Nene Okunna
- Associate Professor
- Department: Public Health Sciences
- Institution: West Chester University of Pennsylvania
- Email: nokunna@wcupa.edu
Education
- University of Massachusetts, Amherst, PhD Public Health – Health Policy and Management, 2016
- University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MPPA, 2016
- University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MPH – Health Policy and Management, 2009
- Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka (Nigeria), BS.C – Applied Microbiology, 2003
Research Interests
health care systems and policyhealth and healthcare disparitiestobacco control policyglobal healthpopulation health outcomeshealth care serviceshealth carehealth financing mechanisms
Opportunities
Work Study Positions Available: No
Grant Funded Positions Available: No
Course-Credit Research Opportunities Available: No
Volunteer Research Positions Available: No
Biography
Nene Okunna, PhD, MPPA, MPH is an Associate Professor in the Department of Health. Dr. Okunna earned her Master in Public Health (MPH), Master of Public Policy and Administration (MPPA) and PhD from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Prior to joining West Chester University in August 2022, she was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Studies and the Program Director of the Master of Health Administration program at Saint Joseph’s University, Philadelphia.
Contact Information
Phone: 610-436-2185
List of Publications
- Dietary intake and status of selenium in breast milk and serum of lactating mothers in Awka, South East Nigeria, Aug 2023
Exploring physicians? experiences under the national health insurance scheme in Southeastern Nigeria, Nov 2022
Multi-Level Correlates of the Nutritional Status of Nigerian Women of Reproductive Age, Sep 2022
“Girls Are the Ones Who Save the Family”: Factors and Consequences of Engaging in Age-Disparate Transactional Sex Relationships, Sep 2022
“I was forced into it”: The continued violation of widows from the Luo community of Kenya through sexual cleansing rituals, Aug 2022
Submit to survive: an exploration of sexual cleansing as an act of violence against widows in the Luo community of Kenya, Aug 2022
Awareness, knowledge and perceptions of physicians of the National Health Insurance Scheme in Nigeria: An exploratory study, May 2022
The Impact of Macroeconomic Policies on Healthcare Delivery in Kenya: An Analysis of the National Sexual Violence Prevention and Care Response, Dec 2020
A Comparison of Mental and Behavioral Health Risks Factors Associated With Current Dual Use of Electronic Cigarette and Conventional Tobacco Cigarettes With Exclusive Tobacco Cigarette Use and Nonuse Among Adults in the United States, Dec 2020
“She Is NOT a Genuine Client”: Exploring Health Practitioner’s Mistrust of Rape Survivors in Nairobi, Kenya, Jul 2018
Assessment of the use of different forms of tobacco products among Nigerian adults: Implications for tobacco control policy, Apr 2018
An Evaluation of Substance Abuse, Mental Health Disorders, and Gambling Correlations: an Opportunity for Early Public Health Interventions, Aug 2016
Gambling involvement indicative of underlying behavioral and mental health disorders, Feb 2016
Gambling, behavioral addictions and co-occurring conditions in Massachusetts: A Health Disparities Analysis, Nov 2014
