{"id":4074,"date":"2020-11-28T12:10:24","date_gmt":"2020-11-28T12:10:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/cfpr\/?page_id=4074"},"modified":"2022-06-18T01:20:07","modified_gmt":"2022-06-18T01:20:07","slug":"health-and-aging-post-conflict-wars-enduring-effects-among-survivors-in-vietnam-vhas","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/cfpr\/health-and-aging-post-conflict-wars-enduring-effects-among-survivors-in-vietnam-vhas\/","title":{"rendered":"Health and Aging Post Conflict: War\u2019s Enduring Effects Among Survivors in Vietnam (VHAS)"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

Health and Aging Post Conflict: War\u2019s Enduring Effects Among Survivors in Vietnam (VHAS)<\/h1>\r\n

Project’s Details<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n

Title:\u00a0<\/strong>Health and Aging Post Conflict: War\u2019s Enduring Effects Among Survivors in Vietnam (VHAS)<\/p>\r\n

Funded by:<\/strong> National Institute on Aging, the U.S. National Institutes of Health<\/p>\r\n

Amount:<\/strong> US$3.1 million<\/p>\r\n

PI: <\/strong>Associate Professor Kim Korinek, Department of Sociology and Director of Asia Center (Asian Studies Program), The University of Utah<\/p>\r\n

Co-PI: <\/strong>Associate Professor Bussarawan (Puk) Teerawichitchainan, Department of Sociology and Co-Director of CFPR, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, NUS; and Professor Zachary Zimmer, Department of Family Studies and Gerontology, Mount Saint Vincent University<\/p>\r\n

Project completion:<\/strong> 31 May 2022<\/p>\r\n

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Abstract<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n

Co-led by Associate Professor Bussarawan (Puk) Teerawichitchainan, VHAS provides a unique resource for investigating mechanisms of association between diverse exposures to armed conflict during the Vietnam War and multiple dimensions of health and wellbeing among older adults. VHAS is conducted by an interdisciplinary team of social scientists and health scientists from the University of Utah, USA; Mount Saint Vincent University, Canada; National University of Singapore, Singapore; University of Washington, USA; Hanoi Medical University, Vietnam; and the Institute of Family and Gender Studies, Vietnam. The VHAS is funded by a grant from the United States National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Aging (R01 AG052537-01A1).<\/p>\r\n

Uniquely stressful, war punctuates the life course of many millions worldwide. As such it is incumbent upon us to understand war\u2019s long-term impact on the course of aging, global disease burdens, and demands upon public health and support systems. Vietnam\u2019s geopolitical context and movement of war survivors into older ages make it an illustrative case for studying war\u2019s long-term impacts. Research in the developed world demonstrates that veterans and war refugees face heightened risks of physical and mental health problems. In developing countries like Vietnam where population aging and chronic disease burdens are rapidly rising, the older-aged populations have seen a disproportionate share of armed conflict and related casualties. Yet, enduring impacts of war and military service in developing settings remain greatly understudied.<\/p>\r\n

The VHAS aims to provide a unique, publicly available dataset for analysis of the long-term implications of war and trauma exposure for old-age health and aging processes. The VHAS has a longitudinal design. The first wave of data collection conducted in 2018 among 2,500 adults at 60 and older. A second wave of follow-up data collection is scheduled to take place in 2021. Both waves of data collection include face-to-face interviews and biomarker measurement.<\/p>\r\n

Project’s Team<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n

\"Kim\"<\/p>\r\n

Principal Investigator<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

Associate Professor Kim Korinek
Director, Asia Center,
University of Utah Profile <\/a> \"Puk\"<\/p>\r\n

Co-Principal Investigator<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

Associate Professor Bussarawan Teerawichitchainan
Department of Sociology
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
National University of Singapore Profile <\/a> \"VHAS\"<\/p>\r\n

Co-Principal Investigator<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

Professor Zachary Zimmer
Canada Research Chair in Aging and Community Profile <\/a><\/p>\r\n

Research Assistant<\/h3>\r\n

\"Low_Timothy\"<\/p>\r\n

LOW Qing Ying Timothy<\/p>\r\n

Profile <\/a>

<\/p>\r\n

Low Qing Ying Timothy<\/h3>\r\n

Research Assistant
Bachelor, Political Science and Sociology, Singapore Management University, 2019

Research Interests: Policy Formulation, Healthcare and Pharmaceutical Drug, Economic Sociology

Contact Information:
timothylow@nus.edu.sg<\/a><\/p>\r\n

Contact Us<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n

Principal Investigator: <\/strong>Associate Professor Kim Korinek
Email: kim.korinek@soc.utah.edu<\/a> Address:<\/strong>
Centre for Family and Population Research
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
National University of Singapore
The Shaw Foundation Building
Block AS7, Level 3, 5 Arts Link
Singapore 117570<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Health and Aging Post Conflict: War\u2019s Enduring Effects Among Survivors in Vietnam (VHAS) Project’s Details Title:\u00a0Health and Aging Post Conflict: War\u2019s Enduring Effects Among Survivors in Vietnam (VHAS) Funded by: National Institute on Aging, the U.S. National Institutes of Health Amount: US$3.1 million PI: Associate Professor Kim Korinek, Department of Sociology and Director of Asia […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4074","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/cfpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4074","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/cfpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/cfpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/cfpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/74"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/cfpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4074"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/cfpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4074\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13555,"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/cfpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4074\/revisions\/13555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/cfpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}