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Community and Family Resilience, Strength and Wellbeing: Sociocultural Influences on Cambodian and Laotian Refugee Communities' Responses to Environmental Challenges

Denise Lewis

National Academies of Science, Engineering, Medicine: Gulf Research Program

Thriving Communities 3

Refugee and immigrant communities’ histories and cultural differences present unique vulnerabilities and challenges for achieving community resilience in response to environmental stressors and disasters. This project will engage with Cambodian and Laotian families in coastal Alabama to determine how individual, family, and community-level strengths and vulnerabilities contribute to community health and well-being and how individuals utilize social networks and formal services to respond to stressors. Culturally responsive interventions and strategies for increasing community capacity and resilience will be developed.

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Cambodian-Laotian community strengths and resilience study conducted in coastal Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, and Louisiana between March 2018 and July 2019

Authors: Lewis, Denise C., Desiree M. Seponski, and Sarah DeYoung
Published On: Jul 05 2022 19:16 UTC
File Format: pdf, docx, rtf
DOI: 10.7266/W2CJ10FX
UDI: T3.x888.000:0001
File Size: 53.02 MB

Denise Lewis
Associate Professor
University of Georgia

denise.lewis@uga.edu

Desiree Seponski
Associate Profesor
University of Georgia

seponski@uga.edu

Chad Steacy
Lab Manager
University of Georgia

steacy@uga.edu

DeYoung, S. E., Lewis, D. C., Seponski, D. M., Augustine, D. A., & Phal, M. (2019). Disaster preparedness and well-being among Cambodian– and Laotian–Americans. Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal, 29(4), 425–443. https://doi.org/10.1108/dpm-01-2019-0034

Kelley, A. N., Seponski, D. M., & Lewis, D. C. (2022). ‘Swallow medicine, eat rice, pray about health’: health, health care and health-seeking experiences of South-East Asian older refugees. Ageing and Society, 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0144686x22000290

Information Product Scholarly Publication Document

Powerful in Flight: Cambodian and Karen Refugee Narratives of Strength and Resilience

Creators: Lewis, Denise C. and Savannah Spivey Young
Publisher: Migration Letters
www.researchgate.net
Information Product Digital Tool or Other Interactive Media Web Resource

Cambodian and Laotian Communities in Bayou La Batre: Raise 251.2

Creators: Lewis, Denise C.
Publisher: Alabama Contemporary Art Center
www.alabamacontemporary.org
Information Product Scholarly Publication Document

Introduction to the special issue: Resilience and wellbeing in forced migration

Creators: Lewis, Denise C. and Alex Rödlach
Publisher: Migration Letters
creighton.pure.elsevier.com
Information Product Scholarly Publication Document

Parallel Pasts, Presents, and Futures: Narratives of Cambodian and Karen Refugees in the United States

Creators: Lewis, Denise C. and Savannah Spivey Young
Publisher: Rufugee resettlement: Power Politics, and Humanitarian Governance
www.scinapse.io
Information Product Scholarly Publication Document

Disaster Preparedness and Well-Being Among Cambodian– and Laotian–Americans

Creators: DeYoung, Sarah E., Denise C. Lewis, Desiree M. Seponski, Danielle A. Augustine, and Monysakada Phal
Publisher: Disaster Prevention & Management
www.emerald.com
Information Product Website or Data Portal Web Resource

The Khmer Medical Translation Project

Creators: Mercurio, Johanna and Denise C. Lewis
Publisher: Not Applicable
sites.google.com