title: Developing a public health training institute through public health improvement efforts: Montana's story.
abstract: This descriptive study describes the development of a public health training institute through statewide public health improvement planning. Efforts to design workforce development strategies in a rural setting with a decentralized state public health system are portrayed. Significant lessons learned in developing the training institute and other workforce development strategies are outlined.
authors.affiliation: Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services, Helena, Montana, USA.
authors.forename: Melanie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Reynolds
authors.forename: Ellen
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Leahy
mesh_terms: D000047:Academies and Institutes; D018672:Community Health Planning / Q000379:methods*; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009009:Montana; D010934:Planning Techniques; D011635:Public Health Administration / Q000193:education*; D012424:Rural Population; D013219:State Government