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TABLE OF CONTENTS: Leadership Development Assessment Report Series--Leadership Development and Management Needs Assessment Introduction Conclusion: The Way Ahead Meeting and Planning Calendar

View the entire report. Introduction Like public health overall, state and local public health HIV/AIDS and viral hepatitis staff are experiencing restricted and shrinking budgets and the challenges of competing priorities. At the same time, public health HIV/AIDS and viral hepatitis programs are facing workforce deficits resulting from the aging workforce, as well as the loss of competent staff to global HIV/AIDS programs, private industry, and other public health issues. HIV/AIDS and viral hepatitis programs also continue to strive for workforce diversity. Having diverse staff is one key component to appropriately addressing the HIV/AIDS and viral hepatitis epidemics. Yet people of color are underrepresented in public health overall. An Institute of Medicine study found that while underrepresented groups comprise about 25 percent of the overall population, they are only 10 percent of the health workforce. To better understand these challenges and determine strategies to support workforce, management, and leadership development, NASTAD undertook a needs assessment through funding from the Johnson and Johnson Foundation. In April 2008, NASTAD administered a multi-modal needs assessment of its membership, work groups and committees to identify their perspectives on leadership and management and their needs related to leading their programs in state and local health departments. This report outlines the key findings and recommendations NASTAD gleaned from this assessment. In conjunction with this report, NASTAD will issue four Leadership Development Issue Briefs and one In Focus fact sheet with additional details and in-depth results from the assessment. These companion materials include: Leadership Development Issue Brief #1: Workforce Skills and Competencies Leadership Development Issue Brief #2: Skills That Strengthen AIDS Programs Leadership Development Issue Brief #3: Workforce Recruitment and Retention Challenges and Responses In Focus: Fostering Minority Leadership in Health Departments Leadership Development Issue Brief #4: Skills Building Needs and Desired Modalities View the entire report. back to top > Conclusion: The Way Ahead Supporting multiple venues for health department staff networking and mentoring support (e.g., peer-to-peer exchange) is critically important to address the multi-faceted management and leadership needs identified through this assessment. Moving forward, it will be essential for any organization seeking to develop leadership in state and local health department HIV/AIDS and viral hepatitis programs to attend to several key aspects of leadership training, including visioning, strategic thinking, effective communication skills, and cultural diversity. Having sustained support and over-time opportunities for leadership and management skills building was repeatedly mentioned by respondents, yet manyrespondents also expressed reservationsabout whether they or their staff coulddedicate the time and resources to trainingon leadership in the current fiscalenvironment. At the same time, respondentsnoted the elevated importance ofeffective leadership in such an environment. This means that what is offeredmust be of the highest quality and providetangible benefits. NASTAD also heard loudly and clearly that providing venues and opportunities for peer-based mentoring and training is important and that past opportunities provided by NASTAD have been beneficial. NASTAD intends to further support management and leadership skills building for state and local public health HIV/AIDS and viral hepatitis programs and leaders/emerging leaders in those programs. Peer-based opportunities at national and regional meetings and training institutes will be supplemented by on-line opportunities, including webinars and distance education. View the entire report. back to top > Meeting And Planning Calendar Capacity Building Opportunities: For a searchable database of CDC-supported capacity building trainings and events, please visit: the Capacity Building Branch’s Group Events Management System site. October 15, 2009 National Latino AIDS Awareness Day October 29-31, 2009 United States Conference on AIDS, San Francisco, CA. November 7-11, 2009 American Public Health Association 137th Meeting and Expo, Philadelphia, PA December 1, 2009 World AIDS Day

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