Indochinese Refugee Research Articles

Height and weight status of Indochinese refugee children. An anthropometric study of 1,650 children.

To provide guidelines for assessing growth status of Indochinese refugee children, height and weight measurements were obtained from 1,650 children residing in Lao refugee camps, Cambodian refugee camps, and surrounding Thai villages. These are compared with the few existing growth references for Asian children. In comparison to US growth standards (National Center for Health Statistics/Centers for Disease Control) for children, the mean weight for age and mean height for age of the studied groups are approximately 2 SDs below US means. Weight for height is 0.7 SD below US means. This marked difference in growth status appears to be due to nutritional factors related more to cultural or economic issues affecting these children than to their genetic background. The US growth standards can serve as reference tools in evaluating the growth status of newly arrived Southeast Asian children, if used with the perspective that Southeast Asian children, on a group basis, have different distributions on US growth curves.

The Role of the Helping Professional in South-East Asian Communities: a Conceptual Analysis

[South-East Asian minority groups are becoming an increasingly visible element within the Australian social fabric, due to greater Asian immigration and the Indo chinese refugee situation. Consequently, they are becoming increasingly significant client groups, demonstrating patterns of need and seeking help which challenge many traditional assumptions about social work intervention and counselling. Counselors in Australia working with Asians and in particular with Indochinese refugees, are in the process of developing an alternative set of skills, methods and values to assist them to intervene effectively with a fairly distinctive client group].

Recent trends in tuberculosis in children

From 1976 through 1981, the incidence of tuberculosis in the United States among children 0 through 14 years of age failed to decline. The incidence had declined at a rate of about 9% per year from 1962 through 1975. The failure was observed for both sexes and for white children and children of "other" races. Data confined to 1980 and 1981 suggested that Hispanic children with tuberculosis may have accounted for the stability of the tuberculosis case rate among white children. Tuberculosis among Indochinese refugee children accounted for the stability of the case rate among children of other races. (<i>JAMA</i>1984;251:1289-1292)

Recent Trends in Tuberculosis in Children

From 1976 through 1981, the incidence of tuberculosis in the United States among children 0 through 14 years of age failed to decline. The incidence had declined at a rate of about 9% per year from 1962 through 1975. The failure was observed for both sexes and for white children and children of "other" races. Data confined to 1980 and 1981 suggested that Hispanic children with tuberculosis may have accounted for the stability of the tuberculosis case rate among white children. Tuberculosis among Indochinese refugee children accounted for the stability of the case rate among children of other races.

Incidence of middle ear disease in Indochinese refugee schoolchildren.

186 Indochinese refugee schoolchildren were screened for middle ear disease using pure-tone audiometry and an acoustic impedance battery. A control group consisting of 186 American schoolchildren was also screened. The purpose of the investigation was to determine the incidence of ear disease in the Indochinese refugee school population as compared to American classmates. A secondary objective was to establish an effective screening criterion for the refugee population. Results indicated that the incidence of ear pathology in the Indochinese population exceeded that found in the American classmates and in most other studies reported on high-risk populations. Medical evaluation confirmed that low compliance (less than 0.25 cm3) is a sensitive predictor of probable middle ear pathology in Indochinese refugee children.

Indochinese refugee fertility rates and pregnancy risk factors, Oregon.

Matching 471 Oregon birth certificates with official Indochinese arrival lists reveals a fertility rate of 126.7, 1.8 times the US rate of 68.5. Greater maternal and infant risk rates were noted, particularly for Hmong. Data indicate improvements in obtaining prenatal care and in reducing the number of low birth weight infants for refugees who have resided in the US three or more months: however, the improvements appear to be reversed after 12 months of US residency.

An indochinese refugee population in a nurse-midwife service

The Nurse-Midwife Service of a county teaching hospital provided care for 229 Indochinese refugee women in 1980 and 1981. Unique health and obstetric problems presented themselves and language and cultural barriers were overcome while providing care. In spite of years of hardship and deprivation, the obstetric and newborn outcomes for this group of women were good. The key to success in working well with this group of women i$ to adjust their care to meet their cultural expectations of childbirth as much as is safely possible and to allow their cultural advantage of relaxed childbirth to work for them.

Chemical-Biological Warfare in Asia

DURING the first six months of 1980, I was involved in the Indo-Chinese refugee relief effort in Thailand as a volunteer physician at Ban Vinai camp. This camp is the principal refuge of the Laotian Hmong population, who are enemies of the Communist Pathet Lao and Vietnamese governments because of the Hmong's collaboration with the United States in the war with North Vietnam. After the war, the Hmong maintained a strong resistance to Vietnam's troops until 1979, when they were defeated at Phu Bia, Laos. Now most of the Hmong are either refugees or under control of the Vietnamese occupying force, although the resistance continues on a much reduced level. Since 1976, there have been accounts by the Hmong of chemical-biological warfare activity against their fighters and their villages and in experimentation programs. Although this was not an issue at the time I was in Ban Vinai, I had evaluated

Books Received

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Indochinese Refugee Social Assistance Programs in Europe and the United States

&#x0D; &#x0D; &#x0D; One of the important functions of Refuge is the analysis and interpretation of key reports on refugees. In the last issue, we informed readers of three important studies On the resettlement of the Indo- Chinese in Canada In this issue we compare three reports, two American and one European, which analyze the as- sistance offered in refugee resettlement.&#x0D; &#x0D; &#x0D;

Private Sponsorship vs.Government Assistance

A Summary of some findings of Employment and Immigration Canada's Evaluation of the Indochinese Refugee Movement, 1979-80

Health screening of Indochinese refugee children.

The first 100 Indochinese refugee patients screened at Oakland (Calif) Children's Hospital had a remarkably high incidence of treatable infectious and parasitic diseases. The PPD skin tests were positive in 28%, and stool parasites were present in 65%. There were wide differences among the various ethnic groups in prevalence of stool parasites, anemia, and hemoglobin E trait, with a higher rate among Cambodians accounting for these differences. There were also differences in stool parasite patterns when the refugees were separated by ethnic origin. Cambodians had predominantly hookworm and Strongyloides, Laotians harbored hookworm and Trichuris, and Vietnamese were infested with Trichuris and Giardia. Malaria. Pott's disease, and congenital syphilis were among the uncommonly encountered diseases. Results of screening will vary with ethnic origin, but health screening has a high yield for all Indochinese refugees.

Indochinese Refugees: Impact on ASEAN and U.S. Policy

At the July 1979 Geneva conference on Indochinese refugees, the Government of Vietnam (SRV) agreed to discourage the outflow of Vietnamese refugees. Since then, the big ships carrying Vietnamese refugees with exit-permits have ceased coming, but there is still a sub stantial outflow of clandestine departures ? over 50,000 arrived in first asylum areas in Asia in January-August 1980. There is also a continuous outflow from Laos. The monthly average of about 5,000 arriving in refugee camps in Thailand during 1978/79 was somewhat higher in 1980. As for the Khmer, the large numbers massing on the Thai-Kampuchean border in late 1979 had by mid-1980 been greatly reduced. Future prospects, however, remain uncertain as long as there is no solution to the conflict in Kampuchea. The Indochinese refugee problem, in other words, remains a serious one. The purpose of this paper is to consider recent develop ments in (1) flow trends in the Indochinese refugee movement, (2) the impact on the main first asylum countries in Southeast Asia, and (3) the policies of the United States, which has been the largest reci pient of refugees resettled from first asylum camps in the ASEAN countries.

School health screening of Indochinese refugee children.

Journal of School HealthVolume 51, Issue 2 p. 102-105 School Health Screening of Indochinese Refugee Children Sheila M. Pickwell, Sheila M. Pickwell Sheila M. Pickwell, RN, MN, CFNP, Coordinator, Adult Nurse Practitioner Program, Adult/Child Health Nurse Practitioner Program, University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, S-005, La Jolla, CA 92093.Search for more papers by this author Sheila M. Pickwell, Sheila M. Pickwell Sheila M. Pickwell, RN, MN, CFNP, Coordinator, Adult Nurse Practitioner Program, Adult/Child Health Nurse Practitioner Program, University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, S-005, La Jolla, CA 92093.Search for more papers by this author First published: February 1981 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1746-1561.1981.tb02134.xCitations: 3 AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat Citing Literature Volume51, Issue2February 1981Pages 102-105 RelatedInformation

Determining Factors of Perceived Adaptation and Academic Standing of Indochinese Refugee Students: An Exploratory Study

Indochinese student success in adapting to new school environments may lead to improvements in academic performance. Factors which contribute to the process of adaptation in new school settings include perceived adaptation in the old school, academic standing in the old school, and age.

The Geneva Conferences and the Indochinese Refugee Crisis

In late July, 1979, three refugee conferences were held in Geneva, Switzerland: the International Council of Voluntary Agencies Voluntary Agency Consultation on the Indo-China Refugee Problem (ICVA) on the 18th and 19th; the United Nations Meeting on Refugees and Displaced Persons in South-East Asia (UN Meeting) convened by the Secretary General on the 20th and 21st; and the World Council of Churches Consultation on Indochinese Refugees (WCC) on the 24th and 25th. The UN Meeting was the most important meeting and the cause of the other two, but the WCC Consultation was the most interesting, and, the ICVA Consultation was the most businesslike and informative.

Service Delivery to Indo-Chinese Refugee Children— The South Australian Experience

This paper will discuss some of the issues arising from the South Australian experience in the resettlement of Indo-Chinese refugee children. The main emphasis of this paper will be on the issue of service delivery to these refugee children and the problems arising from their adjustment to a new and foreign environment.

Service Delivery to Indo-Chinese Refugee Children — The South Australian Experience

This paper will discuss some of the issues arising from the South Australian experience in the resettlement of Indo-Chinese refugee children. The main emphasis of this paper will be on the issue of service delivery to these refugee children and the problems arising from their adjustment to a new and foreign environment.

The Indochinese Refugee: The Evolution of United States Policy

Unfortunately, due to a variety of circumstances including the sudden demise of that government, very few of those selected were able to get out during the air-sea evacuation. In all, a total of nearly 130,000 evacuees were taken to temporary haven on Guam and Wake Island and later transferred to the processing centers located in California, Arkansas, Pennsylvania, and Florida. The resettlement process was undertaken following the traditional pattern by which the voluntary agencies were to find homes and jobs for the refugees with limited financial assistance from the government. The program of clearing the camps terminated on December 20, 1975 but the resettlement of these refugees still continues. During this, the governments of Cambodia and Laos also fell to the communists with the resultant flow of refugees into neighboring Thai? land. By December 1975 when the U.S. processing camps were closed, over 80,000 Indochinese refugees were located in camps throughout Thailand. Their situation has always been precarious as the Thais endeavored to maintain a stance of neutrality while at the same time they were granting a haven to nationals who fled the newly established home governments. The United States was under heavy pressure to admit additional refugees. The Thais, of course, were most anxious to have the refugees resettled outside Thailand. Following hearings by the House of Repre? sentatives Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, and International Law the Attorney General in June 1976 authorized the admission of an

The Indochinese Refugee: The Evolution of United States Policy

The Indochinese Refugee: The Evolution of United States Policy