Hmong American

more harm than good, then the client might be feeling anxious or scared and their behavior might be to leave before treatment, or to pull away when the doctor tries to place the stethoscope on their chest. If the Hmong people think that American doctors eat their vital organs and a Hmong patient is told they need surgery, they may feel terrified and their behavior may be to run out of the hospital shortly after they are told. Discussing what a client is thinking and feeling will help to ease…

between both parties, and knowing what resources the families or students may need. This semester I came to realize that my upbringings will affect how I work with students and their families, if I don’t make a change now. Growing up with traditional Hmong parents, I was taught to not ask questions because it could offend others. Since then, I’ve already kept things…

The Hmong people have endured the persecution and killing of their people. They have experienced the oppression and hardships involved in immigrating to a new country with new customs and new values. It is not a surprise that the Hmong culture is gradually decreasing as time goes by (Nursing 220, 2016). The younger generations growing up in America are not as inclined to learn about the old customs (The Split Horn, 2001). It the future, there will not be many people left to teach the young Hmong…

When Hmong patients came into the hospital, their traditions and customary means of healing were ignored by doctors, even when they would not impact the Western medicine being practiced. There was no allowance for the use of homeopathic remedies while in the…

For one, the Hmong, with the understanding that showing mental illness as weakness, will usually not seek out counselors to fix their problems. The will first go to the family or, even better, the clan elder. They have their own traditional Hmong practices that they would use. Since the Hmong will count the family as their primary treatment for support, counselors will usually only see the Hmong in the treatment center when referred to by government agencies…

In general, Hmong parents view their child with disabilities differently than their children without disabilities. Xiong (2007) stated that in the society today, education level, competence, and an individual ability are the factors that people called success. In Hmong culture, children who are fast learner are or physical normal are expected for most parents. Hmong parents expect their children to be independent and able to have their own family when they grow up, Xiong (2007) said “this put…

revolves around the racism concept with the emphasis on two major groups that are Hmong group that are Asian Americans and around the white Americans. The role of white American in the film is of the character Walt who is actually a big follower of the racism and is very firm on his race and always develops mockery nature for the people who belong to other culture. The special emphasis is put on the dark side of Hmong culture and its people and they are portrayed as the bad people of the society…

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from one another. The report made by the Pew Research Center on the racial term “Asian American” imposes the impression that Asian Americans in the United States have the highest income, higher educational attainment/career success, are more satisfied with their lives that other Americans. In response to this, Scot Nakagawa points out the dilemma regarding this allegation. The classification “Asian American” ties together a vast range of different Asian ethnic groups that come to the United…

Today’s society has placed plenty of stereotypes upon Asian Americans. Labeling them as the model minority, assuming that all Asian Americans are intelligent by nature, seems to be the most common (Szu 2003). These stereotypes have been negatively affecting the growing population of Asian Americans in the school systems, as they are leading to teacher bias. Bias in the classroom can cause teachers to view all their Asian American students as intelligent and assume they are receiving academic…