Divergent Perspectives on Food, Culture, and Health among Hmong Mothers with Middle-School Children

Goto, Keiko; Vue, Wa Mee; Xiong, Tong; Wolff, Cindy

doi:10.2752/175174410x12633934463079

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“…Franzen and Smith (2009) refer to "Hmong informants" who reviewed questionnaires and "translators" who helped conduct interviews. In Goto et al (2010), Vue and Reicks (2007) and Vue et al (2011), Hmong American co-authors were referred to as researchers.…”

Section: The Eurocentric Knowermentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The authors then suggest that nutrition educators "focus education on both the parent and the early adolescent" (Vue and Reicks 2007: 271). The word "intervention" appears four times in the page-long conclusion of Goto et al (2010)'s otherwise nuanced article on the "divergent perspectives on food, culture, and health" among Hmong women.…”

Section: Hmong American As Objects: Different or Deficient?mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…None of the authors speak of racialization and institutional racism as social forces that shape Hmong American experiences of food, but they are ready to group Hmong Americans with other Asians. Smith (2009, 2010), Goto et al (2010) and Stang et al (2007) cite research studies regarding other Asian groups to support their claims about Hmong Americans. In Franzen and Smith (2009), for example, we read the following passage:…”

Section: Culture Vs Racementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Scholars working with the acculturation thesis Smith 2009, 2010;Goto et al 2010;Vue et al 2011) have primarily correlated acculturation with generational or age difference, and whether the subjects were born in or outside of the United States. Intergenerational difference is a recurring theme in most of the articles.…”

Section: Rethinking Acculturationmentioning

confidence: 99%

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How to Eat Right in America

Wilcox¹,

Kong²

2014

Food, Culture & Society

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This paper investigates the cultural politics of knowledge production regarding Hmong American food-related health issues. Textual analysis of ten research papers published in the last twenty years leads to the critique that mainstream scientific discourse, rooted in Eurocentric epistemology, has in effect constituted Hmong Americans as subjugated Others. We demonstrate how this discourse (1) demarcates between the subject and the object from a Eurocentric viewpoint; (2) associates Hmong-ness with tradition while dissociating tradition from American-ness; (3) overlooks multiple differences within Hmong American communities; and (4) keeps silent on institutional racism as a barrier to healthy living. We explicate the power relations inherent in science research regarding marginalized communities, and call for decolonizing knowledge and research.

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Section: The Eurocentric Knowermentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Hmong American As Objects: Different or Deficient?mentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Culture Vs Racementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Rethinking Acculturationmentioning

confidence: 99%

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How to Eat Right in America

Wilcox¹,

Kong²

2014

Food, Culture & Society

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“…Lisa Franzen and Chery Smith, for example, argue that "environmental changes and increased acculturation have negatively impacted the weight and health of Hmong adults"(Franzen and Smith 2008, 173). Rather than blaming individual eaters, scholars have critiqued federal nutrition guidelines for a lack of sensitivity to ethnocultural norms(Trapp 2010;Nibbs 2010) and have argued for whatStang et al (2007) call "culturally tailored" nutrition interventions(Franzen and Smith 2008;Goto et al 2010;Vue, Wolff, and Goto 2011). In response, organizations such as the American Diabetes Association have released literature aimed at orienting health professionals to…”

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Boiled Chicken and Pizza: The Making of Transnational Hmong American Foodways

Alkon¹,

Vang²

2020

The Immigrant-Food Nexus

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Overweight, Elevated Blood Pressure, Acanthosis Nigricans and Adherence to Recommended Dietary and Physical Activity Guidelines Among Hmong and White Middle School Students

Voorhees

Goto

Wolff

2012

J Immigrant Minority Health

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This cross-sectional study was conducted among low-income middle-school students (N = 426) in rural northern California to compare rates of overweight, elevated blood pressure and acanthosis nigricans (AN) between Hmong and white students. Associations among rates of overweight, elevated blood pressure, AN, and scores for adherence to recommended dietary guidelines were also examined. Fifty-two percent (52%) of white students were overweight/obese compared to 38% of Hmong students. Higher fruit consumption was associated with a lower BMI among white, but not Hmong students. Whereas 7% of white students were classified as pre-hypertensive/hypertensive, the rate for Hmong students was 17%. Additionally, at 13 versus 2%, six-fold more Hmong students had an elevated blood pressure with a normal BMI compared to white students, respectively. Ethnicity was also an independent predictive factor for AN. Hmong students appear to be at higher risk for both hypertension and AN than white students irrespective of BMI.

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Divergent Perspectives on Food, Culture, and Health among Hmong Mothers with Middle-School Children

Cited by 10 publications

References 20 publications

How to Eat Right in America

How to Eat Right in America

Boiled Chicken and Pizza: The Making of Transnational Hmong American Foodways

Overweight, Elevated Blood Pressure, Acanthosis Nigricans and Adherence to Recommended Dietary and Physical Activity Guidelines Among Hmong and White Middle School Students

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