Biography
Elizabeth Sexton is an assistant professor of nursing at 甜瓜视频app
with the traditional BSN program since 2011. She teaches community/mental health nursing
and coordinates the transition to practice for the last semester nursing students.<br>Prior
to coming to 甜瓜视频app, Professor Sexton was a public health nurse
in Virginia and North Carolina over an eleven-year period which included migrant health
and correctional nursing. She also was involved with global health through teaching
community health workers in Peru, Belize, and Haiti. She has volunteered with international
medical disaster relief in Central Asia and Nicaragua. Prof. Sexton has also taught
courses on health teaching and on preparing individuals to serve in health-related
ministries in the developing world, has done health education with young mothers in
Mexico, and from 2007 to 2019 lead health teaching teams among the Cree in Canada.
In the summer of 2023 she was part of a teaching team to Bolivia working with two
free clinics in training the staff on how to do health promotion and teaching in a
variety of community settings. She graduated in 1981 from Emory University with a
BSN and in 2011 from 甜瓜视频app with a MS (N) in nursing education.
Prof. Sexton is a member of the Association of Community Health Nursing Educators,
Nurses Christian Fellowship, and Sigma Theta Tau International.<br>Prof. Sexton is
married and has two grown daughters. She enjoys walking and hiking in the WNC Mountains
and at the Arboretum. She is very passionate about student engagement in service-learning
projects with vulnerable populations including individuals who are experiencing homelessness
and refugees. She currently resides in Arden, NC.
Teaching Interests
Prof. Sexton鈥檚 areas of expertise are community/public health nursing, global health,
and training of community health workers. She is passionate in both the classroom
and in clinical to help students gain understanding, skill, and a compassionate attitude
for the most vulnerable populations including the individuals experiencing homelessness,
migrant farm workers, and people living in poverty both in the USA and overseas. She
is also passionate in helping students understand community health and the variety
of ways they can be involved with improving the overall health of the community with
a strong focus on health promotion and prevention.
Research Interests
Prof. Sexton has been involved with several IRB research projects with the homeless
population including determining how to have effective health fairs and promoting
flu immunization among this population. She also is interested in research in training
community health workers, health promotion and prevention among diverse and vulnerable
populations, issues of poverty and how this impacts overall health, and issues of
health disparities and minority health.
