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Leading and managing for improved health
Nicola RM . J Public Health Manag Pract 2010 16 (2) 91-92 One hundred one years ago, a group of health offi-cers, the leaders and managers of yesteryear’s fledglinghealth departments, founded the all-male physicianMunicipal Health Officers’ Section of the AmericanPublic Health Association (APHA). At the time thesehealth officials were facing waves of infectious diseasecaused by crowding, unsanitary conditions, and lim-ited prevention technology. When these APHA mem-bers presented scientific papers at the annual meeting,there were titles that reflected the major killers of theday: problems with quarantine in contagious diseasework; disinfection of rooms; and management of in-fectious disease in rural municipalities (V. Henry, un-published data, 2008). The section underwent threename changes in the first decade alone, resulting by1916 in the Public Health Administration Section. Thecurrent Health Administration Section reflects the sec-tion’s membership: the leaders, managers, and stu-dents of public health and health services organizationsand those interested in effectively organizing people toachieve an improvement in the health status of the com-munity by advancing the quality and practice of healthadministration |
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