171: Public Health Education Specialist, Empowering Health Equity with Araba Assan, MPH, CHES

Join 850+ people getting public health insights direct to their inbox: https://www.thephmillennial.com/signup/ Araba Assan, MPH, CHES is a Program Coordinator at Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey. She is a passionate public health researcher, evaluator, educator, health equity advocate and consultant with five years of experience working in higher education institutions and non-profit organizations. She received a Bachelor Degree in Public Health with a concentration in Community Health at Montclair State University. She then got her Master of Public Health at Montclair State University in Community Health Education. She also is a Certified Health Education Specialist.Shownotes: https://www.thephmillennial.com/episode171Connect with Araba: https://www.linkedin.com/in/arabaassan-a67b7b85/Chapters:@0:00 Episode Start@1:41 Episode overview@2:33 Araba Assan, MPH, CHES Intro@4:04 Identify & Personal Background@9:05 Maternal and Child Health@16:13 Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) @24:00 What is Public Health?@25:14 Bachelors in Public Health at Montclair State University@33:05 Research Assistant at Montclair University@35:33 Health Program Specialist at Burlington County Health Department@40:10 Undergrad takeaways@44:31 Master of Public Health at Montclair State University @49:40 Benefit of CHES@57:49 Roles during MPH@1:11:30 Mindset of unemployment after MPH@1:16:20 Research Assistant at Public Health Management Corporation@1:29:15 Program Coordinator at Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey@1:37:05 Where to connect & future predictions?@1:39:48 The Furious Five@1:47:00 Support usSupport the Show.Thanks for tuning in. Let's all work together towards a culture of health, wellbeing, and equity for all. ⭐⭐ SUBSCRIBE & Leave a 5-STAR REVIEW! ⭐⭐ Follow & Support:- Join The Public Health Community- The Public Health Millennial on IG - The Public Health Millennial on LinkedIn - The Public Health Millennial Website- Omari Richins, MPH on LinkedIn- Support on The Public Health Store