21. Health Problems In Asian American/Pacific Islander And Native Hawaiian Women asian americans represent a number of groups, including women from vietnamese, Korean, asian Indian, Japanese, Filipino, Cambodian, Laotian, and Chinese descent http://www.4woman.gov/minority/asian.htm

Search our database by Health Topic or enter your own keywords Health Problems in Asian American/Pacific Islander and Native Hawaiian Women Breast cancer Cervical cancer Diabetes Getting Health Care ... Tuberculosis Who are Asian American/Pacific Islander and Native Hawaiian women in the United States? Asian American/Pacific Islanders and Native Hawaiian women represent one of the fastest-growing and most diverse populations of women in the United States. Asian Americans represent a number of groups, including women from Vietnamese, Korean, Asian Indian, Japanese, Filipino, Cambodian, Laotian, and Chinese descent. Among Pacific Islanders are women who are Hawaiian, Samoan, Guamanian, Tongan, and Fijian. So, this population has a vast array of languages and cultures. Some of these women are 4th and 5th generation Asian Americans, while 75% are recent immigrants and refugees. Native Hawaiians and American Samoans are part of the Asian-American population, but they are native to this country, not immigrants. Last Updated: August 2003 Home About Us Contact Us Site Index ... Contact NWHIC or call 1-800-994-WOMAN NWHIC is a service of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services'

22. Asian Americans:  Women Of Color Health Data Book By the year 2000, Filipinos are projected to be the largest asian subpopulation, followed by Chinese, vietnamese, Korean, and Japanese americans, in that order http://www.4woman.gov/owh/pub/woc/asian.htm

WOMEN OF COLOR HEALTH DATA BOOK FACTORS AFFECTING THE HEALTH OF WOMEN OF COLOR Asian Americans Although health issues for Asian Americans and Pacific Islander Americans often are analyzed jointly, in this fact book the groups are separated. Native Pacific Islanders are considered Native Americans and are discussed with American Indians/Alaska Natives. (See discussion of Pacific Islanders in section on Native Americans.) Asian populations are discussed together. This change is made because native Pacific Islanders are only 5 percent of the Asian and Pacific Islander total and often have health outcomes more akin to those of American Indians/Alaska Natives than to Asian subpopulations. In addition, native Pacific Islanders are not immigrants to the United States as are Asian populations. Thus, an effort has been made throughout to disaggregate Asians from Pacific Islanders whenever possible, and to display data for the groups separately. Aggregate statistics for Asians and Pacific Islanders are used, however, when they are the best available. Asian Americans are immigrants to the United States (and their descendants) from more than 20 countries who speak more than 100 different languages. They come from places such as China, India, Japan, the Philippines, Korea, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Thailand and represent more than 60 different ethnicities (22). In 1990, the largest subpopulations (in descending order) were persons of Chinese, Filipino, Japanese, Asian Indian, Korean, and Southeast Asian ancestry. By the year 2000, Filipinos are projected to be the largest Asian subpopulation, followed by Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean, and Japanese Americans, in that order (120).

23. Chronic Disease - CDNR Fall 2002 - Diversity In Asian American And Pacific Islan Since 1980, cancer has been the leading cause of death for asian americans. Liver cancer rates are 12 times higher among vietnamese men than among white men http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/cdnr/cdnr_fall0203.htm

National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Chronic Disease Prevention Home Contact Us Chronic Disease Overview CDC's Chronic Disease Programs ... Related Links CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION Volume 15 • Number 3 • Fall 2002 Return to index of articles Diversity in Asian American and Pacific Islander Communities Poses Challenge for Health Care Providers Overcoming health disparities in Asian American and Pacific Islander communities often means delivering information and services in innovative ways—using non-English languages, for example—and recognizing the integral role that culture and tradition play in daily life. But how do you achieve these goals when the populations that you are trying to reach boast nearly 50 national or ethnic origins, more than 100 languages and dialects, and people of vastly different backgrounds? The need to serve these communities in culturally sensitive and linguistically appropriate ways will only increase in the future. Although Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders make up only 4% of the U.S. population (10.9 million people), they are the fastest growing ethnic group in the United States— increasing 95% in the 1980s and another 43% in the 1990s. By 2050, these groups are expected to make up 9% of the U.S. population (37.6 million people). Asian Americans are often stereotyped as a “model minority” of overachievers with few problems or needs, but Asian American and Pacific Islander families are about twice as likely as whites to live in poverty. Some subgroups speak little or no English, which restricts their ability to access many services, including health care.

24. ED462510 2002-02-00 Stereotypes Of Asian American Students. ERIC Digest. Leung, PK, Boehnlein, JK, Kinzie, JD (1997). vietnamese American families. In E. Lee (Ed.), Working with asian americans A guide for clinicians (pp. http://www.ericfacility.net/databases/ERIC_Digests/ed462510.html

ERIC Identifier: Publication Date: Author: Kim, Angela - Yeh, Christine J. Source: ERIC Clearinghouse on Urban Education New York NY. Stereotypes of Asian American Students. ERIC Digest. THIS DIGEST WAS CREATED BY ERIC, THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT ERIC, CONTACT ACCESS ERIC 1-800-LET-ERIC This digest discusses the various negative and positive Asian American stereotypes. It also explores how school practices and individual educatorsconsciously or unconsciouslymay reinforce them. Doing so has important negative social, political, and economic ramifications for Asian Americans. Indeed, while Asian Americans are often characterized as the "model minority" (Lee, 1997, p. 442), many have serious psychological and emotional concerns which are not being addressed. GENERAL STEREOTYPES MODEL MINORITY STEREOTYPES SOCIAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL CONCERNS The model minority stereotype that Asian American students are "whiz kids" (Brand, 1987) and immune from behavioral or psychological distresses prevents them from acknowledging academic and emotional problems and seeking help. S. Lee (1996) reports on a Cambodian student named Ming who was failing his classes but refused to seek help for his academic difficulties, believing that admitting his academic failure would cause his family to lose face (be ashamed). He was trying to live within the boundaries of the model minority stereotype, and as a result was perpetuating his academic problems, leaving him feeling isolated and depressed.

25. ED366673 1993-12-00 Beyond Culture: Communicating With Asian American Children A Then, when the asian americans finally explode in anger because they is also generally the case for other asian groups, such as the vietnamese (Coker, 1988 http://www.ericfacility.net/databases/ERIC_Digests/ed366673.html

ERIC Identifier: Publication Date: Author: Huang, Gary Source: ERIC Clearinghouse on Urban Education New York NY. Beyond Culture: Communicating with Asian American Children and Families. ERIC/CUE Digest Number 94. THIS DIGEST WAS CREATED BY ERIC, THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT ERIC, CONTACT ACCESS ERIC 1-800-LET-ERIC INTRODUCTION To explore the complexities of communication with API children and their families, this digest describes the overt and covert dimensions of the various API cultures, and discusses APIs' socioeconomic background and life experiences that affect their communication behavior. The goal is to help practitioners improve communication with APIs and, thus, more effectively educate API children. THE API COMMUNITY It is important not to generalize an understanding of one group to another. For example, the Vietnamese and Hmong, though both Indochinese, differ in their basic cultural patterns. The Vietnamese, many with a Chinese ancestry, have a sophisticated literate culture and strong abilities to adapt to the market society; the Hmong have no written language, nor skills that are easily applicable to American labor needs. Educators must identify such differences to devise appropriate communication strategies for teaching and counseling APIs.

26. MSN Encarta - Asian Americans The rapidly growing asian American community is comprised of many diverse Filipino americans, Japanese americans, Korean americans, and vietnamese americans http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761585625/Asian_Americans.html

MSN Home My MSN Hotmail Shopping ... Money Web Search: logoImg('http://sc.msn.com'); Encarta Subscriber Sign In Help Home ... Upgrade to Encarta Premium Search Encarta Tasks Find in this article Print Preview Send us feedback Related Items population growth, 1990-2000 demographics more... Magazines Search the Encarta Magazine Center for magazine and news articles about this topic Further Reading Editors' Picks Asian Americans News Search MSNBC for news about Asian Americans Internet Search Search Encarta about Asian Americans Search MSN for Web sites about Asian Americans Also on Encarta Encarta guide: The Reagan legacy Compare top online degrees Proud papas: Famous dads with famous kids Also on MSN Father's Day present ideas on MSN Shopping Breaking news on MSNBC Switch to MSN in 3 easy steps Our Partners Capella University: Online degrees LearnitToday: Computer courses CollegeBound Network: ReadySetGo Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions Encyclopedia Article from Encarta Advertisement Asian Americans Multimedia 3 items Article Outline Introduction Influence on American Culture History I Introduction Print Preview of Section Asian Americans , residents of the United States who trace their ancestry to Asia . Pacific Islanders, such as Native Hawaiians and Samoans, are often grouped with Asian Americans. The rapidly growing Asian American community is comprised of many diverse groups, including

27. Asian & Pacific Islands American Literature For Young Adults. A Bibliography and Korean; South Asia India and Pakistan; Southeast Asia primarily vietnamese and Pacific Islanders; and Middle East. Most asian americans are concerned http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/asian.htm

Asian American Literature for Young Adults A Bibliography Welcome to the Internet School Library Media Center young adult Asian American booklist. Titles included are for ages 12 and up. For titles for younger children, see . The ISLMC is a meta-site for librarians, teachers, parents and students. You can search this site, use an index or sitemap This genre includes many national, cultural and religious heritages. Works can be subdivided into some major groups: East Asian [Chinese, Japanese and Korean]; South Asia [India and Pakistan]; Southeast Asia [primarily Vietnamese and Pacific Islanders]; and Middle East. Most Asian Americans are concerned about being human [Lenz]. Caught between a fast-paced world of progress and a mysterious world of mythology and legends, many books in this genre focus on a perpetual search for one's self. Media Selection Aids Nonfiction Criticism Biography ... Poetry Media Selection Aids Bishop, Rudine Sims. Kaleidoscope; A Multicultural Booklist for Grades K-8 National Council of Teachers of English, 1994. Annotates some 400 books published between 1990 and 1992 about Asian Americans and other groups.

28. Parsing Asian America 3/4 | Asian American Demographics | Goldsea vietnamese immigration. By 2010 vietnamese americans will surpass all asian groups except Chinese in population. The downside of http://goldsea.com/AAD/Parsing/parsing3.html

ASIAN AMERICAN DEMOGRAPHICS New Asian American Reality Show CONTACT US COMMENT ON ARTICLES ADVERTISING INFO ... INTERACTIVE FORUMS No part of the contents of this site may be reproduced without prior written permission. GOLDSEA ASIAN AMERICAN DEMOGRAPHICS Parsing Asian America PART 3 OF 4 VIETNAMESE AMERICANS Vietnamese immigration was little more than a trickle of warbrides and orphans until 1970 when it began building rapidly through the fall of Saigon in 1975. After that it swelled with tens of thousands admitted under refugee provisions enacted hastily to help save a half million South Vietnamese fleeing in tiny fishing boats. At its peak in the midto-late-70s, an average of 120,000 entered each year. By 1997 the number had dropped slightly below 40,000. Of the five major Asian American groups, Vietnamese have the highest F.O.B. ratio, 33% having immigrated during the past 10 years. As a consequence, 23% of Vietnamese households live below the poverty level, the highest rate among Asian groups. But 88% of families that had immigrated during the 1970s and 80s have graduated into the middle class and higher. Thanks to intense focus on education and achievement, a rapdily growing proportion of established Vietnamese Americans are now moving into professional, managerial and entrepreneurial positions, especially in the hi-tech sector. For the past five years Vietnamese have formed the backbone of Silicon Valley's engineering and skilled technical labor force. For at least the next decade or two the recent normalization of U.S. relations with Vietnam and the poverty and lack of prospects in that nation will contribute to continued high levels of Vietnamese immigration. By 2010 Vietnamese Americans will surpass all Asian groups except Chinese in population. The downside of that rapid growth is that Vietnamese Americans will continue to have the largest share living below the poverty line.

29. Asian American Books Bibliography: Short Stories experience, fostering cultural awareness, and to educate asian americans about their Indonesian, Japanese, Khmer, Korean, Lao, Samoan, Thai, and vietnamese. http://www.cynthialeitichsmith.com/AsianAmbiog.htm

Page Updated May 16, 2004 Author Cynthia Leitich Smith Cyn's Books, Articles, Stories Cyn's Teacher/Reader Guides Cyn's Writing Life ... Contact Cyn Asian American Bibliography: YA short story anthologies anthologies related links Introduction Asian American Overview ... For Grown-Ups This bibliography features children's and young adult books with Asian and Asian American characters (mostly anthologies) that were published in the United States. For books featuring Chinese, Filipino, Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese American characters, please see the pages linked above. If you have any suggestions for additions, please let us know This bibliography was compiled by Children's Book Author Greg Leitich Smith , who is a Japanese-German American. anthologies related links AMERICAN DRAGONS: TWENTY-FIVE ASIAN-AMERICAN VOICES edited by Laurence Yep (HarperCollins, 1993). Targeted at young adult readers, these stories will resonate with anyone who has ever struggled to find their place. Ages 12-up. AMERICAN EYES: NEW ASIAN-AMERICAN SHORT STORIES FOR YOUNG ADULTS edited by Lori M. Carlson with an introduction by Cynthia Kadohata (Henry Holt, 1994). For a frank, refreshing discussion on literature by Asian Americans, read the introduction to this collection. Ages 12-up.

30. Asian Pacific American Firsts during the Vietnam War of a nineyear-old vietnamese girl running down a 1974 Japanese American Ken Kashiwahara and Connie Chung - first asian americans on the http://www.capaa.wa.gov/APA_firsts.html

Asian Pacific American Firsts The following is not an exhaustive list, and is provided here to give examples of Asian Pacific American firsts in their field. Arts Education Journalism Military ... Sports ARTS Anna May Wong Mako Toshiko Akiyoshi Chinese American Anna May Wong - first Asian American movie star with the movie Bits of Life Chinese American James Wong Howe - first Asian American to win two Academy Awards in cinematography Japanese American Mako - founded East West Players, the first Asian American theater in the U.S. Japanese American Seiji Ozawa - first person of Asian ancestry and youngest person to serve as director and conductor of Boston Symphony Orchestra, one of America's major orchestras Japanese American Toshiko Akiyoshi - first woman in jazz history to be awarded the Best Arranger and Best Big Jazz Band by Down Beat Reader's Poll; received award for four consecutive years Cambodian American Haing Ngor - first Asian American to win an Academy Award for his role in the Killing Fields Chinese American Bradley Darryl Wong - first Asian American actor to receive awards from Actor's Equity, Theatre World, Outer Critics, and Drama Desk; won a Tony Award as best featured actor for his performance in M Butterfly

31. Society, Ethnicity, Asian, Asian-American: Vietnamese American biographies. VietVoice Has live chat and forums for vietnamese americans with entertainment news, audioclips, and lyrics. Vietdomain http://www.combose.com/Society/Ethnicity/Asian/Asian-American/Vietnamese_America

Top Society Ethnicity Asian ... Religion Related links of interest: Regional:Asia:Vietnam CCBV Vietnamese Dance Group - The Wings of 100 Viet Vietnamese dance group includes pictures of the dance group and information about upcoming shows. Iamviet.com - Vietnamese portal with news, forums, recipes, entertainment, and music. Institute of Vietnamese Studies - Private, non-profit interdisciplinary research institution to promote public awareness of Vietnamese culture, history and literature Ksvn Homepage- 24 hour broadcasting program in Vietnamese - Includes audio clips of thousands of Vietnamese songs and an online Vietnamese-English dictionary. LEAF- VN: Library Education Assistance Foundation for Vietnam - North American based organization working to help the Vietnamese people achieve excellence in education by providing assistance in the development of Vietnam's library system and services. Little Saigon Net / Vietnam Today - Offering cultural and community activities, information, a directory of local businesses, Vietnamese entertainment and news and links to other Vietnamese web sites. Little Saigon Radio Broadcasting - Vietnamese online broadcast, news, and entertainment around the world.

32. National Congress Of Vietnamese Americans Promote active participation of vietnamese and asian Pacific americans in both civic and national matters and in community engagements;. http://www.ncvaonline.org/

National Congress of Vietnamese Americans Nghị Hội To n Quốc Người Việt tại Hoa-Kỳ Your browser does not support script VAYLC Video NCVA Reporter weekly updates Events June 30-July 3, 2004 - Vietnamese American Youth Leadership Conference (VAYLC) 2004 - Washington, D.C. August 14, 2004 - Regional Leadership Training Forum - The Westin Galleria, Dallas, TX Founded in 1986, the National Congress of Vietnamese Americans is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit community advocacy organization working to advance the cause of Vietnamese Americans in a plural but united America – e pluribus unum – by participating actively and fully as civic minded citizens engaged in the areas of education, culture and civil liberties The National Congress of Vietnamese Americans (NCVA) aims to: Promote active participation of Vietnamese and Asian Pacific Americans in both civic and national matters and in community engagements; Defend human and civil rights secured by law for Vietnamese and Asian Pacific Americans; Eliminate prejudices, stereotypes and ignorance against Vietnamese and Asian Pacific Americans;

33. Education World ® Lesson Planning: Asian Americans: Where Do They Come From? size the top ten original nationalities of America s asian and Pacific Answers Chinese, Filipino, asian Indian, Korean, vietnamese, Japanese, Hawaiian http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/04/lp340-02.shtml

EdWorld Internet Topics Sponsored links: Mondera Coupons Earn 90% Profit! Garden Decor Amazon Coupon Codes Coupon Codes Home Decor ... Walden University Graduate degrees in Education Host Department Web Hosting Alberghi Finanza ... Copy DVD Register To Win a $100 GiftCard Visit Target.com Vacanze Accessori Computer Career Education ... Social Science Lesson Planning Article LESSON PLANNING ARTICLE Back to Asian and Pacific-Island Heritage Lesson Plan Asian Americans: Where Do They Come From? Subjects Social Studies Geography Grade Brief Description Learn about some of the places from which Asian Americans come. Objectives Students will identify 15 places (14 countries plus Hawaii) from which large populations of Asian Americans originate. create a graph to help themselves visualize the places from which large populations of Asian Americans originate. identify the locations on a world map of 15 Asian and Pacific Island locations. create a chart to compare places from which large populations of Asian American originate. Keywords Asian American, Asia, Pacific Island, population, census, world map, graphic organizer, chart, graph

34. ACS :: Asian Language Materials asian americans in order to reduce the burden of cancer among asian americans. in Cambodian, Chinese, English, Hmong, Korean, Laotian, Tagalog, and vietnamese. http://www.cancer.org/docroot/ASN/ASN_0.asp

Home Community Get Involved Donate ... Search GetRandomImage("headerImage", "jpg", 121, 77, 30); My Planner Register Sign In Asian Language Materials ... I Want to Help Help in the fight against cancer. Donate and volunteer. It's easy and fun! Learn more Asian Language Materials Provides health professionals with downloadable information about cancer in several Asian languages. Also provides links to credible Asian-language cancer information on other Web sites. NOTE: To view PDF files from this Web site, you need version 5 or greater of the free Adobe® Acrobat® Viewer installed on your computer. If you don't have it, you can download it for free from Adobe's Web site. American Cancer Society Materials Five Lifesaving Things You Can Do [English / Chinese] Provides healthy choices to reduce cancer risk. Cancer Survivors Network [Chinese] Information about our online community created by and for cancer survivors. Colon Testing Can Save Your Life [Chinese] Explains the importance of regular testing for colon cancer. Colon Testing Can Save Your Life [Vietnamese] Explains the importance of regular testing for colon cancer.

35. 17(4) - Working With Asian American Families Japanese, vietnamese, asian Indians, and Koreans. Between 1980 and 1990, the rate of increase in the population for asians was 107.8 % while for Euro americans http://jset.unlv.edu/17.4/parette/first.html

JSET ejournal Working with Asian American Families Whose Children Have Augmentative and Alternative Communication Needs Phil Parette Southeast Missouri State University Mary Blake Huer California State University-Fullerton In contemporary American society, increases in minority representation in special education settings are anticipated over the next few decades. Asian/Pacific Islander students represent 3.8 % of the general population (National School Boards Association, 2002). Major subgroups include Filipinos, Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, Asian Indians, and Koreans. Between 1980 and 1990, the rate of increase in the population for Asians was 107.8 % while for Euro Americans the percentage increase approximated only 6% (Public Law 105-17, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Amendments of 1997 ). Among students receiving special education services in all disability categories, Asian/Pacific Islander students represent approximately 1.7% of the total special education population. Within the special education population, these students comprise 4.6% of students with hearing impairments, 4.7% of students with autism, and 11.3% of students with deaf-blindness. Such changes in demographics also affect incidence rates for disabilities within the Asian general population. In the total general population the disability rate for Asians and Pacific Islanders (9.9%) (National Council on Disability, 1993) is less than half that of Caucasians (19.7%) (Bradsher, 1995). The sheer expected increase in population growth of this ethnic group will result in a

36. Asian American Studies Collection vietnamese americans) . The asian American Studies Collection (AASC) is the result of intensive. acquisition for more than twenty five years. http://eslibrary.berkeley.edu/aasc.htm

Asian American Studies Collection The Mission of the Asian American Studies Collections (AASC) is primarily to support the curriculum program of the undergraduate and graduate students and the research of the faculty in the Ethnic Studies Department. It is also to provide support in this area to the other University of California campuses and the general community at large. Often the term “East Asian” and “Asian American” cause confusion in relation to library collections. Traditionally, the East Asian collections focused on East Asian countries such as Japan, Korea, the Philippines, and China rather than on the distinct experiences of Asians in America or of Chinese in other countries, known as ChineseOverseas. Asian Americans include the following groups: Asian Indians, Chinese, Filipino, Japanese, Korean, South Asians (Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka Americans), and Southeast Asians (Burmese, Cambodian (Kampuchean), Lao, Lao Hmong, Lao Mien, Thai, Vietnamese Americans) . The Asian American Studies Collection (AASC) is the result of intensive acquisition for more than twenty five years. It is today one of the most

37. Asian Americans: Communities & Organizations list of resources on the communities organizations of asian americans, including those of Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Filipino, Taiwanese, vietnamese, Hmong http://newton.uor.edu/Departments&Programs/AsianStudiesDept/asianam-commun.html

General Chinese Filipinos Japanese ... Mixed Heritage General Asian American Donor Program (AADP) "a community non-profit organization geared towards saving lives": registration of potential marrow/stem cell donors in the Asian American community Asian American Government Executives Network (AAGEN) Non-partisan organization with mission "to promote, expand & support Asian Pacific American leadership in the Federal, state & local governments" Asian American Journalists Association A non-profit organization committed to "the professional advancement of our members" & "ensuring fair & accurate news coverage of the Asian Pacific American communities" Asian American Network Chinese-language site with horoscopes, world news, statistics on the Chinese community, etc. Asian-American Village The Asian-American section of "IMDiversity.com ... dedicated to providing career & self-development information to all minorities"

38. Asian American Empowerment: ModelMinority.com - Vietnamese American Youths Embra contributes to the need for secondgeneration vietnamese- americans to find their sense of identity, said Linda Vo, professor of asian-American studies at the http://modelminority.com/printout471.html

Vietnamese American Youths Embrace Culture, Look to Future Date: Wednesday, July 23 @ 10:00:00 EDT Topic: Families By Katherine Nguyen and Jim Hinch Orange County Register July 2, 2003 Tammy Tran worries that what's driving her generation of Vietnamese-Americans to do well in school and succeed are also the same things driving them to further assimilate into American culture and lose their Vietnamese culture. "It's happening already; there's a total identity crisis going on," said Tran, 23, of Westminster. "Vietnamese kids today aren't really connected to their roots because they're so busy living the American life." These are issues every immigrant group faces with each new generation. The fact that the Vietnamese were displaced from their country and came here as refugees contributes to the need for second-generation Vietnamese- Americans to find their sense of identity, said Linda Vo, professor of Asian-American studies at the University of California, Irvine. The children grow up with pressures to be American and pressures to succeed, said Vo. This month, thousands of Vietnamese-American youths will come to Southern California to talk about what it means to be a second- or third-generation Vietnamese living in America, and to share their experiences and hopes for the future of their ethnic community.

39. HepNet - Asian-Americans At Higher Risk For Hepatitis C - Study Finds Increased reaching many in the Southeast asian immigrant community hepatitis A, B and C written in vietnamese. sponsored through grants by the American Digestive Health http://www.hepnet.com/hepc/news031600.html

The Hepatitis Information Network HepNews Company Press Release Asian-Americans at Higher Risk for Hepatitis C; Study Finds Increased Risk for Those Born in Southeast Asia Thursday March 16, 2000 SOURCE: Physicians Medical Group of San Jose, Inc. SAN JOSE, Calif., March 16 /PRNewswire/ Americans born in Southeast Asia are at increased risk for hepatitis C, a potentially fatal liver disease, according to two Asian-American physician researchers. ``Growing up in countries with drastically lower healthcare standards may explain why Asian-American immigrants are about four times more likely to have hepatitis C than the average American,'' said Huy Ngoc Trinh, M.D., clinical instructor in Gastroenterology at Stanford University and member of the Physicians Medical Group of San Jose. ``It may be unimaginable for an American nurse to reuse the same needle patient after patient, but it still happens in Vietnam, and probably in Laos, Cambodia and Thailand as well,'' said Dr. Trinh, a liver specialist for the medical group, which serves a large population of Southeast Asian immigrants in northern California. The hepatitis C virus (HCV) is spread by blood-to-blood contact. In America today, the sharing of needles for illegal injection drug use is the most likely way to become infected. Blood transfusions conducted before 1992, when accurate screening tests were not yet available, are also a major risk factor for HCV. Other risk factors include hemodialysis and exposure to blood in the workplace (ambulance drivers, firefighters, hospital workers).

40. SULAIR: Research Quick Start Guides: Asian American Studies from a Different Shore A History of asian americans (Green Library of Japanese, Chinese, Koreans, Filipinos, asian Indians, vietnamese, Cambodians, and http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/adams/shortcu/asam.html

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