ABSTRACT. This paper discusses the major trends in scholarship about the relevance of successful leadership in the contemporary healthcare setting, the special chances of public health leadership, and leadership functions and competencies for public health experts in ongoing education programs. The analysis presented in this paper contributes to research on the function of leadership and governance in public health, difficult tasks confronting public health leadership, skills demanded by public health leaders to effectively satisfy patient and population health prerequisites, and the singularity and distinct features of leadership in health care. pp. 273–279

Keywords: leadership; governance; public health; patient; population

How to cite: Popescu, Gheorghe H., and Vlad Predescu (2016), “The Role of Leadership in Public Health,” American Journal of Medical Research 3(1): 273–279.

Received 12 October 2015 • Received in revised form 10 February 2016
Accepted 11 February 2016 • Available online 20 April 2016

doi:10.22381/AJMR31201610