Strengthening social work and child welfare project in Vietnam
Author : SWPDC
Year : 2015
Area : Social Work
SWPDC impact infographic 2015
Corruption in health service delivery: From the perspective of health practitioners
Author : Tran Tuan
Year : 2009
Area : Policy Advocacy
Attitudes of Parents, Students and Teachers towards Glasses Use in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City
Author : Nguyen Linh Phuong, Tran Thi Thu Ha, Nguyen Thi Van Ha
Year : 2011
Area : Maternal & Child Health
The proportion of students with visual impairment due to refractive error in recent years has increased in Vietnam from an estimated 2.5% in 2002 to 10% in 2007 (The national survey on blindness by the Central Eye Hospital conducted). According to a recent study conducted by the Institute of Sciences and Education in 2008, the […]
A Pre-Post-Disaster Epidemiological Study of Mental Health Functioning in Vietnams Da Nang Province Following Typhoon Xangsane
Author : Ron Acierno, Ananda B. Amstadter, Daniel F. Gros, Lisa Richardson, Dean G. Kilpatrick, Trinh Luong Tran, Lam Tu Trung, Nguyen Thanh Tam, Tran Tuan, La Thi Buoi, Tran Thu Ha, Tran Duc Thach, Anne Seym
Year : 2009
Area : Mental Health
In 2006, typhoone Xangsane struck Vietnam and disrupted a large-scale mental health needs analysis in the Danang Province of Vietnam. Recruitment of new participant was halted and the design of study was altered to that of a pre-/post- event investigation in which 798 of the original 4,982 participants were re-interviewed. This produced the first prerpost […]
Validation of the depression anxiety stress scales (DASS) 21 as a screening instrument for depression and anxiety in a rural community-based cohort of northern Vietnamese women
Author : Thach Duc Tran 1,2,3* , Tuan Tran 1 and Jane Fisher
Year : 2013
Area : Mental Health
Background: Depression and anxiety are recognised increasingly as serious public health problems among women in low- and lower-middle income countries. The aim of this study was to validate the 21-item Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS21) for use in screening for these common mental disorders among rural women with young children in the North of […]