: Spotlight on Dr. Ross Brownson
“[A] really important part of Public Health 3.0 is having new partners in new disciplines. Not just rounding up the usual suspects of the health
The Wide World of Public Health: Spotlight on Dr. JP Leider
“[A]s an undergraduate I studied ethics and genetics, so not terribly applied in the way that public health is, and I found that that’s what
Students of Public Health
Call for Nominations: Students Who Rocked Public Health in 2023
We’re looking for Students Who Rocked Public Health in 2023. Send us your nominations by Dec. 1, 2023.
Students Who Rocked Public Health 2022
Curious who’s listed in our round-up of Students Who Rocked Public Health in 2022? Find out here!
Writing and Publishing
New Guidance for Reporting Race and Ethnicity in Research and Practice Articles
The Journal of Public Health Management and Practice understands and respects the critical importance of inclusive language in reporting race and ethnicity in scientific writing
On-Demand Training: Introduction to Practice-Based Publishing
Practice-based research is at the core of the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice (JPHMP) mission. Practitioners are doing good and important work, inside