PROGRAM INTRODUCTION

The National Environmental Public Health Leadership Institute is coordinated and developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Public Health Leadership Development Network. The program was developed based upon CDC priorities that identified a need for improving leadership capacity in environmental public health practice.  Emphasis is placed on the core functions of public health as a foundation for achieving public health goals and the need for proactive environmental public health leaders to mobilize resources in response to the changing public health environment.