Mental Health Disorder — Asian Women's Action in Resilience and Empowerment
Citation(s)
Augsberger A, Yeung A, Dougher M, Hahm HC Factors influencing the underutilization of mental health services among Asian American women with a history of depression and suicide. BMC Health Serv Res. 2015 Dec 8;15:542. doi: 10.1186/s12913-015-1191-7.
Hahm HC, Gonyea JG, Chiao C, Koritsanszky LA Fractured Identity: A Framework for Understanding Young Asian American Women's Self-harm and Suicidal Behaviors. Race Soc Probl. 2014;6(1):56-68.
Hahm HC, Jang J, Vu C, Alexander LM, Driscoll KE, Lundgren L Drug use and suicidality among Asian American women who are children of immigrants. Subst Use Misuse. 2013 Dec;48(14):1563-76. doi: 10.3109/10826084.2013.808219. Epub 2013 Jul 12.
Hahm HC, Kolaczyk E, Lee Y, Jang J, Ng L Do Asian-American women who were maltreated as children have a higher likelihood for HIV risk behaviors and adverse mental health outcomes? Womens Health Issues. 2012 Jan-Feb;22(1):e35-43. doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2011.07.003. Epub 2011 Aug 26.
Hahm HC, Lee CH, Choe JY, Ward A, Lundgren L Sexual Attitudes, Reasons for Forgoing Condom Use, and the Influence of Gender Power among Asian-American Women: A Qualitative Study. J AIDS Clin Res. 2011 Dec 30;(S1). pii: 004.
Hahm HC, Lee J, Chiao C, Valentine A, Lê Cook B Use of Mental Health Care and Unmet Needs for Health Care Among Lesbian and Bisexual Chinese-, Korean-, and Vietnamese-American Women. Psychiatr Serv. 2016 Dec 1;67(12):1380-1383. Epub 2016 Jul 1.
Hahm HC, Lee J, Rough K, Strathdee SA Gender power control, sexual experiences, safer sex practices, and potential HIV risk behaviors among young Asian-American women. AIDS Behav. 2012 Jan;16(1):179-88. doi: 10.1007/s10461-011-9885-2.
Lee J, Hahm HC HIV risk, substance use, and suicidal behaviors among Asian American lesbian and bisexual women. AIDS Educ Prev. 2012 Dec;24(6):549-63. doi: 10.1521/aeap.2012.24.6.549.
Developing an Intervention to Promote API Women's Sexual and Mental Health
Interventional studies are often prospective and are specifically tailored to evaluate direct impacts of treatment or preventive measures on disease.
Observational studies are often retrospective and are used to assess potential causation in exposure-outcome relationships and therefore influence preventive methods.
Expanded access is a means by which manufacturers make investigational new drugs available, under certain circumstances, to treat a patient(s) with a serious disease or condition who cannot participate in a controlled clinical trial.
Clinical trials are conducted in a series of steps, called phases - each phase is designed to answer a separate research question.
Phase 1: Researchers test a new drug or treatment in a small group of people for the first time to evaluate its safety, determine a safe dosage range, and identify side effects.
Phase 2: The drug or treatment is given to a larger group of people to see if it is effective and to further evaluate its safety.
Phase 3: The drug or treatment is given to large groups of people to confirm its effectiveness, monitor side effects, compare it to commonly used treatments, and collect information that will allow the drug or treatment to be used safely.
Phase 4: Studies are done after the drug or treatment has been marketed to gather information on the drug's effect in various populations and any side effects associated with long-term use.
