Julie Tippens
Julie Tippens
Assistant Professor
UNL - Child, Youth and Family Studies
East Africa, Kenya, Tanzania; refugees (urban refugees, refugee camps); refugee health (psychosocial/mental health; maternal health); community health worker (CHW) models
<p>I am a social and behavioral practitioner-researcher (public health, maternal & child health, medical anthropology) who has worked in East Africa since 2005. My primary focus is refugee health, broadly conceived. Recent projects have centered on urban refugees’ psychosocial/mental health in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam, identifying socio-culturally meaningful supports that buffer against emotional distress and improve well-being in urban refugee populations. I am in the preliminary stages of research on effective, low-cost maternal health programming using community health workers (CHWs) in Kakuma refugee camp.</p>
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