An evaluation of the National Public Health Leadership Institute--1991-2006: part II. Strengthening public health leadership networks, systems, and infrastructure.

Context: The year-long National Public Health Leadership Institute's (PHLI) goals are to develop the capacity of individual leaders and networks of leaders so that both can lead improvements in public health systems, infrastructure, and population health.

Objective: To evaluate PHLI's impact on networks, systems, and infrastructure.

Participants: Senior leaders from government, health care, associations, and other organizations who graduated from PHLI between 1992 and 2006.

An evaluation of the National Public Health Leadership Institute--1991-2006: part I. Developing individual leaders.

Context: Public health leadership development programs are widely employed to strengthen leaders and leadership networks and ultimately agencies and systems. The year-long National Public Health Leadership Institute's (PHLI) goals are to develop the capacity of individual leaders and networks of leaders so that both can lead improvement in public health systems, infrastructure, and population health.

Objective: To evaluate the impact of PHLI on individual graduates using data collected from the first 15 cohorts.

Does leadership training make a difference? The CDC/UC Public Health Leadership Institute: 1991-1999.

Public health leadership development programs have proliferated since the release of the Institute of Medicine's call for strengthened public health leadership. Little has been documented, however, about the impact of these programs. This article presents results of an eight-year retrospective evaluation of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/University of California Public Health Leadership Institute, the nation's first year-long leadership development program serving senior public health leaders.