Leadership Development for Rural Health

Leadership development for rural health.

Leadership is the capacity to help transform a vision of the future into reality. Individuals who can and will exercise leadership are like a river's current--a part past where we now stand, a part yet to come. We have an ongoing need to remember and to look toward the next "generation." A key responsibility of those here now, is to mentor and to create structures for mentoring, in order to max...

Rural Health Innovation through Leadership Development and Organisational Effectiveness

Improving rural health service delivery is a major challenge in India as 73 percent of its population resides in rural areas. Recognizing the need to improve rural health service delivery, the Government of India launched the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) in 2005. The NRHM aims to undertake architectural correction of the rural health system through communitization, improved management, ...

Leadership development for health for all.

Competency development in public health leadership.

The professional development of public health leaders requires competency-based instruction to increase their ability to address complex and changing demands for critical services. This article reviews the development of the Leadership Competency Framework by the National Public Health Leadership Development Network and discusses its significance. After reviewing pertinent literature and existi...

Leadership as a management competency in rural health organisations.

The management competency of leadership was measured on 34 middle and senior health managers from the Murray Health Service, using Situational Leadership Questionnaires. Using self-analysis, the managers found their leadership behaviours to be entrenched, inflexible and less effective than they might otherwise be. This conclusion was supported by results of the questionnaires completed on each ...