Training and Education

Public Health Education Leadership Institute (PHELI)

Facts About the Public Health Education Leadership Institute

PHELI Content:

• Fellows complete and analyze leadership practices inventories and Myers-Briggs personality type indicators.
• Public health education competencies covered include identifying and articulating emerging health issues, using health education intervention models to achieve health promotion objectives, and planning with a long view toward health education.
• On-site sessions teach skills such as systems thinking, scenario planning, and working with partner organizations and teams.
• Fellows choose projects from their work for case study and then apply leadership principles toward setting objectives, thereby enhancing day-to-day work life.

PHELI Facts:

• The call for applications for the following year's cycle is released in the fall.
• Fellows are selected in February.
• The first on-site session for the institute is in the spring. Graduation is held the following spring.
• Up to 20 fellows are selected to participate in each class.
• Three on-site meetings of three days each are required: inaugural session, mid-term session, and graduation/capstone session.
• Time commitment varies by student; assigned readings will take several hours to complete before each of the first two sessions.
• Tuition cost is $6,000; partial and full scholarships are available from sponsoring organizations
• Each applicant must be associated with one of the three sponsors or designated by their voting members.

PHELI Sponsors and Organizations Involved:

• The institute receives support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion.
• The curriculum has been developed in collaboration with St. Louis University, which is contracted for program delivery. PHELI began in 1998.
• DHPE co-sponsors the institute with the Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE).