Funding Source: The National Institutes of Health (NICHD; NIMH) Tulane University's Research Enhancement Award; The Thomas C. Keller Professorship at Tulane University
The Research Team and Partners:
- Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine (Primary Recipient), Principal Investigator: Mark J VanLandingham, PhD, MPH
- Mary Queen of Viet Nam Community Development Corporation
- Vietnamese Initiatives in Economic Training (VIET)
- Vietnamese American Community in Louisiana (VAC)
- Boat People SOS (BPSOS)
Countries: US
Early Findings
- Vietnamese New Orleanians had among the highest rate of return among all ethnic groups
- Crime and lack of health care were major concerns among those who had returned by the first-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.
- Use of routine health care services declined among Vietnamese Americans during the first two years after Katrina. Declines were particularly steep among women and the middle-aged.
- Vietnamese New Orleanians have elevated levels of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) following Katrina compared to Vietnamese Americans nationally.
- Vietnamese New Orleanians have far lower rates of PTSD than those reported for other groups affected by Katrina.
- Being comfortable in both American and Vietnamese cultures appears to provide substantial resilience in the face of a major catastrophe such as Hurricane Katrina.
KATIVA-NOLA's Peer-reviewed books, journal articles, and book chapters
- VanLandingham, Mark. 2017. Weathering Katrina: Culture and Recovery among Vietnamese-Americans. New York, NY: Russell Sage Foundation.
- VanLandingham, Mark. 2017. Resilience among vulnerable populations: the neglected role of culture. In Zakour, Michael, Nancy Mock, and Paul Kadetz, Editors. Creating Katrina, Rebuilding Resilience: Lessons from New Orleans on Vulnerability and Resiliency. Elsevier Press.
- Zhang, Mengxi and Sofia C Pendley. 2017. Shifting Methods when Disaster Strikes: The Conversion of a Cross-National Comparative Approach to a Longitudinal Cohort Study of Vietnamese Americans. SAGE Research Methods Cases. March issue.
- Do, Mai. et al., 2014. Perceptions of Mental Illness and Related Stigma Among Vietnamese Populations: Findings from a Mixed Method Study. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 16(6):1294–1298.
- Vu, Lung and Mark VanLandingham. 2012. Physical and mental health consequences of Katrina on Vietnamese immigrants in New Orleans: A pre- and post-disaster assessment. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health 14(3):386-394.
- Carlin, Kathleen, Alexandra Priebe, Mai Do, Carl Bankston, and Mark VanLandingham. 2011. Culture and Resiliency within a Vietnamese-American Enclave post-Katrina. Global Horizons, Center for Policy and Resilience, University of Southern Mississippi Gulf Coast, Long Beach, MS.
- Carlin, Kathleen. 2011. A hurricane is nothing! Louisiana Folklore Miscellany 21.
- Do, Mai, Paul Hutchinson, Kathryn Mai, and Mark VanLandingham. 2009. Disparities in health care among Vietnamese New Orleanians and the impacts of Hurricane Katrina. Research in the Sociology of Health Care 27:301-319.
- Norris, Fran, Mark VanLandingham, and Lung Vu. 2009. PTSD in Vietnamese Americans Following Hurricane Katrina: Prevalence, Patterns, and Predictors. Journal of Traumatic Stress 22-2: 91-101.
- Vu, Lung, Mark VanLandingham, Mai Do, and Carl L. Bankston III. 2009. Evacuation and Return of Vietnamese New Orleanians Affected by Hurricane Katrina. Organization and Environment 22: 422-436.
KATIVA-NOLA's Other publications
- Kaji, Aiko. 2016. Health Needs Assessment for Vietnamese Americans in New Orleans. CSDP Working Paper #2017-01
- VanLandingham, Mark. August 14, 2015. Opinion/Editorial: Post-Katrina, Vietnamese Success. Sunday Review; Gray Matter. The New York Times.
- VanLandingham Mark. 2014. How culture - and other factors – help the Vietnamese of New Orleans recover from Hurricane Katrina. Policy Brief for the Scholars Strategy Network. Cambridge, MA: Scholars Strategy Network.
- Tran, Thanh Cam and Mark VanLandingham. 2013. Hurricane Katrina’s Impacts on Vietnamese Americans in New Orleans, Louisiana (KATIVA-NOLA): Project Report. Manuscript.
- Carlin Kathleen, Alex Priebe, Caitlin Canfield, and Mark VanLandingham. 2012. Uống Nước Nhớ Nguồn (When you drink from the spring, remember the source); a narrative of Vietnamese American resilience. In Mendenhall E and A Koon, eds. Environmental Health Narratives: A Reader for Youth. University of New Mexico Press: Albuquerque, NM.
- Carlin, Kathleen, Alexandra Priebe, Mai Do, Carl Bankston, and Mark VanLandingham. 2011. Culture and Resiliency within a Vietnamese-American Enclave post-Katrina. Global Horizons, Center for Policy and Resilience, University of Southern Mississippi Gulf Coast, Long Beach, MS.
- Carlin, Kathleen. 2011. A hurricane is nothing! Louisiana Folklore Miscellany 21.
- VanLandingham, Mark. 2010. A second disaster tests Vietnamese American resilience on the Gulf Coast. Social Science Research Council’s Items and Issues 6(3). http://itemsandissues.ssrc.org/a-second-disaster-tests-vietnamese-ameri…
- Vu, Lung and Kathleen Carlin. 2008. New Orleans’ Vietnamese-American Community continues to recover post-Katrina. Image Magazine. Spring/summer 2008; pp 32-33.
VCNHS Peer-reviewed publications
- VanLandingham Mark. In press. Promoting teamwork, from within and from afar. In Dingwall, Robert, and Mary McDonnell (eds). The Handbook of Research Management. London: Sage.
- VanLandingham, Mark and Mengxi Zhang. In press. Migration and health. In Ritzer, George and J. Michael Ryan (eds). The Encyclopedia of Sociology. Oxford: Blackwell Books.
- Fu, Hongyun and Mark VanLandingham. 2012. Mental health consequences of international migration for Vietnamese Americans and the mediating effect of social networks: Results from a natural experiment approach. Demography 49(2): 393-424.
- Fu Hongyun and Mark VanLandingham. 2012. Disentangling the effects of migration, selection and acculturation on weight and body fat distribution: Results from a natural experiment involving Vietnamese Americans, returnees, and never-leavers. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health 14(5): 786-796.
- VanLandingham Mark and Hongyun Fu. 2012. Migration and health in Southeast Asia. In Williams, Lindy and Philip Guest (eds). Demographic Change in Southeast Asia. Ithaca: Cornell University Southeast Asia Program Publications.
- Fu, Hongyun and Mark VanLandingham. 2010. Mental and physical health consequences of repatriation for Vietnamese returnees. Journal of Refugee Studies 23(2): 160-182.
- VanLandingham, Mark. 2010. A second disaster tests Vietnamese American resilience on the Gulf Coast. Social Science Research Council’s Items and Issues 6(3).
- VanLandingham, Mark. 2009. Impacts of rural to urban migration on the health of young adult migrants in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. In: Luong, Hy Van (editor): Urbanization, Migration, and Poverty in a Vietnamese Metropolis: Ho Chi Minh City in Comparative Perspective. Singapore: National University of Singapore Press.
- Vu, Lung and Kathleen Carlin. 2008. New Orleans’ Vietnamese-American Community continues to recover post-Katrina. Image Magazine. Spring/summer 2008; pp 32-33.