Trang Nguyen
Biographic Data
| ID | 3886981 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Trang Nguyen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Trang |
| FAMILY NAME | Nguyen |
| SIGNATURE | NGUYEN T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Vietnam National University, Hanoi |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2616-142X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 56 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 17 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 56 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Internalization and contestation of ‘bare life’ and illegality within undocumented Vietnamese migrants’ discourse in Germany and the UK
The past 30 years has witnessed the growth of a sizable population of precarious Vietnamese migrants in Europe who hail from rural or working-class backgrounds and arrive via illicit border crossings. Informal Vietnamese-language terms used for the lack of legal status or right to work include the pejorative ‘người rơm’ (strawman) in the UK and ‘không quần aó’ (naked) in Germany, evoking Agamben’s state of ‘bare life’. In this article, we explore…
Women at the helm
Cross‐Border Renewable‐Energy Finance and Firm Energy‐Cost Efficiency
Climate finance is central to the low‐carbon transition, yet firm‐level evidence on how cross‐border renewable‐energy finance relates to business performance remains limited. This study examines the association between international financial flows supporting renewable energy (IFFRE), tracked under Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 7.a.1, and firm‐level energy‐cost efficiency (ECE) in developing economies. Using World Bank Enterprise Survey data…
The Role of Green Knowledge Sharing in the Indirect Effects of Green HRM on Employee Green Behaviors Via Green Empowerment
This study explores the impact of Green Human Resource Management (GHRM) on Green Organizational Citizenship Behavior (GOCB) and Green In-role Performance (GIRP), focusing on the mediating role of Green Employee Empowerment (GEE) and the moderating role of Green Knowledge Sharing (GKS). Data were collected from 291 employees working in green-oriented organizations in Vietnam, specifically within job roles in Administrative and Office Support and …
Psychometric Evaluation of the Dementia Stigma Measure with Vietnamese Adults
ObjectivesThis study aims to conduct a psychometric evaluation of the Dementia Stigma Measure (DSM) with Vietnamese adults in two different studies.MethodsIn Study 1, exploratory factor analysis (EFA) of the original 11-item scale was conducted on a sample of 325 Vietnamese community-dwelling adults in a Northern area. In Study 2 with 407 adults living in Southern Vietnam, confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was conducted using structural equation…
HIV Treatment Outcomes Among Methamphetamine-Using Patients on Methadone Maintenance Treatment in Vietnam
Also Vietnamese, but not one of us
Conducting qualitative social work research with familiar disadvantaged communities is often confusing and challenging. The researchers may encounter the messiness in clarifying their emic–etic perspectives due to their fluid nature. This article adopted the auto-ethnography method to address the role of emic and etic perspectives, as well as self-awareness through reflexivity in qualitative health inquiry with Vietnamese-origin older adults and …
Investigating the Effects of Fillers in Spontaneous Speech on Fluency Perception
Fillers have conventionally been regarded as speech disfluencies, reflecting uncertainty, anxiety, or lack of planning on the part of the speaker. However, emerging research has suggested that they may also signal cognitive effort and serve communicative functions. This exploratory study examined how different types and positions of fillers influence perceived fluency in spontaneous speech, focusing on three groups of raters: Vietnamese linguisti…
Do diagnostic labels contribute to compassion and stigma against Alzheimer’s disease among Vietnamese social work students? A vignette-based design study
Understanding the perspectives and attitudes of social work students related to Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and the people affected by it is pivotal, as they will play a crucial role in the health and social care workforce in the future. This study adopted the vignette-based design to investigate whether exposure to a diagnostic label associated with a case with typical behavioral and psychological symptoms in dementia is associated with Vietnamese …
Development and psychometric properties of three scales employing “what matters most” to assess cultural aspects of intersectional HIV-related and cancer stigma among people living with HIV in Hanoi, …
People living with HIV have disproportionate cancer risk and are a priority population for cancer prevention and control efforts globally, including in Vietnam. HIV-related and cancer stigma independently and intersectionally hinder access to and uptake of prevention and treatment. Using formative qualitative research that used the “What Matters Most” theoretical framework and cognitive interviewing, we developed three culturally-tailored stigma …
Ambidextrous Leadership and Employee Voice in the Vietnamese Medical Device Industry
This study investigates the impact of ambidextrous leadership on employee voice behavior in the context of medical device industry in Vietnam. It also examines the mediating role of intrinsic motivation, and the moderating role of power distance on the relationship between ambidextrous leadership on employee voice. Utilizing data from 207 employees across 12 companies in Ho Chi Minh City, the study employs a quantitative approach to test these hy…
Validity of the Modified Lay Public Stigma in the Family Stigma in Alzheimer’s Disease Scale (Modified FS-ADS) for General Public in Vietnam
The mediating effect of individual capital in the relationship between entrepreneurship education and social entrepreneurship intentions
Purpose This study examines the impact of entrepreneurship education on the social entrepreneurship intentions of undergraduate students with a focus on the mediating effects of individual capital, such as human, social and cultural capital. Design/methodology/approach This study adopted a quantitative approach with data collected from 392 third- and fourth-year students studying at a private university in Vietnam through a self-administered surv…
‘Old, weak, and confused’
This study aims to explore Kinh Vietnamese adults’ perception of older adults, and examine their anxiety about ageing and its associated factors. Purposive sampling method was used to recruit rural community members who aged from 18 to 59 by the time of the study and self-identified with Kinh ethnicity, the major ethnicity in Vietnam. A total of 322 eligible participants completed face-to-face, semi-structured interviews conducted by research ass…
Can blue–green infrastructure counteract the effects of climate change on combined sewer overflows? Study of a swiss catchment
Combined sewer overflows (CSOs), the discharge of untreated sewage mixed with stormwater into surface waters, are expected to increase under climate change as a result of more extreme rainfall. Blue–green infrastructure (BGI), such as bioretention cells and porous pavements, can help to reduce the amount of stormwater entering combined sewer systems, thus reducing CSO discharge. However, our understanding of the potential for BGI to mitigate CSOs…
Navigating cultural and gender aspects of stigma among women living with HIV in Vietnam
Women living with HIV often face intersecting challenges of stigma and gender inequality. In Vietnam, this issue is potentially exacerbated by the patriarchal culture. From December 2021 to March 2022, we conducted in-depth interviews with 30 women living with HIV in Hanoi to better understand their experiences and the coping mechanisms to navigate HIV stigma, cultural beliefs and gender norms. The interviews explored various topics including wom…
Relaxed minds for healthier food choice at school
The mediation effects of sexual self-efficacy in the relationship between psychosocial wellbeing and depressive symptoms among female migrant workers in Vietnam
BACKGROUND: Depression is a common mental disorder that significantly contributes to the global burden of disease. Studies have consistently reported that migrant workers experience higher levels of depressive symptoms, especially women. AIMS: This study aimed to examine the mediation role of sexual self-efficacy on the relationship between psychological wellbeing, and depressive symptoms among young female migrant workers in Vietnam's industrial…
Considering equity and cost-effectiveness in assessing a parenting intervention to promote early childhood development in rural Vietnam
Considering equity in early childhood development (ECD) is important to ensure healthy development for every child. Equity-informative cost-effectiveness analysis can further guide decision makers to maximize outcomes with limited resources while promoting equity. This cost-effectiveness study aimed to examine the equity impacts of a multicomponent ECD intervention in rural Vietnam. We estimated the cost-effectiveness of the intervention with a 3…
Building Bridges and Mending Fences
Our objective is to illustrate how to create and maintain a healthy flow of carefully curated communication between a research team and a community of interest using the principles of cultural brokering. We begin with a brief critical review of the existing literature on cultural brokering between immigrant and academic communities. We follow this review with a case study of cultural brokering between a research team at Tulane University and the …
Assessing Barriers and Utilization of Sexual and Reproductive Health Services among Female Migrant Workers in Vietnam
Young migrant women workers frequently experience disparities in accessing health services, including sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services, especially in urban settings. This study assesses the barriers and utilization of SRH services and explores factors associated with the utilization of these services among young female migrant workers working in the industrial zone (IZ) in Vietnam. A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 1061 yo…
Factors impacting HIV testing among young sexually active women migrant workers in Vietnamese industrial zones
Overall, a low level of HIV testing, high rates of unprotected sex, and low perceived risks regarding HIV among the study participants point to a need to implement targeted HIV interventions that can improve both safe sex practices and perceptions of and knowledge about risky sexual behaviors. Such interventions should use insights from this study to address factors facilitating HIV testing among industrial zones' women migrant workers
New York State’s Paid Family Leave Program is Associated with More Equitable and Increased Use of Paid Leave Following Childbirth
Wider implementation and greater utilization of paid maternity leave policies would promote health equity and help reduce racial/ethnic disparities in maternal and child health outcomes
Do resilience and social support buffer Vietnamese college students’ mental health during the Covid-19 pandemic? A pilot study
This pilot study aimed to investigate college students’ mental health during the peak of COVID-19 pandemic in Vietnam and its associated factors, such as resilience and perceived social support. A total of 101 college students completed an online survey on Qualtrics in the last quarter of 2021, when Vietnam was under social distancing measures. The results show that, at the peak of the pandemic, more than 80% of college students in the study repo…
Vietnamese Social Workers’ Work-Related Difficulties and Perceived Need for Psychological Support during the Covid-19 Pandemic
Journal Article Vietnamese Social Workers’ Work-Related Difficulties and Perceived Need for Psychological Support during the COVID-19 Pandemic Get access Tuan Minh Nguyen, Tuan Minh Nguyen PhD, is lecturer, University of Labor and Social Affairs, Ho Chi Minh (HCM) City, Vietnam Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Trang Thu Nguyen, Trang Thu Nguyen PhD, is lecturer, Vietnam National University (VNU) University …
Perceived discrimination, psychosocial resources, and mental distress in Vietnamese Americans
This study examines how the mental health of Vietnamese Americans is influenced by a life stressor (perceived discrimination) and psychosocial resources (social network, religiosity, and acculturation). Data came from 513 Vietnamese Americans who were subsample of the Asian American Quality of Life (AAQoL) survey (total N = 2,614). The AAQoL survey was conducted with self-identified Asian Americans aged 18 or older in Central Texas in 2015. More …
What Will Come Will Come
In this article, we explore the psychological process through which Vietnamese family caregivers adjust to their role as primary caregivers for their relatives with dementia. The study adopted a constructivist grounded theory approach to collect data with 30 face-to-face, semi-structured interviews with 20 self-identified primary caregivers of older adults with dementia in Vietnam. The EAEA process highlights the importance of self-perception, se…
Benefits and Barriers to Electronic Laboratory Results Reporting for Notifiable Diseases
Objectives. Despite national support for electronic laboratory reporting (ELR), the transition from paper to electronic reporting has been slow both nationally and locally. We assessed the ELR experience of New York City’s surveillance programs to identify barriers to ELR implementation and generalizable lessons about automated electronic notifiable disease surveillance. Methods. We conducted interviews with key staff of the New York City Departm…
He is just getting old, you know’
The results highlight the importance of culture and health beliefs in shaping caregivers' help-seeking process, and advocate the needs of service development targeting not only Vietnamese family caregivers for PWD, but also caregivers sharing similar collectivist culture in different areas. Interventions and services that are consistent with their values of self-sacrifice, devotion to family, autonomy, and self-reliance are much needed
Effects of New York state paid family leave on early immunizations
Testing methods to increase consumption of healthy foods evidence from a school-based field experiment in Viet Nam
Schools are an attractive entry point to improve children’s diets, as their eating habits can be shaped during childhood and the information disseminated from school can reach adults through children. We implemented a cluster-randomized trial in 12 schools in peri-urban Viet Nam to assess if two school-based interventions increased knowledge of healthy diets among children and their parents, as well as children’s consumption of healthy foods. Fir…
Voluntary social insurance for Vietnamese laborers in the informal economic sector
Voluntary social insurance (VSI), a type of social insurance organized by the Government, allows participants, who work in the informal sector with unstable jobs and income, to choose the premium and payment methods in accordance with their income for their retirement plan. The rate of Vietnamese laborers participating in VSI is low. This study aims to examine the current situation of VSI participation of laborers, as well as their perception of …
Understanding continuance intention in traffic-related social media
Purpose Recent technological advances have led to the growing popularity of traffic-related social media platforms which facilitate drivers to easily share, consume and exchange traffic information instead of the traditional ways using TV or radio. By integrating the information systems success model, social capital theory and dedication-based commitment mechanism, the purpose of this paper is to examine the varying degree of effectiveness in mai…
HIV Testing Among Young Adults in the United States
We estimated prevalence and odds ratios for self-reported HIV testing among sexually experienced young adults using nationally representative data obtained from Wave III of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health). The prevalence of testing in the past year was 18.8%. Young adults who had private or no health insurance were less likely to report testing than were young adults who had public health insurance, particularly …
So much for keeping secrets
Little data are available from patients' perspectives regarding the maintenance of confidentiality by care providers. Such data may be useful in determining the importance of confidentiality to patients and in developing appropriate policies and procedures regarding confidentiality. Three focus groups were conducted with support groups of rural HIV-positive patients. Text was coded inductively and analyzed with software designed for qualitative a…
The use of hospital emergency department chief complaint data as a "Near" real-time marker for assessing public health risk of infectious disease outbreak
HIV Testing Among Young Adults in the United States
We estimated prevalence and odds ratios for self-reported HIV testing among sexually experienced young adults using nationally representative data obtained from Wave III of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health). The prevalence of testing in the past year was 18.8%. Young adults who had private or no health insurance were less likely to report testing than were young adults who had public health insurance, particularly …
Benefits and Barriers to Electronic Laboratory Results Reporting for Notifiable Diseases
Objectives. Despite national support for electronic laboratory reporting (ELR), the transition from paper to electronic reporting has been slow both nationally and locally. We assessed the ELR experience of New York City’s surveillance programs to identify barriers to ELR implementation and generalizable lessons about automated electronic notifiable disease surveillance. Methods. We conducted interviews with key staff of the New York City Departm…
Importance of Travel in Domestically Acquired Typhoid Fever Infections
Impacts of international migration and remittances on child outcomes and labor supply in Indonesia
This paper aims to investigate empirically how international migration and remittances in Indonesia, particularly female migration, affect child outcomes and labor supply behavior in sending households. The authors analyze the Indonesia Family Life Survey data set and apply an instrumental variable estimation method, using historical migration networks as instruments for migration and remittance receipts. The study finds that, in Indonesia, the i…
Description of a School Nurse Visit Syndromic Surveillance System and Comparison to Emergency Department Visits, New York City
Objectives. We compared school nurse visit syndromic surveillance system data to emergency department (ED) visit data for monitoring illness in New York City schoolchildren. Methods. School nurse visit data recorded in an electronic health record system are used to conduct daily surveillance of influenza-like illness, fever–flu, allergy, asthma, diarrhea, and vomiting syndromes. We calculated correlation coefficients to compare the percentage of …
Tobacco cessation in Vietnam
The purpose of this study was to explore current tobacco use treatment (TUT) practice patterns, and attitudes and beliefs among Village Health Workers (VHWs) about expanding their role to include delivering smoking cessation interventions and the perceived barriers. We conducted a survey of 449 VHWs from 26 communes in Thai Nguyen province, Vietnam. We assessed TUT practice patterns including asking about tobacco use, advising smokers to quit, of…
Superstorm Sandy’s impact on the provision of WIC (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children) services in New York State
Objective Services provided by the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) were interrupted in 2012 when Superstorm Sandy struck New York State (NYS). The present study evaluates the impact on WIC providers. Design A focus group, telephone interviews and anonymous online survey were conducted. Qualitative data were analysed by coding transcribed text into key words and identifying major and minor themes for s…
Informal mental health interventions for people with severe mental illness in low and lower middle-income countries
The burden of clinically significant symptoms of common and severe mental disorders among adults in Vietnam
The prevalence of clinically significant symptoms of common and severe mental disorders among adults in Vietnam was higher than in high income countries and had a strong association with household characteristics. The result indicates that a community-based approach to reduce household risk factors and to provide instrumental support might be an effective strategy to alleviate the burden of mental health problems in Vietnam
Understanding continuance intention in traffic-related social media
Purpose Recent technological advances have led to the growing popularity of traffic-related social media platforms which facilitate drivers to easily share, consume and exchange traffic information instead of the traditional ways using TV or radio. By integrating the information systems success model, social capital theory and dedication-based commitment mechanism, the purpose of this paper is to examine the varying degree of effectiveness in mai…
Pandemic, social distancing, and social work education
The COVID-19 pandemic has tremendously impacted different aspects of public health and social life across countries. In Vietnam, state-wide social distancing mandate has shifted the traditional face-to-face learning to online learning for at least two months, which created significant challenges for both social work educators and students, given the fact that most social work courses require the practice and direct interaction components, and man…
Proof of concept of participant informed, psycho-educational, community-based intervention for people with severe mental illness in rural Vietnam
BACKGROUND: There is a lack of an intervention model that empowers people with severe mental illness (SMI) and their families and addresses the mental health gap in low- and middle-income countries. There is a significant gap in care for people with SMI in rural Vietnam due to the low quality of care in the formal mental health system and the lack of access to an evidence-informed informal approach to care. OBJECTIVES: To assess acceptability, fe…
International Law as Hedging
Tom Ginsburg's important article comes at a critical time. The COVID-19 crisis has spurred heated debates about political regimes vis-à-vis countries’ bureaucratic capacity. Political regime type is the core independent variable in Ginsburg's conceptualization of authoritarian international law —a global projection of authoritarian states’ domestic politics. This essay echoes Ginsburg's insightful observation but complicates it by shifting the fo…
Social and economic development and pregnancy mental health
Changes in the socioeconomic and political context, particularly through policies to improve household wealth and reduce domestic violence, appear to influence women's lives and population-level antenatal mental health. Cross-sectoral policies that reduce social risk factors may be a powerful mechanism to improve antenatal mental health at a population level
Social Support and Self-Rated Health among Older Men and Women in Vietnam
Voluntary social insurance for Vietnamese laborers in the informal economic sector
Voluntary social insurance (VSI), a type of social insurance organized by the Government, allows participants, who work in the informal sector with unstable jobs and income, to choose the premium and payment methods in accordance with their income for their retirement plan. The rate of Vietnamese laborers participating in VSI is low. This study aims to examine the current situation of VSI participation of laborers, as well as their perception of …
They should come forward with the information
Objectives: Health literacy refers to an individual's capacity to access, understand, evaluate and use health information to make well informed health-related decision to maintain and promote optimal health. Low health literacy is linked with worse health outcomes and is more common in people from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds and from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and among people with limited education. Peri-m…
What Will Come Will Come
In this article, we explore the psychological process through which Vietnamese family caregivers adjust to their role as primary caregivers for their relatives with dementia. The study adopted a constructivist grounded theory approach to collect data with 30 face-to-face, semi-structured interviews with 20 self-identified primary caregivers of older adults with dementia in Vietnam. The EAEA process highlights the importance of self-perception, se…
Insights Into Students’ Experiences and Perceptions of Remote Learning Methods
This spring, students across the globe transitioned from in-person classes to remote learning as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. This unprecedented change to undergraduate education saw institutions adopting multiple online teaching modalities and instructional platforms. We sought to understand students’ experiences with and perspectives on those methods of remote instruction in order to inform pedagogical decisions during the current pandemi…
He is just getting old, you know’
The results highlight the importance of culture and health beliefs in shaping caregivers' help-seeking process, and advocate the needs of service development targeting not only Vietnamese family caregivers for PWD, but also caregivers sharing similar collectivist culture in different areas. Interventions and services that are consistent with their values of self-sacrifice, devotion to family, autonomy, and self-reliance are much needed
Cash Holding and Financial Stability during a Crisis
This paper aims to examine whether cash holding can enhance the financial stability of firms under the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. We utilize quarterly data of 285 Vietnamese listed firms from quarter 1-2011 to quarter 3-2020 for our analyses. The results reveal that cash holding has a positive effect on financial stability during the pandemic crisis. Additionally, cash holdings of two quarters ahead also have significant impact on firms' fi…
Testing methods to increase consumption of healthy foods evidence from a school-based field experiment in Viet Nam
Schools are an attractive entry point to improve children’s diets, as their eating habits can be shaped during childhood and the information disseminated from school can reach adults through children. We implemented a cluster-randomized trial in 12 schools in peri-urban Viet Nam to assess if two school-based interventions increased knowledge of healthy diets among children and their parents, as well as children’s consumption of healthy foods. Fir…
Perceived discrimination, psychosocial resources, and mental distress in Vietnamese Americans
This study examines how the mental health of Vietnamese Americans is influenced by a life stressor (perceived discrimination) and psychosocial resources (social network, religiosity, and acculturation). Data came from 513 Vietnamese Americans who were subsample of the Asian American Quality of Life (AAQoL) survey (total N = 2,614). The AAQoL survey was conducted with self-identified Asian Americans aged 18 or older in Central Texas in 2015. More …
Medicine (32 works) · Psychology (27 works) · Vietnamese (20 works) · Environmental health (16 works) · Gerontology (14 works) · Psychiatry (12 works) · Public health (12 works) · Sociology (12 works) · Political science (11 works) · Social Psychology (11 works)