TOPIC: Prevention & Education
OTHER KEYWORDS: Cambodians, Refugees, Lowell, MA
TITLE: Community Development As Public Health/Public Health As Community Development: A report of the needs assessment on HIV/AIDS among Cambodian Americans in Lowell, Massachusetts
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Tang SS. Community Development As Public Health/Public Health As Community Development: A report of the needs assessment on HIV/AIDS among Cambodian Americans in Lowell, Massachusetts. Boston, MA: Massachusetts Asian AIDS Prevention Project; 2001.
SUMMARY
The report presents a six-month study conducted by the Massachusetts Asian AIDS Prevention Project of Boston, Massachusetts. This study contributes to the discussion of cultural diversity in the field of public health in Massachusetts by identifying culturally specific resources, assets in the Cambodian American community. It also explores steps and the framework need to develop relevant strategies that promote long-term effects within new and/or changing immigrant and refugee communities.