Hypertension and Southeast Asian Health

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Video | 03:00 | Laotian, Multiple Immigrant Groups, Southeast Asian, Vietnamese | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Hypertension is becoming more and more prevalent in the Southeast Asian immigrant community, particularly among older adults. This is largely attributed to the stress they are under environmentally, linguistically, socially and post-traumatic disorders they may be dealing with as a result of conflicts in their homeland, prior to coming here.

Featured are Giang Nguyen, MD, from the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at University of Pennsylvania, Glenn Cooper, MD, Cardiologist from Jefferson University Hospital, Thoai Nguyen, Executive Director of SEAMAAC, and Rorng Sorn, Executive Director of the Cambodian Association of Greater Philadelphia.

Topics: Community Health, Health Care, Health Care Access, Immigrants, Public Health, Receiving Communities
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