Vietnamese Americans and Depression: A Health and Mental Health Concern

Leung, Patrick; Cheung, Monit; Cheung, Ada

doi:10.1080/15332985.2010.485092

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“…24 Therefore, a family-oriented intervention may be an effective and appropriate method to reduce PPD risk and/or treat PPD. 11,25 Vietnamese mothers reported that PPD was not understood or addressed in their culture. Commonly reported barriers to help-seeking include stigma and the lack of culturally appropriate care.…”

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confidence: 95%

“…In conclusion, future PPD interventions for Vietnamese American mothers should be culturally appropriate 11 and may need to consider the importance of postpartum cultural traditions and the presence of cultural barriers to help-seeking as ways to prevent the adverse effects of untreated PPD.…”

Section: Implications For Behavioral Healthmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…Previous research has suggested that acculturative stress may be related to high levels of depression among Vietnamese Americans. 11,35,36 By including an acculturation measure in a future study, one can determine whether a PPD intervention needs to be tailored to Vietnamese mothers by acculturation level and/or experience.…”

Section: Implications For Behavioral Healthmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…First, the key finding here is that the Vietnamese mothers said that they would seek help if they were depressed, but they do not think that they are depressed; therefore, one potential intervention is to teach Vietnamese mothers and the Vietnamese community to recognize the signs of depression but not to label it as depression, so they may see themselves as fitting the category of those who need help but without the attached stigma. 11 Treatment of PPD is an imperative public health issue to understand, as it promotes healthy motherhood and can relieve the burdens on individuals and families. A study by Ngo et al showed that better public mental health education, as well as greater awareness of mental health resources, may increase the likelihood that Vietnamese Americans seek professional help.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…3,10 Vietnamese Americans' help-seeking practices are strongly influenced by their knowledge and traditional beliefs regarding mental illness. 11 They are more reluctant to seek professional help, especially from professional mental health providers. There is a lack of research, however, regarding postpartum help-seeking attitudes and behaviors along with PPD experiences among recent Vietnamese American mothers.…”

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Postpartum Traditions, Mental Health, and Help-Seeking Considerations Among Vietnamese American Women: a Mixed-Methods Pilot Study

Park

Goyal

Nguyen

et al. 2015

J Behav Health Serv Res

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The purpose of this study was to explore Vietnamese American mothers' perceptions and experiences with postpartum traditions, postpartum depression (PPD), and mental health help-seeking behavior. Participants were 15 Vietnamese mothers who had given birth to at least one live infant within the previous year. A screening tool revealed that a third of the mothers had probable PPD. More than half reported having recent/current postpartum "sadness" during the interviews. Postpartum traditions played important roles in their well-being and maintaining strong cultural values. However, some reported feelings of isolation and the desire to be able to carry out postpartum traditions more frequently. Many who had reported sadness said that they would not seek professional help; all had felt that their condition was not "severe" enough to warrant help-seeking. Future PPD interventions should consider the importance of postpartum cultural traditions and address help-seeking barriers as ways to prevent the adverse effects of untreated PPD.

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Section: Implications For Behavioral Healthmentioning

confidence: 98%

Section: Implications For Behavioral Healthmentioning

confidence: 98%

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confidence: 99%

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Postpartum Traditions, Mental Health, and Help-Seeking Considerations Among Vietnamese American Women: a Mixed-Methods Pilot Study

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Nguyen

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Association between caregivers' characteristics and older care recipients' well‐being among Vietnamese immigrant families in the United States

Miyawaki

Liu

Markides

2021

Journal Community Psychology

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Aims We examined the association between caregivers' psychological status and their older family members' (care recipients) mental health in the Vietnamese American community (N = 58 dyads). Methods Logistic regression models were used. Results Caregivers and care recipients were on average 53 and 75 years old, immigrated at ages 32 and 51, and had 10 and 6 years of formal education, respectively. Approximately two‐thirds of caregivers provided care for 20+ h/week for 7 years with the majority of care recipients reporting fair or poor health. Care recipients' physical and cognitive health had a significant association with their depressive symptoms. However, care recipients acting as burdened caregivers' “company” helped themselves and felt less depressed (OR = 0.89, 95% CI: 0.80, 0.99). Conclusion Leveraging the tradition of Vietnamese multigeneration households, we should promote being a good company to each other that will help the caregiver‐care recipient dyad, as well as their family unit when planning future interventions.

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Relational Social Work Practice with Asian American Populations

Cheung

Leung

2013

Relational Social Work Practice With Diverse Populations

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Vietnamese Americans and Depression: A Health and Mental Health Concern

Cited by 28 publications

References 40 publications

Postpartum Traditions, Mental Health, and Help-Seeking Considerations Among Vietnamese American Women: a Mixed-Methods Pilot Study

Postpartum Traditions, Mental Health, and Help-Seeking Considerations Among Vietnamese American Women: a Mixed-Methods Pilot Study

Association between caregivers' characteristics and older care recipients' well‐being among Vietnamese immigrant families in the United States

Relational Social Work Practice with Asian American Populations

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