Holistic Mentorship Empowering Black Women in Health Education
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Mentorship is an effective tool for professional growth, as a mentorship relationship between black women could be transformative if holistic. As mentioned in the article by Braswell et al. (2024), black women have a unique set of personal and professional challenges that would make a mentoring relationship one of a kind and highly beneficial, specifically in professions housed under the Health Education umbrella. The purpose of the presentation is to encourage the creation of safe spaces between the mentor and mentee, establish rapport in a space in which the mentee can thrive as the mentor shares lived experiences with the mentee, to not only benefit the mentee but also push Health Education professions forward in addressing the health-related issues that plague black women by using a holistic approach in discussing beauty secrets, self-care tips, and understanding one's leadership styles through assessment from the Eagle Center of Leadership. In the use of such tools towards a holistic approach comes the understanding that they may aid in the empowerment of black women in the health education profession. Sharing such tools can allow the mentee to "mirror" the mentor in success, "look fly while doing so," and become a game-changing leader in the health education profession. Such an approach will not only help to improve the health education practice in various communities, being morphed into programming opportunities, but could also create skill-building opportunities for the mentee, providing growth opportunities for professionals, and fostering the next generation of black women leaders.
At the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:
- Describe the unique personal and professional challenges faced by Black women in the health education profession and the impact of culturally relevant, holistic mentorship.
- Explain how the Transtheoretical Model of Change and the Social Ecological Model can be practically applied to build trust and create safe mentoring spaces for Black Women in health education.
- Discuss ways to translate holistic mentorship experiences into community programming and skill-building opportunities to advance equity and representation in the health education workforce.
Competencies that will be covered include:
1.2.2 Establish collaborative relationships and agreements that facilitate access to data
1.4.1 Compare findings to norms, existing data, and other information.
Sponsored by the Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE), a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is designated for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES®) and/or Master Certified Health Education Specialists (MCHES®) to receive up to 1.0 total Category I contact education contact hours.
SOPHE is a provider of Certified in Public Health (CPH) Renewal Credits. A total of 1.0 CPH Renewal credits are provided on behalf of the National Board of Public Health Examiners.
Patrese Nesbitt
DrPH, CPT
Kentucky State University
Dr. Nesbitt holds a DrPH from Walden University and currently works as an Assistant Professor of Exercise Science at Kentucky State University. She also has a Master’s degree in Exercise Science and Health Promotion from Penn West (formerly California University of Pennsylvania) and a Bachelor’s degree in Exercise Science from Winston-Salem State University. She is also a Certified Personal Training and Nutrition Coach, operating a business known as Health Ideas Now, LLC with the focus to educate and motivate the community on the importance of fuel and fitness, all of which come from an phenomenological perspective of growing up with a mother and grandmother who guided her to the significance of holistic mentorship experiences, and navigating her own experiences as a Personal Trainer and Educator in space where she serves as a minority.
Dr. Nesbitt lives in Lexington, KY, with her two dogs, Taco and Roscoe. She enjoys Solidcore, her church family, family time, traveling, shopping, and reliving her glory days as a college bowler, which includes going bowling.
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