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Exploring the Role of Ethnic Media and the Community Readiness to Combat Stigma Attached to Mental Illness Among Vietnamese Immigrants: The Pilot Project Tam An (Inner Peace in Vietnamese)
Community Mental Health Journal (2015)
  • Meekyung Han, San Jose State University
  • Lien Cao
  • Karen Anton
Abstract
Vietnamese Americans are at high risk for developing mental health disorders due to multiple risk factors such as trauma and acculturative stress. However, the utilization of mental health services has been low. The pilot project Tam An was implemented to raise mental health awareness by engaging community resources in the Vietnamese population. Informed by the Community Readiness Model and through local ethnic media sources, messages to destigmatize mental health and promote the willingness to initiate mental health treatment were presented. Using an exploratory perspective, findings from focus group data suggest that the project improved the community’s stage of readiness.
Keywords
  • Mental health stigma,
  • Vietnamese Americans,
  • Ethnic media,
  • Community readiness
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Publication Date
January, 2015
DOI
10.1007/s10597-014-9745-4
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Citation Information
Meekyung Han, Lien Cao and Karen Anton. "Exploring the Role of Ethnic Media and the Community Readiness to Combat Stigma Attached to Mental Illness Among Vietnamese Immigrants: The Pilot Project Tam An (Inner Peace in Vietnamese)" Community Mental Health Journal Vol. 51 Iss. 1 (2015) p. 63 - 70 ISSN: 0010-3853
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/meekyung-han/4/