Public Health Training
There are a wide range of tertiary and non-tertiary public health training courses available to help you with a career in the diverse public health workforce.
Public health leadership programme
PHLP is a residential leadership programme designed for public health leaders in New Zealand. The programme is funded by the Ministry of Health and has been developed following extensive consultation with the sector. PHLP builds leadership competencies identified as important for leaders in public health.
Three PHLP programmes will be offered each year. Two programmes will be for ‘New Leaders’ and one for ‘Experienced Leaders’. The ‘Experienced Leaders’ programme is for experienced leaders wanting to inspire and refresh their leadership. The ‘New Leaders’ programme is for leaders looking to create a powerful foundation for their leadership development.
PHLP is not designed to teach public health. Participants are expected to have a good knowledge of public health principles including an understanding of social determinants of health, inequalities in health, and the significance of the Treaty of Waitangi in health.
Update on 2010 applications
Applications for the 2010 programmes closed on 16 April 2010. There were 130 applications for 60 places. Due to the high numbers of experienced applicants the 2010 programmes will now be blended to accommodate both experienced and new leaders.
A review of the 2010 programmes will inform the construct of the 2011 programmes. Applications for next year will open in February/March 2011.
Leadership programme for Maori in public health
The second of six leadership training programme for Māori is underway. The programmes funded by the Ministry of Health, aims to build the capacity and capability of existing and potential Māori leaders. Participants from around the country are exposed over 8 days to a range of cutting edges leadership issues.
The learning’s are then applied in a practical sense, both within each participant’s workplace, environment, as well as through an action project that relates back to Māori health.
Grant Berghan and Tania Hodges (facilitators) believe “more than ever, we need strong Māori leadership in health. The current environment requires Māori leaders to step up to the plate and deliver on behalf of their people. This programme will assist that process”.
Digital Indigenous.com will facilitate this programme, which will include some of the country’s foremost leaders in different aspects of leadership and Maori health.
Over the next eighteen months, the leadership programme will be available on a regional basis throughout the country.
Send your completed enrolment form to:
Tania Hodges
Telephone: 07 8584940
Mobile: 021 897514
Email: tania@digitalindigenous.co.nz
More information is available from Digital Indigenous.
Coming soon ..... public health job training information:
- Core public health job training – both tertiary and non-tertiary health job training for core public health careers.
- Related public health job tertiary training – tertiary health job training for fringe public health careers.
- Related public health job non-tertiary training – non-tertiary health job training for fringe public health careers.
Want a public health career?
Public health jobs: vacancies with District Health Boards