Health disparities in chronic liver disease
Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022 Abstract The syndemic of hazardous alcohol consumption, opioid use, and obesity has led to important changes in liver disease epidemiology that have exacerbated health disparities. Health disparities occur when plausibly avoidable health differences are experienced by socially disadvantaged populations.
Ani Kardashian +3 more
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Assessing the performance of the Asian/Pacific islander identification algorithm to infer Hmong ethnicity from electronic health records in California. [PDF]
, 2019 OBJECTIVE:This study assesses the performance of the North American Association of Central Cancer Registries Asian/Pacific Islander Identification Algorithm (NAPIIA) to infer Hmong ethnicity. DESIGN AND SETTING:Analyses of electronic health records (EHRs)
Kim, Katherine K +2 more
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The Need for Critical Race Consciousness in Critical Hmong Studies [PDF]
Hmong Studies Journal, 2020 This conceptual paper draws upon critical race theory (CRT) in education and whiteness as property (Harris, 1993) to reflect on the need for critical Hmong studies to include the development of critical race consciousness as an important goal of the ...
Christin DePouw
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Economic Progress of Hmong Americans: The First Twenty-Five Years [PDF]
Hmong Studies Journal, 2021 Hmong refugees from remote highlands in Laos resettled in the U.S. starting in 1975, after the end of the Vietnam War. This study uses Census microdata to explore measures of economic progress of Hmong Americans in the first twenty-five years after ...
Wayne Carroll
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Hmong American Leadership and Unity in the Post-Vang Pao Era [PDF]
Hmong Studies Journal, 2015 The passing of General Vang Pao (GVP) in a hospital in Clovis, California, in 2011 ended an historical era for Hmong Americans and the larger Hmong diaspora. This historical essay explores the changing meanings of leadership and unity for Hmong Americans
Nengher N. Vang, Jeremy Hein
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Hmong Adults Self-Rated Oral Health: A Pilot Study [PDF]
, 2008 Since 1975, the Hmong refugee population in the U.S. has increased over 200%. However, little is known about their dental needs or self-rated oral health (SROH).
Anthony M. Iacopino +22 more
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Shamanism: Indications and Use by Older Hmong Americans with Chronic Illness [PDF]
Hmong Studies Journal, 2012 This article reports qualitative interviews from an ethnographic study that explored in part, the health seeking behaviors of and for older Hmong Americans with chronic illness. The study occurred over a 36-month period in the St. Paul / Minneapolis area
Linda A. Gerdner
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The Importance of Family for a Gay Hmong American Man: Complicating Discourses of “Coming Out” [PDF]
Hmong Studies Journal, 2012 This article draws on research with a gay Hmong young man to illustrate the ways in which coming out discourses fail to take into account the central importance of family and kinship for gay Hmong Americans.
Bic Ngo
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Hmong Americans’ Educational Attainment: Recent Changes and Remaining Challenges [PDF]
Hmong Studies Journal, 2012 Using U.S. Census data from 1990 to 2010, this paper examines Hmong Americans’ language use, English language ability, school attendance, high school dropout rate, and educational attainment.
Yang Sao Xiong
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Predicting Hmong Male and Female Youth’s Delinquent Behavior: An Exploratory Stud [PDF]
Hmong Studies Journal, 2011 Asian Americans have been viewed as a “model” minority by mainstream Americans for decades. Contrary to the model minority stereotype, however, Asian youth, especially Hmong and other Southeast Asians, are increasingly involved in crimes and delinquent ...
Zha Blong Xiong
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