Hmong Culture Analysis

There are several hindrances that immigrant’s population encounter when they migrated to a new country. For sure, obtaining a good quality of health care is one of the most difficulties that the immigrants will be faced in the new country due to several reasons such as language barrier, cultural beliefs and lack of education. These elements could absolutely complicate the medical system. One of the immigrant population who began to migrate gradually to the United States in the 18th century is the Hmong. They arrived in the United States with their traditional customs. Hmong culture, in general, is entirely different from the way of life in the United States. In particularly, Hmong’s health care has completely different systems of health in the America. Their health care depends extremely on their traditional beliefs which are seeing illness as animism matter. On the other hand, the Western medical system is rationalism that means the medical system relies primarily on biomedical beliefs. As I result, the contrast between Hmong traditional beliefs and Western biomedical beliefs built a lack of understanding of both sides

The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down is a story about the Lee family and their daughter Lia who was suffering from seizures. The Lee family was the minority in this situation and the government affected the Lee family by not having cross-cultural programs in use, however because of what the Lee family went through they ended up affecting the government by becoming an inspiration for the implementation of cross-cultural programs.

The Hmong people are a people of diaspora and are an ethnic minority group who, have been a group of people who were basically unknown up until three decades ago. They are of unknown origin and are often misplaced from country to country and often have to assume many different hyphenated identities to fit in with the mainstream culture. As Hmong Americans they have gone from being unable to read and write to being educated; which has led to Hmong writers, congressmen and women, to scholars, and to many other respectable occupations. Though, before being able to become a writer or a scholar, a Hmong American student is often troubled and stressed about their ethnic identity and that can lead to struggles in their academics. This topic is important to me because being a Hmong American and a college student; these two aspects of life are playing a big role in my life right now. Through my paper there is one question that I am hoping to answer and the question is: How does having a hyphenated identity affect Hmong American students in their academics?

The main purpose of this article is for the nurses to provide a successful caring for the minority. Hmong are one of the largest minority group to lived in the United States. In order for the health professional to provide care for them. As Torry Cobb said, they need to be aware of the “history, culture, social structure and belief systems” of the Hmong people. The health care providers need to respect the Hmong American medical practices because they believe in their own use of traditional medication and using the shaman will help heal their spirit and physical illness. They also do believe in the western medication, but sometimes they don’t have confidence in the health care system because of their beliefs and practices. In addition to that,

1. How is this family “constituted in the world? What customs, practice, beliefs and views of the health are important to them? Lia’s family is constituted in a way of life that is deeply rooted to spirituality, rituals, food, animals, a connection to the earth (mountains & farming) and a deep importance of family that is built upon previous generations of Hmong people.

The Hmong Culture is very interesting. Approximately 25,000 Hmong reside in Fresno, California. In the Hmong culture the men must pay a price for their wives. Usually the price for a bride often ranges from $3,000 to $10,000. Traditionally, the groom’s side of the family must go to the bride’s home and ask her parents for permission to be wed. After both sides reach an agreement, then the next day a feast is held to celebrate their engagement.

Everyone has different culture and their own belief. In Kansas City Hmong has their own culture and they have express their culture in the mural on the 751 Minnesota Ave. That whole Murals tells Hmong story and how they come to United State and start living on the Kansas.

As a Hmong American, I still come upon new things I find in my culture that I don’t know of. Religion to Hmong Americans are really important, because it’s

Due to their living conditions, the culture and society of the Hmong and can be compared to that of an agrarian culture and agrarian society (Turner 1984). For example, the Hmong has always turned to agriculture wherever they lived as a prime source to obtain food and as an opportunity to earn an income whether it be selling or trading their crops. Even today, where some of the Hmong’s living in the United States could still be found farming and selling crops at local farmers markets as their primary source of

My research topic is Hmong parents have lower expectation for their children with disabilities compared to children without disabilities. My hypothesis is do Hmong children with disabilities receive lower expectation from their parents than his or her siblings without disabilities in terms of education or in life? My theory is that Hmong parents have lower expectation for their children with disabilities compared to children without disabilities through various research studies available. From the research studies that I found, Hmong parents do have lower expectation for their children with disabilities compared to children without disabilities. Specifically educational goal, some parents reported to have no educational goal for their children

I believe there was a clear miscommunication in the message and the Hmong did not entirely understand Dr. Ernst’s actions. I think they thought that if they got on the doctors “bad Side”, they will attempt to take control of your child, which is not the case. Neil and Peggy come off as helping and caring to me. One of the greatest sorrows of the situation is that this message was never truly communicated. However, Neil's message has elements of arrogance. While it is likely true that the doctor's understanding better the health problems and consequences of the issue, the idea that these American doctors could better understand the needs of their children is horrifying. All loving parents believe that they want and know what is best for their

Based on the issues described early the Hmong population needs to understand the benefit treatment offer the individual, families and their communities. It helps with alleviates stigmas to the family and their culture when becoming aware of how mental and substance use may influence negative change in a population. Since ethno-culturally diverse individual, families, nation, and communities may have different beliefs, religions, and economic-status. May cause treatment challenges when counseling both the individuals and their families to encounter variation amongst the professionals and the client. Since their conditioned and may have instilled afflictions, fear, anger, and distrust when it comes to the introducing the American way of life,

In these low-income communities, the Hmong struggled, with 28.3% of the population living below the poverty line and an average per capita income of $12,923. While initially, Hmong concentrated in central California, it became increasingly unaffordable forcing them to migrate to the mid-West specifically Minnesota. St. Paul, Minnesota, which has the largest Hmong population per capita, offers all the necessary resources vital to socioeconomic growth ranking fourth in educational attainment, seventh in employment, and second in overall quality of life. These rankings illustrate Minnesota’s robust infrastructure necessary for the development and growth of a population’s socioeconomic status. Of the 36,000 Hmong Americans in St. Paul approximately 2,000 have obtained a bachelor’s degree, 150 have obtained a master’s degree, and 68 have obtained a doctoral degree. However, despite access to education, employment, and greater affordability Hmong still severely lag behind the average

When discussing the Vietnam War, our Southeast Asian Refugees of the "Cold" War class only covers its major impacts to either the Vietnamese, the Americans, the Chinese, or the Soviets. Other ethnic groups, such as the Hmong, are ignored or given less attention. The Vietnamese, the Americans, the Chinese, and the Soviets were not the only key players in this war; the Hmong, the Lao, and the Thai people were also involved. Often, these groups of people’s contributions and struggles during the war are not acknowledged. Incidentally, one memoir written by Kao Kalia Yang, a Hmong refugee, successfully provides a representative scope of the brutal impacts that this war left on the Hmong refugees. The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir is a remarkable novel about Kao Kalia Yang and her family’s experiences as

There are many examples of how humans are connected to the Earth. We will begin with the theme of birth. Skywoman came from above and created land with the help of the animals. She then gave birth to a girl who then began pregnant with twin boys. These births represent new life and the beginning of life on earth. During birth of the twins, the mother died because of fighting between the brothers. They buried their mother and from her grew corn, beans, squash, strawberries, tobacco, potatoes and medicines. These became a staple of nourishment for humans and display a direct connection between humans and Earth. Another example is that of the twins creating life.