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Lee, Hee Yun; Lytle, Kathy; Yang, Pa Nhia; Lum, Terry – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 2010
This study aims to explore mental health literacy, specifically focusing on depression, among Southeast Asian (SEA) elderly refugees residing in the Twin Cities of St. Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota. Three focus groups were held with nine mental health professionals who work with SEA elders. Jorm's mental health literacy framework guided the…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Health Services, Mental Disorders, Mental Health Workers
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Knight, Caroline – Democracy & Education, 2008
The early 1980s saw an influx of Southeast Asian refugees from various demographic groups and backgrounds to Minnesota. As teachers, the author and her colleagues regularly added children from these groups to their classrooms, receiving little explanation of a student's history or language proficiency. To counteract increasing teacher resentment…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Refugees, Hmong People, Immigrants