Community Mental Health Journal
Volume 51, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 63-70

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) (Article)

Han M.* , Cao L. , Anton K.
  • a School of Social Work, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA 95192, United States
  • b Vietnamese Mental Health Network (VMHN), San Jose, CA, United States
  • c Asian American Recovery Services, Inc./HealthRIGHT 360, 1735 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94103, United States

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. © 2014, Springer Science+Business Media New York.

Author Keywords

Vietnamese Americans ethnic media Community readiness Mental health stigma

Index Keywords

information processing Vietnam telecommunication mental health service Stereotyping human middle aged persuasive communication ethnology Mental Disorders mental disease Humans psychology Asian Americans male Asian American female Viet Nam pilot study Social Stigma Community Mental Health Services adult radio attitude to health Pilot Projects Focus Groups
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84939877980&doi=10.1007%2fs10597-014-9745-4&partnerID=40&md5=18d20eefb7d6dab8fb02460ac8614c03
DOI: 10.1007/s10597-014-9745-4
ISSN: 00103853
Cited by: 8
Original Language: English