Overview

Eveline (Ndii) Kalomo, PhD, MSW, MA, is an Associate Professor and Director of the School of Social Work. Dr. Kalomo received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Social Work from the University of Namibia in 1997 and obtained a master’s degree in International Child Welfare from the University of East Anglia (UK) in 2000. Dr. Kalomo received her MSW from the University of Minnesota in 2014 and completed her Ph.D. in Social Work in 2015. Dr. Kalomo joined the school’s faculty in 2014. Dr. Kalomo taught at the University of Namibia for seven years from 2002-2009. Dr. Kalomo teaches a variety of courses, including human behavior and social environment, children and families and other Social Work practice courses in the BSW Program. Her research interests include kinship care, population aging, gerontology, HIV/AIDS, mental health, immigrant older adults of African descent, social development and international Social Work. Her dissertation was a study of families and children affected by AIDS in Namibia. Dr. Kalomo has over 17 peer reviewed publications and scholarly presentations and has received grant funding for a number of projects, including; the role of resiliency among adults living with HIV in rural Namibia, the role of resiliency among older adult caregivers of people living with HIV and AIDS in Namibia, and food insecurity, coping, and health of grandparent caregivers raising grandchildren in Wichita, Kansas.

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Academic Interests and Expertise

HIV and well-being

Areas of Research Interest
  • Adolescents/children, prison offenders, and women living with HIV
  • Gerontology, HIV and well-being  
  • Kinship among families of African decent
  • International Social Work and Social Development
  • The intersection of mental health, HIV, substance abuse, and intimate partner violence older adults and children’s educational outcomes

 

Areas of Teaching Interest

SCWK 360 Person in Society: Micro

SCWK 361 Person in Society: Macro 

Publications

Kalomo, E.N., Jun., J.S., Lee, K.H., Mgori, N.K. (2020). HIV stigma, resilience, depressive symptoms among older adults living with HIV in rural Namibia. African Journal of AIDS Research, DOI: 10.2989/16085906.2020.1797841

Kalomo, E.N., Jun., J.S., Lee, K.H., Mgori, N.K. (2020 in print). Depressive Symptoms among Older Adults with HIV in Namibia: The Role of Social Support and Spirituality. African Journal of AIDS.

Kalomo, E.N., Lightfoot, E., & Freeman, R. (2019). Gender-based violence: Risk and protective factors for depressive symptoms among couples in the Kavango region, Northern Namibia. Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment, DOI:10.1080/10911359.20191642822

 Kalomo, E.N., & Besthorn, F.H. (2018). Elderly Grandmothers Raising Orphans and Vulnerable Children Affected by HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Literature Review and Emerging Efforts in Namibia. GrandFamilies: The Contemporary Journal of Research, Practice and Policy, 5 (1).

 Kalomo, E.N., Lee, K.H., Lightfoot, E., & Freeman, R. (2018). Resilience among older     caregivers in rural Namibia:  The role of financial status, social  support and health.  Journal of Gerontological Social Work, DOI: 10.1080/01634372.2018.1467524.

Kalomo, E.N., Liao, M. (2018). Burden of Care among Caregivers of Persons Living with HIV/AIDS in Rural Namibia. Social Work in Public Health, 33(1), 70-84.

Besthorn, F.H., Kalomo, E.N., Lighfoot, E., Liao, M. (2018). The relationship between social support and anxiety amongst children living with HIV in rural northern Namibia. African      Journal of AIDS Research. DOI.org/10.2989/16085906.2018.1534748

 Kalomo, E.N., Liao, M., Fred H. Besthorn, F.H., Shilunga, A., & Mbapaha, C. (2017). To Tell or Not Tell: Dimensions of Disclosure to Children with HIV in the          Zambezi Region of Northern Namibia. Journal of HIV/AIDS & Social Services,16(3) 1-17.

 Kalomo, E.N., Kyoung H.L., & Besthorn, F.H. (2017). Depressive Symptoms  among Older, Female Caregivers Raising Children Affected by HIV/AIDS in the Omusati Region of Namibia. Health Care for Women International DOI: 10.1080/07399332.2017.1368514.

Kalomo, E.N. (2017). Associations Between HIV- Related Stigma, Self-Esteem, Social Support, and Depression Social Support in Namibia. Journal of Aging & Mental Health   DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2017.1387763

Lightfoot, E. & Kalomo, E. (2010). The interplay of population aging and HIV/AIDS on social development in Southern Africa: The case of Namibia. Social Development Issues, 32(1) 1-15.

Book Chapters

Kalomo, E.N. & Taukeni, S.G (2020). Elderly Grandparents as Caregivers of Children Affected or Infected by HIV and AIDS in Namibia. Biopsychosocial Perspectives and Practices for Addressing Communicable and Non-Communicable Diseases. IGI Global Publisher of Timely Knowledge. DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-2139-7.

 Taukeni, S.G., & Kalomo, E.N. (2020). Importance of HIV care Continuum. Biopsychosocial Perspectives and Practices for Addressing Communicable and Non-Communicable Diseases. IGI Global Publisher of Timely Knowledge. DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-2139-7.

 

Awards and Honors

2014-Spring     Colonial Dames International Scholarship, International Student &                                                               Scholar Services, University of Minnesota

2013-Fall         Rose E. Snyder Memorial Scholarship and Rosene Doctoral                                                                            Fellowship

2009-2011       David and Georgiana Hollister Fund for Doctoral Students,                                                                             University of Minnesota

2009-2012       Rosene Doctoral Fellowship, University of Minnesota

2009-2014       Ministry of Education Namibia, NGSTO Scholarship, Namibia

1998-1999       British Chevening Scholarship awarded by the British Council,                                                                      Commonwealth Office, Namibia

 

Grants

2019        Project title: The role of resiliency among older adults living with  HIV in rural Namibia. Wichita State University Research/Creative Award. (Research Grant: $4,500). Principal Investigator

2018        Project title: The role of resiliency among older adult caregivers of people living with HIV and AIDS in Namibia.  Wichita State University Regional Institute on Aging. (Research Grant: $10.000). Principal Investigator

 2017        Project title: Food insecurity, coping and health of grandparent caregivers raising grandchildren in Wichita, Kansas. Wichita Medical Research and Education Foundation (Research Grant: $3000). Principal Investigator   

2016         Prevalence, patterns, and predictors of disclosure of HIV status in HIV-infected children. Wichita State University Research/Creative Projects in Summer (ARCS) (Research Grant: $4,000). Principal Investigator.

Areas of Service

Program Evaluation committee

MSW Admissions

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