Poverty and Ethnic Minorities: The Case of Khmer Households in the Rural Mekong Delta, Vietnam

Tung, Diep Thanh

doi:10.14254/2071-789x.2018/11-1/15

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“…These national figures mask significant inequalities in outcomes, however: among high-income households, stunting fell from 21 per cent to 6 per cent, while among low-income households the decline was from 52 per cent to 41 per cent (ibid. In Vietnam, the poorest households tend to be ethnic minority households: of the 10 per cent of the population still living below the poverty line, 65 per cent belong to ethnic minority groups (Tung and Trang 2012). Vietnam has 54 recognised ethnic groups, and the primary beneficiaries of higher living standards have been the Kinh majority, along with the ethnic Chinese Hoa.…”

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Healthy Diets Depend on Equity and Justice: Understanding the Context in Brazil, South Africa, the UK, and Vietnam

Battersby¹,

Gordon²,

Harris³

et al. 2023

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The purpose of this paper is to outline a new intellectual and research agenda for future work taken forward by the Food Equity Centre on the theme of Healthy Diets. We outline our initial conceptual approach and summarise current thinking and action on dietary equity through four country case studies, then propose a number of research gaps that we will address in future research and publications together.

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Section: Inequality and Dietary Contextmentioning

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Healthy Diets Depend on Equity and Justice: Understanding the Context in Brazil, South Africa, the UK, and Vietnam

Battersby¹,

Gordon²,

Harris³

et al. 2023

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“…At the same time, countries with the most stable and clear patterns in income distribution (measured by Gini coefficient) have more obvious successes in social and economic spheres, including human development level [ 21 , 22 ]. Often these differences cause large-scale migration [ 23 , 24 ], disparities in regional development [ 25 , 26 ], especially being by influence of connected factors, such as political climate [ 27 ]. Also, time may have an impact on this relation.…”

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Examining the relationships between income inequalities and different dimensions of well-being in selected Central Eastern European (CEE) countries

Szczepaniak

Geise

2021

PLoS ONE

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This article examines the relationships between different dimensions of well-being and income inequalities across selected Central Eastern European countries after joining the European Union in 2004. Regarding the multivariety of well-being concept, it explores its 5 dimensions (material dimension, health dimension, education dimension, environmental dimension, happiness). Accounting for the interactions between dimensions of well-being matters for the inequalities, we conducted an in-depth analysis by adopting PMG estimation and panel ARDL model to assess the short-run and long-run links between variables. The results of conducted analysis allowed us to identify the canals through which income inequalities are linked directly or indirectly with the particular dimensions of well-being. In the long run, all the dimensions of well-being significantly affected income inequalities, and income inequality shaped material dimension, health, education, natural environment, and happiness. However, in the short run, the only dimension that shaped income inequalities was education. Income inequalities directly affected both health dimension and happiness.

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“…The Khmer group, who primarily live in the Mekong Delta, face significant challenges such as: low quality of education, poor socioeconomic status, job uncertainties and slow adaptation to the business environment [29]. These challenges have led to limited average income per person compared with the national level (VND 1.626 million per month versus 4.16 million per month in 2016) [30,31], leading to poor purchase power, thus preventing the consumption of HDD. Low literacy levels and language barriers are also among the challenges for Khmer people to integrate into the Vietnamese mainstream education system-leading to low health and dietary literacy [32,33].…”

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Household Dietary Diversity among the Ethnic Minority Groups in the Mekong Delta: Evidence for the Development of Public Health and Nutrition Policy in Vietnam

Nguyen

Phung

et al. 2023

IJERPH

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Poor household dietary diversity has been linked to malnutrition in individuals, households, and cumulatively in populations. High rates of malnutrition among Khmer ethnic children aged five years and younger have been reported in Tri Ton district, Vietnam. This paper aims to further investigate household dietary diversity and associated factors among Khmer ethnic minority populations in Vietnam. A cross sectional study was conducted from October 2018 to April 2019 in Tri Ton District, An Giang Province. By employing a multistage sampling technique, a total of 402 (99.8% response rate) participants were interviewed to measure household dietary diversity using a structured and validated questionnaire developed by FAO. Both bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were carried out to identify factors associated with household dietary diversity. The results showed that the prevalence of low, medium and high dietary diversity scores were 21.4%, 70.4% and 8.2%, respectively. Male-headed households, literacy level, household income, exposure to mass media on nutrition and health information, and frequency of eating were positively associated with household dietary diversity (p < 0.05). However, owning a vegetable and rice farm was not statistically related to households’ dietary diversification. The paper concludes that the magnitude of household diversified dietary intakes was essentially low to medium in participants’ households. These findings have provided evidence to inform the development of the National Nutrition Strategy—2021–2030 in Vietnam, to be revised in 2045. This national strategy proposes appropriate interventions, programs and policies to improve socioeconomic status in ethnic groups and in mountainous areas to enhance populations’ health and well-being including controlling childhood malnutrition. In order to improve population health and wellbeing in Tri Ton District, further actions to address effective dietary practices including strengthening nutrition and health communication about the need to improve household dietary diversity to high levels are recommended.

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Poverty and Ethnic Minorities: The Case of Khmer Households in the Rural Mekong Delta, Vietnam

Cited by 4 publications

References 14 publications

Healthy Diets Depend on Equity and Justice: Understanding the Context in Brazil, South Africa, the UK, and Vietnam

Healthy Diets Depend on Equity and Justice: Understanding the Context in Brazil, South Africa, the UK, and Vietnam

Examining the relationships between income inequalities and different dimensions of well-being in selected Central Eastern European (CEE) countries

Household Dietary Diversity among the Ethnic Minority Groups in the Mekong Delta: Evidence for the Development of Public Health and Nutrition Policy in Vietnam

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