Leadership

This category focuses on leadership competencies that build capacity, improve performance and enhance the quality of the working environment. They also enable organizations and communities to create, communicate and apply shared visions, missions, and values.

Competencies:

• Describe the mission and priorities of the public health organization where one works, and apply them in practice.
• Contribute to developing key values and a shared vision in planning and implementing public health programs and policies in the community.
• Utilize public health ethics to manage self, others, information and resources.
• Contribute to team and organizational learning in order to advance public health goals.
• Contribute to maintaining organizational performance standards.
• Demonstrate an ability to build community capacity by sharing knowledge, tools, expertise, and experience.

Describe the Mission and Priorities of the Public Health Organisation where One Works, and Apply them in Practice

• Other evaluation resources This website provides various links to information and manuals for developing logic models. U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
• Strategic planning toolkit This toolkit advises readers on how to revise/reaffirm an organization’s mission, organizational values, and vision, and how to develop a strategic plan. Canadian Mental Health Association, Ontario.
• Supporting effective evaluations. A guide to developing performance measurement strategies This website describes the development of a logic model, and provides a sample logic model. Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat.

Contribute to Developing Key Values and a Shared Vision in Planning and Implementing Public Health Programs and Policies in the Community

• Capitalizing on change. Building leadership competency in public health in Quebec This is a case study of one region in Quebec that implemented a population health approach into their health services work. National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health.
• INSPQ Competency Frameworks for Environmental Health, Occupational Health and Prevention and Health Promotion that provide common language, approach and competencies related to public health that all professionals on a multidisciplinary team are expected to develop to optimize the success of interventions. Institut national de santé publique Québec.
• Fostering leadership in public health through mentoring. A program resource guide The intent of this guide is to assist organizations working in health to improve leadership capacity by providing resources and curriculum to help in the development and implementation of mentoring programs. Toronto Public Health, Algoma Public Health & Association of Public Health Nursing Management & Ontario Public Health Association.

Utilize Public Health Ethics to Manage Self, Others, Information and Resources

• Introduction to public health ethics: Background Using a question and answer format, this paper explores the concept of ethics in public health, including a brief history and a discussion of the differences between public health ethics and health care ethics. National Collaborating Centre for Healthy Public Policy.
• A framework for the ethical conduct of public health initiatives This report outlines a framework and guiding questions for ethics reviews of applicable public health projects in Ontario. Public Health Ontario.
• Population and public health ethics. Cases from research, policy, and practice. This casebook, a collaboration of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the National Collaborating Centre for Healthy Public Policy, and Public Health Ontario, focuses on cases in research, policy and practice in population and public health to raise awareness of ethical issues and encourage dialogue and discussion. University of Toronto.
• List of public health ethics researchers and instructors across Canada This is a preliminary list of instructors and researchers working in the area of public health ethics in Canada. National Collaborating Centre for Healthy Public Policy.
• Population health ethics: Annotated bibliography This report identifies key documents in population health ethics including documents on theories and principles, frameworks, and specific case examples. Institute of Population and Public Health.
• Code of ethics for registered nurses This code of ethics applies to nurses working in various settings, and addresses ethical responsibilities as well as suggestions to address social injustice. Canadian Nurses Association.

Contribute to Team and Organisational Learning in Order to Advance Public Health Goals

• Fostering leadership in public health through mentoring. A program resource guide The intent of this guide is to assist organizations working in health to improve leadership capacity by providing resources and curriculum to help in the development and implementation of mentoring programs. Toronto Public Health, Algoma Public Health & Association of Public Health Nursing Management & Ontario Public Health Association.

Contribute to Maintaining Organisational Performance Standards

• Accreditation Canada Standards Accreditation Canada’s website provides information on its services in various topic areas including public health, community services, and various population-based programs.
• Supporting effective evaluations. A guide to developing performance measurement strategies This guide is intended to assist federal government staff with performance measurement requirements, including developing a logic model and a performance measurement framework. Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat.

Demonstrate the Ability to Build Community Capacity by Sharing Knowledge, Tools, Expertise and Experience

• External web links related to knowledge translation This CIHR website provides links to KT resources and organizations in Canada and internationally. Canadian Institute for Health Research.
• KT methods and tools This website is a searchable database of various knowledge translation methods and tools in public health. National Collaborating Centre for Methods and Tools.
• Community development & community capacity building. An HPC resource list. This document is a compilation of resources, tools, and organizational links to community development and capacity building. Health Promotion Clearinghouse.
• Knowledge translation toolkit This website provides links to tips and resources to plan for knowledge translation with various audiences. Centre for Research on Inner City Health, St. Michael’s Toronto.
• The community capacity building tool This tool is intended to assist community-based projects build community capacity. Public Health Agency of Canada, Alberta & Northwest Territories Regions.