Advancing Health Behavior Research and Scholarship through Mentorship of First Generation, Underrepresented Undergraduate Students

Daphne C Hernandez; Lorraine R Reitzel; Isabel Martinez Leal

doi:10.4148/2572-1836.1054

Advancing Health Behavior Research and Scholarship through Mentorship of First Generation, Underrepresented Undergraduate Students

Health Behav Res. 2019 Oct;2(4):4. doi: 10.4148/2572-1836.1054.

Authors

Daphne C Hernandez¹, Lorraine R Reitzel², Isabel Martinez Leal²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Health, & Health Performance and the HEALTH Research Institute, University of Houston.
² Department of Psychological, Health, & Learning Sciences and the HEALTH Research Institute, University of Houston.

Abstract

This article provides perspectives about mentorship of undergraduate mentees from directors of formal, externally-funded training programs within the context of the one of the most ethnically diverse national universities. The authors reflect about their mentorship of first generation and underrepresented undergraduate students and offer recommendations for others training similar students.

Keywords: Asian-American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institution; Hispanic Serving Institution; diversity; formal mentoring programs; undergraduate mentorship.

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