I5: Female Leaders in Health Education: Profiles in Courage and Contributions
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Women’s history is full of trailblazers who broke the glass ceiling and fought for equality and social justice. The health education profession also includes many female pioneers who advanced the scholarship of health behavior and health education and rose to leadership positions that advanced social change. Unfortunately, many of these profiles are not well-documented or studied in pre-service or in-service offerings. Through video snippets, vignettes, interviews, and lively anecdotes, this session will highlight four female SOPHE health education pioneers who significantly influenced the profession and advanced health equity: Lucy Morgan, Sigrid Deeds, Noreen Clark, and Karen Denard Goldman. Participants will be guided to reflect on lessons learned and identify areas for leadership skill-building to advance their own professionalism.
Learning objective(s):
•Summarize the contributions of at least two former health education leaders who had a significant impact on advancing the health education profession, health equity and health outcomes.
Moderator: Laura Bloom
Featured speakers:
Deborah Fortune, PhD, FAAHE
Angela Mickalide, PhD, MCHES®
M. Elaine Auld, MPH, MCHES®
Julia Alber, PhD, MPH
Elaine Auld, MPH, MCHES (Moderator)
CEO Emerita
Society for Public Health Education
M. Elaine Auld, MPH, MCHES, is the chief executive officer, emerita, for the Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE). As SOPHE’s chief executive officer from 1995 to 2021 she oversaw the organization’s portfolio in professional preparation, professional development, research, publications, and advocacy. Over her more than 40-year career, Ms. Auld has published some 50 journal articles and book chapters on the profession’s role in community and school health education, health equity, national and international workforce development, and public policy. With regard to the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child model, Ms. Auld was principal investigator on several Centers for Disease Control and Prevention cooperative agreements that provided training and materials development for professionals, promoted the model as part of the National Task Force on the Future of School Health Education, and helped establish SOPHE’s School Health Teacher Education Standards used in credentialing.
Flora Bloom, EdD, MS, MA CHES
Angela Mickalide, PhD, MCHES®
American College of Preventive Medicine
Dr. Julia Mary Alber, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor
California Polytechnic State University
Julia Alber is an assistant professor in the Department of Kinesiology and Public Health at the California Polytechnic State University. Her research focuses on communication strategies for cancer prevention.
Dr. Deborah Fortune, Ph.D., CHES, FAAHE
Professor
North Carolina Central University
Deborah A. Fortune, Ph.D., MCHES, is an associate professor in the Department of Health Education at North Carolina Central University and is a Master Certified Health Education Specialist. Prior to her current position, Dr. Fortune was the director of the National HIV and CSHE Project with the American Association for Health Education. She has been a faculty member at the following institutions: East Tennessee State University, the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, and Marymount University.
Dr. Fortune received her B.S. degree in Biology from Mississippi University for Women, her M.S. degree in Community Health Education from the University of Southern Mississippi, and her Ph.D. in Public Health Education from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
Dr. Fortune has provided instructor training in comprehensive school health education (Growing Healthy curriculum and Teenage Health Teaching Modules), HIV/AIDS for African Americans, youth violence prevention, and cultural diversity in health education. Her research interests include HIV and sexual health among African American college women, youth violence prevention, professional preparation in health education, and faculty and youth mentoring. She has published and made numerous presentations on those topics.