Tag: study
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More Asian-American Women Getting Breast Cancer
These included Chinese, Japanese, Koreans, Filipinos, Vietnamese, South Asians (Asian Indians and Pakistanis), and Southeast Asians (Cambodians, Laotians, Hmong, Thai). During the study period, all of these groups — except Japanese women — had an overall … Read Full Article
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Breast cancer rates increasing among Asian Americans
In this study, seven major ethnicities were evaluated: Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Filipino, Vietnamese, South Asians (Asian Indians and Pakistanis), and Southeast Asians (Cambodians, Laotians, Hmong, Thai). All Asian Americans groups, with the exception of … Read Full Article
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A study in Culture: Chippewa Valley Technical College’s Culture Fair included food, performances
View more photos at LeaderTelegram.com. A lone man climbed on top of a makeshift stage Friday afternoon, wielding a traditional Hmong instrument that resembled a bow and arrow. He lifted the Qeej to his mouth and began to play, filling the Chippewa Valley … Read Full Article
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Students ‘study abroad’ with families in their own communities
They hosted him through a program called City Stay, which places students with Latino, Somalian, and Hmong host families around the Twin Cities. Alicia is undocumented and did not want her last name used. She came to Minnesota from Peru 11 years ago … Read Full Article
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Students ‘study abroad’ with immigrant families in their own communities
They hosted him through a program called City Stay, which places students with Latino, Somalian, and Hmong host families around the Twin Cities. Alicia is undocumented and did not want her last name used. She came to Minnesota from Peru 11 years ago … Read Full Article
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Asian American students push to reveal what the ‘model minority’ myth hides
A study conducted in Washington state found that students with Cambodian, Hmong and Laotian heritage, among others with Southeast Asian roots, earned bachelor’s degrees at a lower rate than the national average. That’s what makes efforts in and … Read Full Article
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The importance of art
Government arts funding has shaped my own life. In the 1980s I got a grant to study the music of Hmong refugees newly arrived to Montana. The money was small, but the endorsement was huge, essentially saying that the experience of these people mattered … Read Full Article
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GUEST VIEW: Refugees good for city’s economic development
A recent national study by the Fiscal Policy Institute and Center for American Progress shows this for Somali, Burmese, Hmong and Bosnian refugee communities. The study showed that refugees get jobs quickly and make substantial gains in earnings over time. Read Full Article
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Viewpoints: Refugees are powering Buffalo’s revitalization
A recent national study by the Fiscal Policy Institute and Center for American Progress shows this for Somali, Burmese, Hmong and Bosnian refugee communities. The study showed that refugees get jobs quickly, and make substantial gains in earnings over time. Read Full Article
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Migrants to the US are showing scientists how it’s possible to catch a bad microbiome
Because most of them live in our colons, the best way to study them is through stool samples. Vangay collected her samples from immigrants—specifically, Hmong and Karen immigrants in St. Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota. The gut bacteria of immigrants … Read Full Article
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Immigrants in the US are helping scientists understand how gut bacteria can be contagious
Because most of them live in our colons, the best way to study them is through stool samples. Vangay collected her samples from immigrants—specifically, Hmong and Karen immigrants in St. Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota. The gut bacteria of immigrants … Read Full Article
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Brown County’s quality of life gets a thumbs-up
The new LIFE Study also included input from about 75 Hispanic/Latino and Hmong residents who are living in an increasingly diverse county. The percentage of minorities jumped from 13.5 percent in 2011 to 18.2 percent in 2016. Though their perceptions of … Read Full Article
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The Power of Deconstructive Politics: Moving Beyond “Asian American”
Tags: American, Asian, Asian Americans, Hmong American, house, report, school, Southeast Asia, studyAccording to a report by the White House, particular subgroups like Southeast Asian Americans suffer from what the study describes as “staggering” high school drop-out and poverty rates, which for Hmong Americans are nearly at 40 percent. In 2016 … Read Full Article
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Disordered eating in ethnic minority adolescents with overweight
Cross-sectional data from adolescents (n = 2,271; 52% females) of White (23%), Black (34%), Hispanic (20%), and Asian (23%; 82% Hmong) ethnicity/race participating in the EAT 2010 study were used to examine associations between overweight status and … Read Full Article
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Tailored lay health educator program ups CRC screening
(HealthDay)—An intervention involving bilingual/bicultural lay health educator (LHE) education can increase colorectal cancer (CRC) screening among Hmong-Americans, according to a study published online Aug. 26 in Cancer. Elisa K. Tong, M.D., from the … Read Full Article
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Lay educators help boost colorectal screening rates in Hmong
Hmong Americans are more likely to understand the importance of colorectal cancer screening and to get screened when they’re provided information by specially trained Hmong lay health educators, new research from UC Davis has found. The study by Elisa … Read Full Article