Janet Kemei

Janet’s research program seeks to understand the health and wellbeing of Black women and children in Canada and globally. She is particularly interested in the intersection of race, gender, social class and migration status, that influence the health and wellbeing of Black and Children in Canada. Her current research is on access to mental healthcare services by Black women in Alberta during perinatal period. Janet is working with a community partner and faculty members from diverse disciplines, and research assistants, who are MacEwan undergraduate students. She is also working a project in Kenya on the experiences of women accessing perinatal healthcare services in Kenya. She is collaborating with a faculty member from a Kenyan University on this project. Janet incorporates her research into teaching and learning. Hence her teaching interests include population health, global health, research and leadership in healthcare. She genuinely values everyone’s presence in class and believes everyone contributes to learning in a unique way. Therefore, students in her classes are encouraged to participate and be engaged in learning. Janet recognizes that each classroom is different, and she is continually reconceptualizing how she will deliver teaching materials to address the student experience. | Immigrant health, women’s health, mental health, global health, inequities in health, COVID-19 among Black people

Janet Kemei is Assistant Professor | Black Community Research and Innovation Group Lead at MacEwan University. Their stated interests include Janet’s research program seeks to understand the health and wellbeing of Black women and children in Canada and globally. She is particularly interested in the intersection of race, gender, social class and migration status, that influence the health and wellbeing of Black and Children in Canada. Her current research is on access to mental healthcare services by Black women in Alberta during perinatal period. Janet is working with a community partner and faculty members from diverse disciplines, and research assistants, who are MacEwan undergraduate students. She is also working a project in Kenya on the experiences of women accessing perinatal healthcare services in Kenya. She is collaborat. This summary considered all 2 collected sources.