Practice Forum: Ethnic-Sensitive Work with Hmong Refugee Children.

McInnis, Kathleen

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Publication Date: 1991

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Practice Forum: Ethnic-Sensitive Work with Hmong Refugee Children.

McInnis, Kathleen

Child Welfare, v70 n5 p571-80 Sep-Oct 1991

Describes three distinguishing characteristics of Hmong culture that influence the daily lives of Hmong children: (1) the family; (2) child rearing and discipline; and (3) Hmong perspectives on physical and mental health. Provides examples of problems these cultural differences can create for helping professionals who serve Hmong families living as refugees in the United States. (Author/GLR)

Descriptors: Child Rearing, Children, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Discipline, Diseases, Ethnic Origins, Family Role, Hmong People, Mental Disorders, Refugees, Social Work

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Laos

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