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EpiC partners with the Government of Vietnam to combat trafficking in persons

July 30, 2024
Trang Tran, Project Officer, EpiC Vietnam EpiC Vietnam’s Combatting Trafficking in Persons Team As Vietnam rebounds following the COVID-19 pandemic, individuals are seeking new opportunities both at home and abroad. Several factors increase their vulnerability to human trafficking for sexual... Continue Reading

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Nurturing mental health: One Vietnam province’s commitment to the well-being of its health care workers 

June 20, 2024
Phan Linh, Communications Manager, EpiC VietnamRachel Coley, Technical Advisor and Project Manager, EpiC VietnamTran Quy, Project Specialist, EpiC Vietnam  In the bustling field of health care, a momentary decision can change the course of someone’s life. For health care workers,... Continue Reading

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Owning the data: Advancing the government-led HIV response in Vietnam’s largest city 

April 4, 2024

In 2023, EpiC launched Key Population Electronic Logbook (KP eLog) in with Ho Chi Minh City Center for Disease Control. It aims to improve HIV data quality for prevention and testing services and link data between community-based interventions for key populations and facility-based services.

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A social worker’s journey to becoming an agent of change against human trafficking

March 6, 2024
Linh Phan, Communications Manager, EpiC VietnamLan Ha Ngoc, Project Manager, Combating Trafficking in Persons, EpiC VietnamVan Nguyen Thanh, Senior Technical Officer, Combating Trafficking in Persons, EpiC Vietnam In 2022, Hoang Thanh Thao, a social worker at the Ho Chi Minh... Continue Reading

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It’s a team effort: Improving government coordination to support victims of trafficking in Vietnam

September 6, 2022
Ha Ngoc Lan, CTIP Project Manager, EpiC VietnamNguyen Thanh Van, CTIP Project Officer, EpiC VietnamRachel Coley, Technical Advisor and Project Manager, EpiC Vietnam Featured image: Four key ministries joined together in the signing ceremony of the inter-ministerial coordination regulation in... Continue Reading

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Assessment

A questionnaire or “screener” meant to be used with individual patients in a clinical setting to screen for, help diagnose, or monitor progress for individual mental health conditions.

Intervention

Larger packages or broader-reaching resources that describe actions or activities to be implemented. These may be appropriate for individuals, groups, and/or programs.

Anxiety

Feelings of fear, dread, and uneasiness that may occur as a reaction to stress. Anxiety can be a symptom or a feeling; it can also be a clinical diagnosis of a mental health condition.

Burnout

A state of emotional, physical, and mental exhaustion caused by excessive and prolonged stress, typically related to one’s work, that is not managed well. Burnout is considered an occupational phenomenon.

Clinical diagnoses

Mental or neuropsychiatric disorders, or disruptive, unusual, or maladaptive behaviors that have been evaluated and diagnosed by a trained medical professional.

Depression

A mood disorder that causes a persistent feeling of sadness and loss of interest.

Disability

A physical or mental condition that limits a person’s movements, senses, or activities.

Insomnia

A sleep disorder, or disordered sleep pattern, characterized by trouble falling and/or staying asleep.

Overall well-being

The state of being comfortable, healthy, or happy; judging one’s own life positively; generally, “feeling good.”

Post-traumatic stress (PTS)

A normal adaptive response to traumatic or stressful life events that can result in a wide range of distressing symptoms. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) differs from PTS and is a clinical diagnosis.

Self-efficacy

An individual’s belief in their capacity to act in the ways necessary to reach specific goals.

Self-harm/suicidality

Deliberate injury to oneself as an emotional coping mechanism, ranging from cutting oneself to suicide. Expressions of self-harm and/or suicidality are usually considered an emergency and should be assessed and managed by a trained professional.

Social support

The perception that one is cared for, has assistance available if needed, and that one is part of a supportive social network.

Stress

Any type of change to one’s internal or external environment that causes physical, emotional, or psychological strain. “Managing stress” is an effort to return from this state of strain or disturbance to homeostasis or well-being.

Substance abuse

Use of a substance (usually drugs or alcohol) in amounts or by methods that are harmful to oneself or others. Substance use disorder (SUD) and addiction are distinct clinical diagnoses.

Trauma

Lasting biopsychosocial and/or emotional response that often results from experiencing a terrible event such as an accident, crime, military combat, or natural disaster, or a series of chronic traumatic events like persistent abuse or neglect.

Program beneficiary

Individual who receives program services; an entire group or population may be the recipient of services.

Service provider

Individual who directly provides services to another individual, group, or population (the “program beneficiary”) through a program.

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