Self-Care Versus Self-Repair Helping Health Equity Champions “Weather” the Pandemic(s)
This event was co-sponsored by The Johns Hopkins Center for Health Equity (CHE) and the Urban Health Institute (UHI)
Event Details
Communities of color have borne the burden of excess deaths, economic disenfranchisement, and social struggles from health disparities throughout history, and COVID-19 has only worsened this reality.
This burden undoubtably has a negative impact on overall well-being, including increased stress and strained mental health. Our entire society - but particularly communities of color and other socially disadvantaged groups - are sorely in need of healing and restoration to a state of health and wholeness.
As champions of health equity, we can bring healing to others, but only if we also engage in self-care. Doing this allows us to be more effective role models by “practicing what we preach”.
Towards that aim, our Health Equity Jam Session on Wednesday, February 24th at 3:00-4:30PM featured a virtual Wellness Workshop. The speakers, Anika L. Hines, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Department of Health Behavior and Policy, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine and Vernon Ware, LGPC, NCC, Professional Counselor shared their expertise on, “Self-Care Versus Self-Repair: Helping Health Equity Champions ‘Weather’ the Pandemic(s).”
OTHER LOGISTICS
If you would like more information about the Health Equity Jam Sessions, please contact the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Equity Training Core at healthequitytraining@jhmi.edu. If you would like to learn more about other health equity training opportunities at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Equity, please visit http://bit.ly/2Z6x2lU.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
View the recording of this event on our YouTube channel.