title: Critical thinking, health policy, and the Hmong culture group, Part I.
abstract: The author discusses the historical connection between the Hmong and the U.S. military operations in South Eastern Asia; gives an overview of Hmong culture health traditions, such as efficacious, neutral and harmful; socioeconomic data; immigration and the local community; and health problems specific to the Hmong.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, State University of West Georgia, Carrollton, USA.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D003645:Death, Sudden / Q000208:ethnology; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000208:ethnology; D007812:Laos / Q000208:ethnology; D008297:Male; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013850:Thinking; D014481:United States