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Plenary Session

Leadership, Mentoring, and Training the Next Workforce

Plenary 2: Leadership and the Health Education Workforce

PL02.05 - Plenary 2: Preparing a Resilient Health Education Workforce: Navigating Winds of Change

Wednesday, April 16, 2025
4:16 PM – 5:30 PM PST
Location: Main Stage (International Ballroom), 2nd Floor
Earn 1.25 Advanced CECH
Subcompetencies: 7.2 Prepare others to provide health education., 7.1.4 Execute formal and informal agreements with partners and stakeholders.

Learning Objectives:

At the end of this session, participants will be able to:
  • Identify at least two leadership skills that are needed by health educators to navigate the winds of change and lessons learned from the COVID pandemic.
  • Execute plans for coalitions and stakeholder relationships with non-traditional partners that achieve and maintain policy, system, or environmental changes for health equity and social justice.
  • Analyze two challenges and opportunities from a social, environmental or political perspective that health education specialists will face in the coming years due to the recent national and state elections results.
  • Discuss SOPHE’s role at the national and chapter levels to help recruit, retain, support, and mentor a diverse and qualified health education workforce.
Historic winds and waves of change in political, legal, social, and other structures are impacting the environment, mental health, violence, and many other areas of society—threatening our goal of achieving the highest standard of health as a fundamental right of all people. A knowledgeable, skilled health education workforce is needed to lead the public and private sectors in addressing social determinants of health, social justice, and health equity. Professional preparation and training programs also must ensure that health education specialists are equipped with the technological, multi-media and communication skills to develop, implement, and evaluate effective program interventions to reach diverse multi-cultural populations. At this pivotal moment in SOPHE’s history, we must build on the lessons learned from the pandemic and other public health crises to chart a new path for a healthier, more equitable, and vibrant future for all populations.