Vulnerability among Vietnamese illicit drug users in Australia: challenges for change

Reid, Gary; Higgs, Peter; Beyer, Lorraine; Crofts, Nick

doi:10.1016/s0955-3959(02)00012-9

Cited by 19 publications

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“…The process of acculturation is complex and lends itself to diametric roles in the domain of health. Among Vietnamese samples, the adoption of compromising and harmful health behaviors can result from acculturation as it has been linked to increased cigarette smoking (An, Cochran, Mays, & McCarthy, 2008), substance abuse (Reid, Higgs, Beyer, & Crofts, 2002), risky sexual behavior (Yi, 1998), and poor diet and sedentary lifestyle (Kaplan et al, 2003). …”

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The Role of Acculturation and Collectivism in Cancer Screening for Vietnamese American Women

Nguyen

Clark

2014

Health Care for Women International

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The aim of this study was to examine the influence of demographic variables and the interplay between collectivism and acculturation on breast and cervical cancer screening outcomes among Vietnamese American women. Convenience sampling was used to recruit 111 Vietnamese women from the Richmond, VA, metropolitan area, who participated in a larger cancer screening intervention. All participants completed measures on demographic variables, collectivism, acculturation, and cancer-screening-related variables (i.e., attitudes, self-efficacy, and screening behavior). Findings indicated that collectivism predicted both positive attitudes and higher levels of self-efficacy with regard to breast and cervical cancer screening. Collectivism also moderated the relationship between acculturation and attitudes toward breast cancer screening such that for women with low levels of collectivistic orientation, increasing acculturation predicted less positive attitudes towards breast cancer screening. This relationship was not found for women with high levels of collectivistic orientation. The current findings highlight the important roles that sociodemographic and cultural variables play in affecting health attitudes, self-efficacy, and behavior among Vietnamese women. The findings potentially inform screening programs that rely on culturally relevant values in helping increase Vietnamese women’s motivation to screen.

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The Role of Acculturation and Collectivism in Cancer Screening for Vietnamese American Women

Nguyen

Clark

2014

Health Care for Women International

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“…As ethnic minorities undergo acculturative processes, this leads to the adoption of normative health practices found within the host culture that can be compromising (An, Cochran, Mays, & McCarthy, 2008; Kaplan et al, 2003; Reid, Higgs, Beyer, & Crofts, 2002; Yi, 1998b). However, acculturation may also lead to healthy behaviors such as cancer screening (Pourat, Kagawa–Singer, Breen, & Sripipatana, 2010; Tang, Solomon, & McCracken, 2000; Yi & Reyes–Gibby, 2002).…”

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Gender roles and acculturation: Relationships with cancer screening among Vietnamese American women.

Nguyen¹,

Clark²,

Belgrave³

2014

Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology

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The aim of this study was to examine the influence of demographic variables and the interplay between gender roles and acculturation on breast and cervical cancer screening outcomes among Vietnamese American women. Convenience sampling was used to recruit 100 Vietnamese women from the Richmond, VA, metropolitan area. Women were recruited to participate in a larger cancer screening intervention. All participants completed measures on demographic variables, gender roles, acculturation, and cancer screening variables. Findings indicated that traditional masculine gender roles were associated with increased self-efficacy for breast and cervical cancer screening. Higher levels of acculturation were associated with higher probability of having had a Papanicolaou test. In addition, acculturation moderated the relationship between traditional female gender roles and cancer screening variables. For highly acculturated women, higher levels of feminine gender roles predicted higher probability of having had a previous clinical breast exam and higher levels of self-efficacy for cervical cancer screening, while the opposite was true for lower acculturated women. The findings of this study indicate the important roles that sociodemographic variables, gender roles, and acculturation play in affecting health attitudes and behaviors among Vietnamese women. These findings also help to identify a potentially high-risk subgroup and existing gaps that need to be targeted by preventive interventions.

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“…15 Several reports suggest that ethnic-Vietnamese IDUs in Australia are socially isolated from their community and as a group they do not access harm-prevention programs and health services to the same extent as others. 16,17 Medical and other health providers within the Victorian Vietnamese community identify a lack of acceptance of the harm-reduction model (particularly methadone maintenance and needle and syringe programs) by the IDUs. 10,18 There is also difficulty in sustaining primary prevention for at-risk subgroups within primary practice.…”

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The prevalence and risk behaviours associated with the transmission of blood‐borne viruses among ethnic‐Vietnamese injecting drug users

Hellard

Nguyen

Guy

et al. 2006

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

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Vulnerability among Vietnamese illicit drug users in Australia: challenges for change

Cited by 19 publications

References 30 publications

The Role of Acculturation and Collectivism in Cancer Screening for Vietnamese American Women

The Role of Acculturation and Collectivism in Cancer Screening for Vietnamese American Women

Gender roles and acculturation: Relationships with cancer screening among Vietnamese American women.

The prevalence and risk behaviours associated with the transmission of blood‐borne viruses among ethnic‐Vietnamese injecting drug users

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