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The Impact Of Covid-19 On Collaboration And Turnover Among State Health Leadership, Kaylee Gouge
The Impact Of Covid-19 On Collaboration And Turnover Among State Health Leadership, Kaylee Gouge
Theses and Dissertations--Public Health (M.P.H. & Dr.P.H.)
Background/Objectives: State Health Officials (SHOs), the physician-leaders of state public health departments in the US, have long been indicated as potential peacemakers between the fields of medicine and public health. However, the average term length of SHOs has declined in recent years. Meanwhile, the COVID-19 pandemic has increased public visibility of state public health departments and their leadership. Some have hypothesized that the political strain of the pandemic has further accelerated SHO turnover, compromising their leadership efficacy. Contrarily, others have suggested that the pandemic would force public health and organized medicine into closer collaborative alignment through a common enemy. …