Dr. Isaac Amankwa

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Dr. Isaac Amankwaa is a Senior Lecturer at Auckland University of Technology in New Zealand and a member of the AUT Migrant and Refugee Health Research Centre. He is an alumnus of the University of Nottingham, UK, and Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. His research centres on navigational health literacy among migrant populations in Aotearoa New Zealand, with a particular focus on how individuals understand and navigate health systems and the barriers they encounter in accessing care. Dr. Amankwaa also supports postgraduate researchers in conducting systematic reviews, qualitative synthesis, and applied research using tools such as Covidence and NVivo. He has a strong interest in mentoring African researchers in qualitative methodologies and evidence synthesis. In addition, he supervises Master's and PhD students and serves on the editorial boards of BMC Nursing and PLOS One. He has published widely in peer-reviewed journals.