Organizations Filed Purposes:
THE MISSION OF SOPHE IS TO PROVIDE GLOBAL LEADERSHIP ON HEALTH EDUCATION AND HEALTH PROMOTION AND TO PROMOTE THE HEALTH OF SOCIETY.
HEALTH PROMOTION:SOPHE LEADS MANY HEALTH PROMOTION INITIATIVES, ALL DESIGNED TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH EFFORT TO IMPROVE HEALTH OUTCOMES AND PROMOTE HEALTH EQUITY. THE INITIATIVES INCLUDE PROGRAMS TO PROVIDE TRAINING OF STUDENTS AND PROFESSIONALS ON THE CONNECTION BETWEEN BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES, HEALTH EDUCATION, HEALTH PROMOTION AND THE SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT, AS WELL AS WORKING WITH OTHER NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, BUSINESSES, HOSPITALS, SCHOOLS, AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES TO REDUCE CHRONIC DISEASE RISKS DUE TO POOR NUTRITION, INACTIVITY, TOBACCO USE AND OTHER LIFESTYLE RISK FACTORS. SOPHE PUBLISHES AND DISTRIBUTES A SMOKING CESSATION GUIDE AND PROVIDES TRAINING TO HEALTH PROVIDERS TO HELP PREGNANT WOMEN QUIT SMOKING. IN 2019, SOPHE INITIATED TWO FIVE (5) YEAR COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS WITH CDC'S NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION IN SCHOOL HEALTH AND IN ELIMINATING HEALTH DISPARITIES. FOUR PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES ON THE FUTURE OF SCHOOL HEALTH EDUCATION WERE PUBLISHED IN HEALTH PROMOTION PRACTICE. SOPHE COORDINATED THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CDC RACIAL AND ETHNIC HEALTH DISPARITIES PROGRAM BY PRODUCING A VIDEO AND A SYNCHRONOUS LIVESTREAM EDUCATIONAL SESSION IN ATLANTA AND A LIVE PRESENTATION TO CONGRESS IN WASHINGTON, DC.
MEETINGS:SOPHE PROVIDES EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR HEALTH EDUCATION RESEARCHERS, FACULTY, PRACTITIONERS, AND STUDENTS BY SPONSORING AN ANNUAL MEETING. SOPHE'S 2019 MEETING WAS HELD IN SALT LAKE CITY, UT, WITH NEARLY 900 PARTICIPANTS FROM ACROSS THE UNITED STATES AND THREE INTERNATIONAL COUNTRIES. MEETING CONTENT INCLUDED PLENARY AND CONCURRENT SESSIONS, WORKSHOPS, ROUNDTABLES, POSTERS, EXHIBITS, AWARD PRESENTATIONS, AND STUDENT CASE STUDY COMPETITIONS. THE MEETING PROVIDED A MAJOR SOURCE OF CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS FOR CERTIFIED HEALTH EDUCATION SPECIALISTS, MASTER CERTIFIED HEALTH EDUCATION SPECIALISTS, AND PERSONS CERTIFIED IN PUBLIC HEALTH. IN 2019, SOPHE ALSO CO-LED THE SECOND DIGITAL HEALTH PROMOTION EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP SUMMIT TO CATALYZE EXCHANGE AMONG ACADEMIA, INDUSTRY, AND GOVERNMENT ON THE IMPACT OF DIGITAL MEDIA ON HEALTH AND PUBLISHED A SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT ON THE TOPIC IN ITS PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL, HEALTH EDUCATION & BEHAVIOR.
JOURNALS & PUBLICATIONS:IN 2019, SOPHE PUBLISHED 16 ISSUES OF ITS THREE PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS: PEDAGOGY IN HEALTH PROMOTION: THE SCHOLARSHIP OF TEACHING AND LEARNING, HEALTH EDUCATION & BEHAVIOR (HE&B) AND HEALTH PROMOTION PRACTICE (HPP). ADDITIONALLY, TWO HE&B SUPPLEMENTS WERE PUBLISHED ON COLLECTIVE IMPACT AND HEALTH EQUITY AND ON DIGITAL HEALTH PROMOTION. ALL SOPHE JOURNALS ARE MUST-HAVE RESOURCES FOR THE PUBLIC HEALTH ACADEMIC AND PRACTITIONER COMMUNITIES. IN TERMS OF OTHER PUBLICATIONS, SOPHE CONTINUED TO DISSEMINATE ITS TEXTBOOKS (UPAHEAD), RESEARCH HANDBOOK (INTRODUCTION TO GLOBAL HEALTH PROMOTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION PROGRAMS: FROM THEORY TO PRACTICE), TOOLS OF THE TRADE (THREE VOLUME SERIES), A QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER AND A BI-MONTHLY ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTER.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| M Elaine Auld | CHIEF EXEC. OFFICER | 40 | $169,566 |
| Cicily Hampton | CHIEF OF POLICY & PROGRAMS OFFICER | 40 | $116,363 |
| Jean Taliaferro | SR. DIR. FINANCE AND ADMIN | 40 | $110,091 |
| Elizabeth Stevenson | TRUSTEE | 1 | $88,116 |
| Molly Brown | DELEGATE TRUSTEE SPEAKER ELECT | 1 | $0 |
| Kaitlin Cartoccio | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Katie Miller | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Shanna Livermore | TRUSTEE, SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE | 1 | $0 |
| Gayle Walter | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Cherylee Sherry | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Ping Johnson | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Jody O Early | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Meghan E Shewmake | STUDENT TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Nicolette Warren Powe | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Randy Cottrell | TRUSTEE | 2 | $0 |
| Keon L Gilbert | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Raffy Luquis | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Heidi Hancher-Rauch | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Angela Mickalide | IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT | 1 | $0 |
| Jeffery Goodman | TREASURER | 2 | $0 |
| Elaine R Hicks | SECRETARY | 2 | $0 |
| Cam Escoffery | PRESIDENT ELECT | 2 | $0 |
| Jean Breny | PRESIDENT | 6 | $0 |
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