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Ngozi Enelamah

Assistant Professor
Phone: (603) 862-0724
Office: Pettee Hall, Room 317, Durham, NH 03824
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Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Dr. Ngozi Victoria Enelamah is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Work at the College of Health and Human Services, University of New Hampshire. Her interdisciplinary research and scholarship adopt culturally grounded approaches to address global mental health disparities among children, youth, and families. She explores how family, school, and neighborhood environments shape development and behavioral outcomes across contexts of displacement and structural adversity. Dr. Enelamah has over two decades of macro practice, community, and public health experience that has helped to address and strengthen health and education systems. Before becoming a faculty member at UNH, Dr. Enelamah's work in the non-profit sector focused on strengthening maternal, child, and adolescent health and health systems.

Courses Taught

  • SW 551: Human Behavior&Soc Envirnmt II
  • SW 721/821: International Social Work
  • SW 840: Race, Culture and Oppression
  • SW 860: Research Methods in Soc Work
  • SW 926: Social Welfare Policy II
  • SW 965: Program & Practice Evaluation

Education

  • Ph.D., Boston College
  • M.B.A., University of Lagos
  • Ed.M., Harvard University
  • M.S.W., Boston College
  • B.Pharm, University of Nigeria

Research Interests

  • Refugee/Immigrant Services
  • Early Childhood Development
  • Child/Maternal Health
  • Emotional/Mental Health--Child/Adolescent
  • Health Disparities

Selected Publications

  • Foell, A., DiMonte, C., Villodas, M. L., Enelamah, N. V., Newransky, C., Lombe, M., . . . Yu, M. (2026). Housing Hardships and Health Risks Among Children and Youth: Examining Impacts Across Household, Housing and Neighbourhood Contexts. Child & Family Social Work. doi:10.1111/cfs.70197

  • Villodas, M. L., Enelamah, N. V., Cole, A., Foell, A., Forte, A. B., Newransky, C., . . . Lombe, M. (2025). Exploring associations between neighborhood amenities and mental health: Insights from parent reports of older youth in low-income households. Wellbeing, Space and Society, 9, 100317. doi:10.1016/j.wss.2025.100317

  • Enelamah, N. V., Frounfelker, R. L., Montgomery, A., Sharifi, F., Arwal, S. H., Dilts, C., & Betancourt, T. S. (2025). "As you know, parents' love differs from others." Understanding needs and strengths shaping mental health among unaccompanied Afghan minors in resettlement in the U.S.. SSM Ment Health, 8(100317). doi:10.1016/j.ssmmh.2025.100550

  • Enelamah, N. V., Foell, A., Villodas, M. L., Newransky, C., Lombe, M., Nebbitt, V., & Yu, M. (2025). Family History of Diabetes: Neighborhood and Familial Risks in African American Youth Living in Public Housing.. Healthcare (Basel), 13(17). doi:10.3390/healthcare13172098

  • Foell, A., Pitzer, K. A., Nebbitt, V., Lombe, M., Yu, M., Villodas, M. L., . . . Lateef, H. (2024). Anxiety sensitivity among Black youth: A cross-sectional analysis of the direct and indirect effects of community violence exposure, neighborhood risk, parenting practices, and peer effects.. J Natl Med Assoc, 116(4), 390-402. doi:10.1016/j.jnma.2024.07.005

  • McMahan, L. D., Lombe, M., Evans, C. B. R., Enelamah, N. V., Chu, Y., Simms, S., . . . Wideman, L. (2022). Getting to zero HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa: Understanding perceptions of locals using the social determinants of health framework. HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE IN THE COMMUNITY, 30(3), E739-E748. doi:10.1111/hsc.13444

  • O'Connor, R., Betancourt, T. S., & Enelamah, N. V. (2021). Safeguarding the Lives of Children Affected by Boko Haram: Application of the SAFE Model of Child Protection to a Rights-Based Situation Analysis. HEALTH AND HUMAN RIGHTS, 23(1), 27-41. Retrieved from https://www.webofscience.com/

  • Nebbitt, V., Lombe, M., Pitzer, K. A., Foell, A., Enelamah, N., Chu, Y., . . . Gaylord-Harden, N. (2021). Exposure to Violence and Posttraumatic Stress Among Youth in Public Housing: Do Community, Family, and Peers Matter?. JOURNAL OF RACIAL AND ETHNIC HEALTH DISPARITIES, 8(1), 264-274. doi:10.1007/s40615-020-00780-0

  • Enelamah, N. V., & Tran, T. (2020). Dimensions of altruism behaviors among Americans in the general social survey. JOURNAL OF HUMAN BEHAVIOR IN THE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT, 30(2), 213-227. doi:10.1080/10911359.2019.1673274

  • Lombe, M., Mabikke, H., Enelamah, N. V., & Chu, Y. (2019). Conceptualizing the African child as orphan and vulnerable: A label in need of redefinition?. INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL WORK, 62(1), 62-75. doi:10.1177/0020872817710546

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