Aging Scholar
Aging, Health Equity and Health Disparities, Immigrant Health
Dr. Manka Nkimbeng is a nurse scientist and assistant professor at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health and an Affiliate assistant professor at the University of Minnesota School of Nursing. Before that, she was a Robert L. Kane Postdoctoral Fellow in the Division of Health Policy and Management at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health. She received her Ph.D. in nursing from the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, her MPH from the Boston University School of Public Health, and her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She works with communities to develop and test culturally appropriate interventions that can be translated into health policies and clinical practice to improve health and eliminate health inequities for older adults.
Teaching & Speaking
Webinars, Seminars, Conferences & Classes for Caregivers and Professionals
Immigrant Health, Cognitive function, Physical function, Health disparities and inequities, Nursing education, Global health
Correlates of caregiver burden in African immigrants with personal experiences of dementia
Background Dementia care and caregiving needs of African immigrants are not fully understood. This paper describes the correlates of caregiver burden in a sample of first and second generation African immigrants with personal experiences of dementia.