Leadership matters: Local health department clinician leaders and their relationship to decreasing health disparities

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Bekemeier, Betty ^a   Grembowski, David ^a   Yang, Youngran ^a   Herting, Jerald R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

clinician leaders; health disparities; local health departments; public health leaders; public health system

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84856751606     PISSN: 10784659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHH.0b013e318242d4fc     Document Type: Article

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