Vietnamese Immigrants in Brisbane, Australia: Perception of Parenting Roles, Child Development, Child Health, Illness, and Disability, and Health Service Utilisation

Abstract

The limited research into Vietnamese immigrants suggests that this group may have different perceptions relating to parenting roles, child development, child health, illness, and disability, and differing patterns of health service utilisation. The author conducted a pilot study exploring how Vietnamese immigrants differ from Anglo-Australian in relation to these issues. The pilot, utilising a mixed quantitative and qualitative method, was conducted in Brisbane, Australia, with subjects being existing clients of a health centre. Two focus group discussions were conducted and a structured questionnaire developed from the discussions. Vietnamese immigrants in contrast to Australian-born Caucasians regard the general practitioner as the main health care provider and were less satisfied with English-speaking health services. This study highlights potentially important health-related issues for children of Vietnamese immigrants living in Brisbane, the importance of further research in this area, and the methodological challenges faced when conducting research into Vietnamese immigrants.

The Influence of Social Demographic Factor on Individual Decision to Cross-border Migration between Timor Leste and Indonesia

“…Several studies conducted for example by Tran (2012), Martinez (2014) and Wilson et. al (2014) explains demographic, social and economic characteristics.…”

“…al (2014) explains demographic, social and economic characteristics. According to Tran (2012) demographic characteristic of individual Vietnamese migrant in Brisbane, Australia involves variables such as gender, parents' age, duration of residency in Australia, marital status, number of children, age of children, income earning, work status, and education level. Moreover, according to Martinez (2014), demographic characteristic of individual migrant involves variables such as age, education, marital status, family size, house ownership, health insurance, and receiver of government aid, while according to Wilson et.…”