Mental health needs and barriers to service in the Chinese American community: insights gained from focus groups

《美国华人社区的精神健康需求和服务障碍：从焦点小组中获得的启示》

Author: Pao-Hwa Lin（PhD, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, UCA WAVES Board Member)

Co-authors include: Jian（Lily） Chen （UCA WAVES Executive Director）， Jennifer Tu (UCA WAVES Board Member and previous WAVES coordinator and UCLA Psychiatry Resident）， etc

美国华人的精神健康需求在很多方面都不能得到充分满足。本研究旨在识别具体需求，并提出可能的解决策略。

参与者针对以下问题进行讨论，并对每个主题的重要性进行了排序：

(1)华人社区对于精神健康或情绪健康的总体看法是什么？

(2) 哪些因素有助于提高华人的精神健康或情绪健康服务？

(3) 您对于改善华人的精神健康和情绪健康有什么建议？

根据焦点讨论的结果，林宝华教授主笔撰写的研究报告《美国华人社区的精神健康需求和服务障碍：从焦点小组中获得的启示》，已经发表在专业杂志《Ethnicity & Health》上。

Mental health remains an unmet need among Chinese Americans. This study aims to identify specific needs and strategies that may address the needs.

Participants discussed the following questions, identified themes, and provided ranking of themes in importance for each:

(1) In general, what do people in the Chinese American community think about mental health or emotional well-being?

(2) What have you found to be helpful for accessing mental health or emotional well-being services or care in the Chinese American population? And

(3) What actions would you suggest to improve mental health and emotional well-being in the Chinese American population?

Based on the results of the focus discussion, a research report entitled “Mental Health Needs and Barriers to Service in the Chinese American Community: Insights Gained from Focus Groups”, co-authored by Professor Pao-Hwa Lin, has been published in the Journal Ethnicity & Health.