Cuong Pham

TL;DR: The evidence strongly indicates that ART services in Viet Nam should include screening and treatment for depression, linkage with alcohol and/or drug dependence treatment, and counselling to address the belief that chance or luck determines health outcomes.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors assessed ART adherence and examined factors associated with suboptimal adherence in northern Viet Nam and found that depression was associated with low adherence, along with heavy alcohol use and low perceived quality of information from care providers.

TL;DR: Examining the costs of road traffic injuries in Vietnam and factors associated with increased costs found income, injury severity, principal region of injury and length of hospital stay were statistically significant predictors of increased costs; age, gender, occupation and road user group were not.

TL;DR: A high proportion of households experienced catastrophic expenditure following injury, highlighting the important need for programmes to prevent injuries, road traffic and fall-related injuries in particular.

TL;DR: The Chi Linh Health and Demographic Surveillance System (CHILILAB HDSS) is the only health and demographic surveillance system in an urbanizing area of the ChiLinh district of Hai Duong, a northern province of Vietnam.