Liberation Health and the Role of the Public Health Leader

Courtney Keeler

School of Nursing and Health Professions, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, USA.

DOI: 10.4236/ojl.2013.24012                

Abstract

The following short report lays the groundwork for rethinking the practice and implications of public health leadership in the context of liberation health. Liberation health reduces to a universal idea:health is freedom. In short, everyone holds a subjective notion of health and, within certain bounds, has the right to promote and maintain that health. This report briefly describes liberation health, discusses the implications of liberation health for public health leadership, and outlines two needed transformations in moving towards a liberation health model of leadership. The report details areas for future research on this topic among public health leaders and within public health curricula.

Keywords

Healthcare Leadership; Leadership in Public Service; Ethics and Leadership; Leadership in Education and School; Religion and Leadership; Theories of Leadership

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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