title: Creating the Management Academy for Public Health: relationships are primary.
abstract: True collaboration among large federal agencies is rare, as is that among large and influential national foundations. The collaboration between two major government health agencies (The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Health Resources and Services Administration) and three major health foundations (the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the CDC Foundation) to create the Management Academy for Public Health is unprecedented in public health over the past quarter century. We attribute this success to the unique combination of a strong foundation of relationships between the partners and a commitment to generative dialogue throughout the design and implementation of the program. The success and sustainability of the Academy derive directly from these critical success factors, serving as an exemplary model for future collaborative endeavors.
authors.affiliation: North Carolina Institute for Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Public Health, CB 8165, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA. elbaker@email.unc.edu
authors.forename: Edward L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Baker
authors.forename: Claude Earl
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Fox
authors.forename: Susan B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Hassmiller
authors.forename: Barbara J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Sabol
authors.forename: C Charles
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Stokes
mesh_terms: D002487:Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. / Q000458:organization & administration; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D035082:Federal Government; D005582:Foundations / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D009657:North Carolina; D016730:Program Development; D011635:Public Health Administration / Q000193:education*; D012581:Schools, Public Health / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States; D014488:United States Health Resources and Services Administration / Q000458:organization & administration; D000078329:Workforce