Mental health promotion for South East Asian Refugees in the USA

Hirayama, Kasumi K.; Hirayama, Hisashi; Cetingok, Muammer

doi:10.1177/002087289303600203

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“…This is particularly true for Southeast Asian refugees (Hirayama, Hirayama, & Cetingok, 1993;Rumbaut, 1991a). The adverse mental health consequences related to becoming a refugee (i.e., the trauma of war, violence, escape, and resettlement), particularly for the Hmong and other Southeast Asian refugees, have been extensively documented (e.g., Carlson & Rosser-Hogan, 1991;Rumbaut, 1991aRumbaut, , 1991bRumbaut, , 1989bWestermeyer, Neider, & Callies, 1989).…”

Section: Refugee Mental Healthmentioning

confidence: 99%

Effectiveness of a Community-Based Advocacy and Learning Program for Hmong Refugees

Goodkind

2005

American Journal of Community Psychology

116

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The effectiveness of a community-based advocacy and learning intervention for Hmong refugees was assessed using a comprehensive, multi-method strategy, which included a within-group longitudinal design with four data collection points and in-depth qualitative recruitment and post-intervention interviews. The intervention's impact on five aspects of refugee well-being was examined: Participants' psychological well-being, quality of life, access to resources, English proficiency, and knowledge for the U.S. citizenship exam. Twenty-eight Hmong adults and 27 undergraduate students participated together in the intervention, which had two major components: (1) Learning Circles, which involved cultural exchange and one-on-one learning opportunities for Hmong adults, and (2) an advocacy component that involved undergraduates advocating for and transferring advocacy skills to Hmong families to increase their access to resources in their communities. Undergraduate paraprofessionals and Hmong participants worked together for 6-8 hr per week for 6 months. Growth trajectory analysis revealed promising quantitative findings. Participants' quality of life, satisfaction with resources, English proficiency, and knowledge for the U.S. citizenship test increased and their levels of distress decreased over the course of the intervention. Mediating analyses suggested that participants' increased quality of life could be explained by their improved satisfaction with resources. Qualitative data helped to support and explain the quantitative data, as well as providing insight into other outcomes and processes of the intervention. Policy, practice, and research implications are discussed.

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Section: Refugee Mental Healthmentioning

confidence: 99%

Effectiveness of a Community-Based Advocacy and Learning Program for Hmong Refugees

Goodkind

2005

American Journal of Community Psychology

116

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“…Many studies have found that refugees experience higher rates of psychological distress than the general population or other immigrants in the United States and Canada (e.g., Berry, 1986;Williams & Westermeyer, 1986). This is especially true for Southeast Asian refugees (Hirayama, Hirayama, & Cetingok, 1993;Rumbaut, 1991b), and in particular, highland people such as the Hmong from Laos (e.g., Kinzie et al, 1990;Ying & Akutsu, 1997). Although some distress is related to past traumas, recent research has documented 4 The U.S. government has increasingly shrunk its responsibility for providing social services, benefits, economic regulation, and a safety net to its citizens and residents.…”

Section: Refugee Mental Health and Well-beingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Promoting Hmong Refugees' Well‐Being Through Mutual Learning: Valuing Knowledge, Culture, and Experience

Goodkind

2006

American J of Comm Psychol

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Refugees who resettle in a new country face numerous struggles, including overcoming past traumas and coping with post-migration stressors, such as lack of meaningful social roles, poverty, discrimination, lack of environmental mastery, and social isolation. Thus, in addition to needing to learn concrete language skills and gain access to resources and employment, it is important for refugees to become a part of settings where their experiences, knowledge, and identity are valued and validated. The Refugee Well-Being Project (RWBP) was developed to promote the well-being of Hmong refugees by creating settings for mutual learning to occur between Hmong adults and undergraduate students. The RWBP had two major components: (1) Learning Circles, which involved cultural exchange and one-on-one learning opportunities, and (2) an advocacy component, which involved undergraduates advocating for and transferring advocacy skills to Hmong families to increase their access to resources in their communities. The project was evaluated using a mixed quantitative and qualitative approach. This article discusses data from qualitative interviews with participants, during which the importance of reciprocal helping relationships and mutual learning emerged as significant themes.

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“…Tangible losses, such as the loss of investments, jobs, money, houses, and other material possessions, as well as lack of communication skills, make refugees' achievement of economic self-sufficiency more difficult than immigrants' (Hirayama, Hirayama, & Cetingok, 1993;Lin, Masuda, & Tazuma, 1982;Timberlake & Cook, 1984;Williams, 1990). Especially in the early stage of their resettlement, many refugees are underemployed, if not unemployed, because of a lack of English language proficiency, information, and occupational skills (Dorais, 1991).…”

Section: Refugee Adaptationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Unlike early European refugees during the 40s and 50s, culture, religion, and life style of these Southeast Asian refugees are very different from those of mainstream American society. These differences created the necessity of studying the unique adaptation problems among Southeast Asian refugees and developing culturally compatible intervention methods for this group (Hirayama et al, 1993;Timberlake & Cook, 1984).…”

Section: Increasing Concerns Of Refugee Adaptationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Psychological and Economic Adaptation of Iraqi Adult Male Refugees

Takeda

2000

Journal of Social Service Research

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This study examines the psychological and economic adaptation of Iraqi refugees, one of the increasing number of refugee groups resettling to this country in the 90s. Data were obtained from 105 Iraqi male refugees. The results revealed that Iraqi male refugees were struggling to resettle psychologically and economically in this country. The regression analyses confirmed that predictor variables (including social support, education level, and motivation for migration) significantly explained the variances in both the CES-D scale and income. In addition, this study found that the source of social support affecting economic adaptation was different from one affecting psychological adaptation. Implications for social work practice for Iraqi refugees were discussed at the end of the paper. [Article copies available for a fee from The Haworth Document Delivery Service: 1-800-342-9678. E-mail address: getinfo@haworthpressinc.com ]

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Mental health promotion for South East Asian Refugees in the USA

Cited by 14 publications

References 18 publications

Effectiveness of a Community-Based Advocacy and Learning Program for Hmong Refugees

Effectiveness of a Community-Based Advocacy and Learning Program for Hmong Refugees

Promoting Hmong Refugees' Well‐Being Through Mutual Learning: Valuing Knowledge, Culture, and Experience

Psychological and Economic Adaptation of Iraqi Adult Male Refugees

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