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Personal profile
Research interests (short)
Brittney Mengistu is a Fulbright Scholar and PhD research student in the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at King’s College London. Brittney is currently investigating the effect of acculturation on mental health help-seeking behaviours among Eritrean women in the diaspora. By employing a community-based participatory approach, she aims to actively engage the Eritrean community in research practices that are culturally sensitive and relevant to the refugee community.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Behavioural Science and Health Education, Master of Public Health, Emory University
Award Date: 11 May 2015
Research output
- 1 Article
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Student and faculty perceptions on the rapid scale-up of medical students in Ethiopia
Mengistu, B. S., Vins, H., Kelly, C., McGee, D., Spicer, J., Derbew, M., Bekele, A., Mariam, D. H., del Rio, C., Blumberg, H. & Comeau, D., 13 Jan 2017, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Bmc Medical Education. p. 1 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile14 Citations (Scopus)181 Downloads (Pure)
Thesis
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‘Silence is like our mother tongue’: An ethnography of distress and care amongst Eritrean diasporic women in the UK
Mengistu, B. (Author), Kelly, A. (Supervisor) & Ansems De Vries, L. (Supervisor), 1 May 2022Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy