Yolanda Covington‐Ward

“Back Home, People Say America is Heaven”: Pre-Migration Expectations and Post-Migration Adjustment for Liberians in Pittsburgh

Yolanda Covington‐Ward · Journal of International Migration and Integration / Revue de l integration et de la migration internationale · 2017 · 32 citations

Social Sciences, Demography, Urban Studies +8

"We feel like it was better back home:" Stress, Coping, and Health in a U.S. Dwelling African Immigrant Community

Yolanda Covington‐Ward, Kafuli Agbemenu, Annamore Matambanadzo · Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved · 2018 · 25 citations

Public Health, Health Sciences, Health Psychology +16

African Immigrants in Low-Wage Direct Health Care: Motivations, Job Satisfaction, and Occupational Mobility

Yolanda Covington‐Ward · Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health · 2016 · 18 citations

Public Health, Ethnic Studies, Health Sciences +16

The socio-demographic characteristics of recent Liberian immigrants to the United States: an update

Yolanda Covington‐Ward · Liberian studies journal · 2011 · 14 citations

Social Sciences, Demography, Sociology +9

Bodily Burdens: Physical Abuse, Workplace Injury, and Understanding Intersectionality through the Experiences of African Immigrant Direct Care Health Workers

Yolanda Covington‐Ward · Transforming Anthropology · 2021 · 10 citations

Public Health, African American Studies, Ethnic Studies +16