The Significance Of Risk Communication As A Public Health Leader

A considerable amount of academic writing has been undertaken on the definition of ‘Leadership’ and ‘Management’ over the last couple of centuries. Numerous theories, models and philosophies have been developed to explain each and the different nature of the role of the leader versus the manager. To attempt to summarise all of these would be nigh on impossible but over the recent decades a few theories have resonated and become popular due to the simplicity with which they clarify the thinking.

Kouzes and Posner (2017) stated leaders must challenge the process through searching an opportunities and doing experiments, taking risks, and learning from mistakes. They must challenge themselves to grow and learn. They must grab an opportunities to innovate, develop, and progress. Leaders challenge their team members to find out new approach to old problems. Experimenting and taking risk are the way to make an innovative improvements. They must grab an opportunities although there are some errors or mistakes initially along the way to success. They must celebrate small wins and take as stepping stones and learn from mistakes so that they can achieve ultimate goal making their team to do so (Kouzes and Posner (2012).

Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care and Children and Young People’s Services (England) (3978-51/52/53/54/55/56)

The Public Health field is constantly changing and adapting to a new environment and changes that are occurring worldwide. Many of the Leadership and Management Skill trends that are affecting Public Health are the demographic shifts that are occurring in the US population. Accountability in relation to public responsiveness, assessing emerging health risks, and changes in health services delivery and financing, as well as leadership geared towards being collective and with less stress being place on the individual, are various trends that are affecting different forms of management. Within this paper, I will be examining collective leadership and how that will affect work at the individual level. Many do not fully understand what kind of role that Public Health and more specifically Public Health agencies play in their health and everyday lives,

"Leaders are people who are able to express themselves fully…they know who they are, what their strengths and weaknesses are, and how to fully deploy their strengths and compensate for their weaknesses. They also know what they want, why they want it, and how to communicate what they want to others in order to gain their cooperation and support. Finally they know how to achieve their goals" (Ingram, 2004).

In relation to “being required to improve the poor performance of a team of 40 staff working on a HIV project in a developing country” identify key leadership and management challenges and solutions, and provide reasons/evidence to support the efficacy of your suggestions.

To be a leader, by definition, means to lead or command a group or an organization. In the recent years, however, I have come to realize that being a leader can not be defined so simply. In fact, it is nearly impossible to define, given that each and every person has a different idea of what makes a leader, and who is qualified. For myself, a leader is someone whom I trust to make good and just decisions, listens and has a genuine care for the ideas and opinions of others, and leads by example, setting a good example and being role model for those around them. By becoming apart of the NHS, I hope that I myself can become this great leader, and further inspire my peers to achieve their goals and obtain greatness in education as well as

Leadership in public health splits into three main levels: federal, state and local. The federal level being the highest, has the governing power over the state and local levels. Leadership on the federal level comprises of the Legislative, Executive and Judicial. Spearheaded by the federal government, public health policies decision making, programs and projects funding flows down to the states and local levels. The variations that exist among the three levels of public health leadership are characterized by the strength, power and effectiveness at each level. Everything spirals down from the federal to the state and then to the local level. The grassroots or local level possesses achievement capabilities not found at the federal and

The need for good leaders in the healthcare industry is extremely prevalent. However, the industry does not only need good leaders, but diverse leaders as well. James Gauss, senior vice president at Witt/Kieffer’s an executive search firm that specializes in recruiting states that "it is remarkable that even though a majority of professionals see the value of different cultures in the workplace, there is still not enough happening to close the leadership gap," (Cheung-Larviee, 2012). The patient population is becoming more and more diverse and being able to have leaders that represent that population is important. An article published in the California Society of Anesthesiologists by Salisbury & Byrd states that

Leadership and Public Service High School is located in the financial district of Manhattan, New York. It was formed in 1993 as a project between the Board of Education and Syracuse University. The school district is consisted of many offices, financial institutions restaurants and clothing stores that constantly attract tourist. It is surrounded by many known attraction sites that are embedded into the American History such as the City Hall, Battery Park, The World Trade Center Memorial Site and Museum, Trinity Church, The Statue of Liberty and Battery Park. Currently, the school has six hundred and eighty-four students from grades nine to twelve. Students travel daily form the five boroughs to attend Leadership and Public Service High School. The school is built on the values of empathy, respect, and love for all, regardless of color, gender, and academic level. It strives on the mission to educate students’ to become global citizens in

Douglas’ overall performance as a Quarantine Public Health Officer is outstanding. He follows all branch policies and performs according to all protocols. He responds to our port partners in a timely and thoughtful matter. He continually provides situational awareness when necessary, to the appropriate persons. Douglas maintains valuable surveillance working with our port partners such as CBP-Agriculture to make decisions about CDC regulated items coming into the United States and performs a thorough and complete follow-up for ill travelers and disease investigations. Douglas has successfully participated in the after- hours on-call and is able to independently problem solve for partners.

In today’s multifaceted and elaborate society, public health specialists must balance creativity with analysis. Health communications professionals lead impactful initiatives designed to reduce harmful behavior among the most at-risk populations in the United States.

The sudden urge to communicate risk to people has been a result of legal and regulatory mechanisms regarding the community’s right to know.

The developing world faces many critical health challenges. Addressing the multitude of concerns regarding health delivery can seem overwhelming, and it is critical that the national leadership is able to define specific goals to improve the healthcare infrastructure of these nations and devise targeted solutions. According to the article "Attracting and Retaining Nurse Tutors in Malawi," the nursing profession in Malawi faces a critical shortage of nurse technicians, at a rate of up to 80 percent in certain areas (Caffrey & Frelick 2006:1). The problems in Malawi lay in the willingness of students to enter the profession as well as a shortage of educators. Without nurse tutors to train nurse technicians, it will be a struggle to provide the countryside with needed health services in the future.

The National Research Council (NRC) (NRC, 1989) defines risk communication as an interactive process of exchange of information and opinion among individuals, groups, and institutions. The primary role of risk communication is to provide information to the public to induce appropriate levels of concern and actions (Covello, McCallum, & Pavlova, 1987). The American National Academy of Science (NAS, 2010), further develop that it involves multiple messages about the nature of risk and other messages, not strictly about risk, that express concerns, opinions, or reactions to risk messages or to legal and institutional arrangements for risk management. As the definition of risk is broad, this paper refers to the risk of foodborne illness outbreaks specifically applied in hotels. Within the hospitality industry, the exposure of operators to food safety incidents has increased their need to create effective risk communication strategies to prevent from financial loss and to maintain their brand image. In this paper we will address the increasing importance of risk communication in the daily responsibilities of hotel managers and define a risk communication strategy and the steps to follow in the event of a foodborne illness outbreak.