Investigating the myth of the "model minority": A participatory community health assessment of Chinese and Vietnamese adults

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 850-857

  Tendulkar, Shalini Ahuja ^a   Hamilton, Renée Cammarata ^b   Chu, Chieh ^a   Arsenault, Lisa ^a   Duffy, Kevin ^c   Huynh, Van ^d   Hung, Mei ^e   Lee, Eric ^f   Jane, Shwuling ^g   Friedman, Elisa ^a,b  

^a Institute for Community Health   (United States)

^b Healthy Malden Inc ^*  (United States)

^c Healthy Malden Inc   (United States)

^d Malden High School   (United States)

^e Chinese Culture Connection   (United States)

^f Boston Education Resources   (United States)

^g Hallmark Health VNA and Hospice   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese and Vietnamese ethnic groups; Community health assessment; Community based participatory research; Healthcare access; Mental health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CHINA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VIET NAM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN AMERICANS; CHINA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VIETNAM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871774553     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-011-9517-y     Document Type: Article

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