Methodological Problems and Policy Implications in Vietnamese Refugee Research

Bibliographic Data

ID11381069
AuthorsElena S H Yu (Pacific/Asian American Mental Health Research Center University of Illinois at Chicago, corresponding author), William T Liu (Pacific/Asian American Mental Health Research Center University of Illinois at Chicago)
Year1986
Volume20
Issue2
Pages483-501
Publication date1986-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Migration Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0197-9183 • E-ISSN: 1747-7379
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/019791838602000218
PMID12267859
OpenAlexW2035229049
LanguageEN
Citations received15
References cited4

This article is written with two objectives: First, to describe some of the critical methodological problems encountered in our research with Vietnamese refugees in San Diego, California, about which few studies have been conducted previous to their arrival in 1975. Second, to discuss the policy implications of research beset with these difficulties, some of which are unique to studies of refugee populations per se, while others are common to research on small ethnic minorities in general. This article focuses on four major issues: the quality of refugee studies; the purpose and functions of such research; the ethical dilemmas of studying refugees; and public policy implications of refugee research. Recommendations are offered to resolve some of these issues which would call for policy changes both in the ways refugee research are conducted, and in the training of researchers themselves

Criminology · Ethnic group · Political science · Public policy · Refugee · Sociology · Vietnamese · Law · Migration, Health and Trauma · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Psychology of Social Influence

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