Lessons Learnt from a Communitybased Adaptation Project in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Vietnam has one of the highest multi drug resistance in Asia. Although, despite many efforts to implement the Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs (the ASP) since 2016, studies that on the implementation policy are very lacking of this program are limited. For that reason, we conducted this cross-sectional study to analyze the viewpoint of health workers (HWs) on the implementation of the ASP at some hospitals in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC). An assessment of 234 HWs showed that the implementation of the ASP in HCMC hospitals was above average (62.7/100.0). A barrier to the implementation consisted of the deficiency in finances, guidelines for diagnosis, and specific interventions for some common infections, such as distributing current antibiogram and monitoring rate of Clostridioides difficile infections. These were the widely recognized problems in initially implementing the ASP. Although most HWs are aware of the importance of implementing the ASP (79.1%), the specific assessment has not been recorded clearly due to the numerous neutral responses. Despite the support of the leadership, the implementation still faces many difficulties and limitations, especially in 3rd and 4th class hospitals. Besides, there was a lack of wide dissemination of information on the ASP at each unit. To generalize the status of the ASP implementation, researchers should conduct qualitative and quantitative studies with a larger scale.

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Validity of puberty self-report in children and adolescents in Ho Chi Minh City

MedPharmRes ◽

10.32895/ump.mpr.4.4.6 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4 (4) ◽

pp. 33-37

Author(s):

Tam M. Do ◽

Thanh K. Van ◽

Huyen TT. Bich ◽

Thanh TK. Tran ◽

Minh X. Ngo ◽

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Keyword(s):

Children And Adolescents ◽

Sexual Maturation ◽

Kappa Statistic ◽

Community Context ◽

Self Report ◽

Ho Chi Minh City ◽

Pubertal Stage ◽

Perfect Agreement ◽

Kendall’S Τ ◽

High Concordance

Background: Puberty is a milestone in child and adolescent development, yet a feasible tool to accurately assess pubertal stage in community context has not been validated in Vietnam. Aim: This study was conducted to validate pubertal self-report among Ho Chi Minh City children and adolescents in comparison with paediatrician’s assessment. Methods: 80 girls and 76 boys aged from 6 to 17 years old from 5 schools in Ho Chi Minh City were recruited. Self-administered questionnaires about sexual maturation were distributed to participants and results were compared with physician’s pubertal examination. Kappa statistic and Kendall’s τ b were used to evaluate validity of the questionnaire. Results: Boys tended to overestimate their development stages while girls tended to underestimate. Fair to almost perfect agreement between students’ reports and paediatricians’ evaluation, along with high concordance was recorded, however younger boys (aged 6-11) showed limited evaluation of their own sexual maturation. Conclusion: This method was inaccurate to evaluate younger boys’ sexual maturation; however, acceptable accuracy in sexual maturation estimation among younger girls and adolescents could allow it to serve as an effective screening tool in community context.

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Engaging Diaspora in Reconciliation Efforts in Sri Lanka: Lessons Learnt

MIGRATION LETTERS ◽

10.33182/ml.v17i1.739 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 17 (1) ◽

pp. 7-16

Author(s):

Amjad Mohamed-Saleem

Keyword(s):

Sri Lanka ◽

Cultural Capital ◽

Trust Building ◽

Social And Cultural Capital ◽

Engagement Strategies ◽

Post Conflict ◽

Lessons Learnt ◽

The World ◽

Conflict Reconciliation ◽

National Framework

With nearly three million Sri Lankans living overseas, across the world, there is a significant role that can be played by this constituency in post-conflict reconciliation. This paper will highlight the lessons learnt from a process facilitated by International Alert (IA) and led by the author, working to engage proactively with the diaspora on post-conflict reconciliation in Sri Lanka. The paper shows that for any sustainable impact, it is also critical that opportunities are provided to diaspora members representing the different communities of the country to interact and develop horizontal relations, whilst also ensuring positive vertical relations with the state. The foundation of such effective engagement strategies is trust-building. Instilling trust and gaining confidence involves the integration of the diaspora into the national framework for development and reconciliation. This will allow them to share their human, social and cultural capital, as well as to foster economic growth by bridging their countries of residence and origin.

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Measurement of Career Success: The Case of Rural to Urban Migrant Labourers in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Journal of Economics and Development ◽

10.33301/2016.18.03.06 ◽

2016 ◽

pp. 108-120

Author(s):

Phuc Nguyen Van ◽

Binh Quan Minh Quoc ◽

Quyen Nguyen Le Hoang Thuy To

Keyword(s):

Job Satisfaction ◽

Life Satisfaction ◽

Career Success ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Career Satisfaction ◽

Ho Chi Minh City ◽

Primary Data ◽

Migrant Laborers ◽

Urban Migrant ◽

Subjective Career Success

Despite the rich literature on the antecedents of career success, the success criterion has generally been measured in a rather deficient manner. This study aims to operationalize and measure career success of rural to urban migrant laborers in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam by developing an integrated index. The Partial Least Squares-Structural Equation Model (PLS-SEM) with a combination of both reflective and formative constructs is applied. Employing the primary data of 419 migrant laborers in a survey conducted in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam in 2015, the hierarchical model confirms the statistically significant contribution of objective and subjective components to the career success index. Compared to objective career success, subjective career success has a stronger effect on the index. Five dimensions of career success are distinguished including: 1) job satisfaction, 2) career satisfaction, 3) life satisfaction, 4) other-referent criteria and 5) promotion. The first four and the final one are categorized as subjective career success and objective career success respectively. Among the four dimensions of subjective success, job satisfaction, career satisfaction and life satisfaction share lesser weights than success using otherreferent criteria in the model. This finding implies that other-referent criteria play an important role when people evaluate their career success. The index shall provide a general picture of the career success of rural to urban migrant laborers in Ho Chi Minh City and give an empirical result for further micro-research on career success determination.

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Provision for the aftermath: lessons learnt

Waterlines ◽

10.3362/0262-8104.2001.004 ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 19 (3) ◽

pp. 9-12

Author(s):

Andrew Fox

Keyword(s):

Lessons Learnt

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Doing Bodhisattva’s Work

Journal of Vietnamese Studies ◽

10.1525/vs.2020.15.4.4 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 15 (4) ◽

pp. 4-32

Author(s):

Le Hoang Anh Thu

Keyword(s):

Social Interaction ◽

Social Class ◽

Social Status ◽

Social Stratification ◽

Social Groups ◽

The State ◽

Ho Chi Minh City ◽

Class Identity ◽

The Social

This paper explores the charitable work of Buddhist women who work as petty traders in Hồ Chí Minh City. By focusing on the social interaction between givers and recipients, it examines the traders’ class identity, their perception of social stratification, and their relationship with the state. Charitable work reveals the petty traders’ negotiations with the state and with other social groups to define their moral and social status in Vietnam’s society. These negotiations contribute to their self-identification as a moral social class and to their perception of trade as ethical labor.

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Factors Affecting the Organizational Justice in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Journal of Business and Economics ◽

10.15341/jbe(2155-7950)/06.09.2018/006 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 9 (6) ◽

pp. 523-528

Author(s):

Vu Ba Thanh ◽

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Ngo Van Toan ◽

Keyword(s):

Organizational Culture ◽

Quantitative Analysis ◽

Organizational Justice ◽

Survey Data ◽

Internal Communication ◽

Ho Chi Minh City ◽

Research Model ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

Feedback Training ◽

Model Research

The study was conducted to examine the factors affecting organizational justice in Ho Chi Minh City. Through quantitative analysis from the survey data for 242 civil servants working in Ho Chi Minh city to evaluate the scale and research model. Research results show that four factors: feedback, training, organizational culture and internal communication affect organizational justice in Ho Chi Minh city.

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