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Paper Presentation

University-Community Partnerships

Session: Culture, Disability, and Healing: Community-Centered Approaches

Helping Vietnamese Refugees in Cognitive Disability: Collaborations within University-Community Partnerships

Due to the adverse life conditions before and after migration, older Vietnamese refugees/immigrants have faced numerous health disparities including their cognitive health. Leveraging university-community partnerships (bilingual/bicultural Vietnamese-American students and Vietnamese local organizations), a mentor-mentee training was developed to grow multi-generational care to promote cognitive health literacy in the Vietnamese-American community.

Learning Objectives:

At the end of this session, attendees should be able to:
  1. Describe the history of the development of the Cognitive Health Initiative (CHAIN) program.
  2. Describe how a mentor-mentee program was developed and how its training worked.
  3. Articulate how university-community partnerships contributed to the multi-generational collaborations between university students and older Vietnamese refugees/immigrants.