Rawson Helen, Liamputtong Pranee
School of Public Health, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Vic. 3086, Australia.
Sex Health. 2009 Mar;6(1):75-81. doi: 10.1071/sh08040.
The present paper discusses the impact the traditional Vietnamese culture has on the uptake of mainstream health services for sexual health matters by Vietnamese Australian young women. It is part of a wider qualitative study that explored the factors that shaped the sexual behaviour of Vietnamese Australian young women living in Australia.
A Grounded Theory methodology was used, involving in-depth interviews with 15 Vietnamese Australian young women aged 18 to 25 years who reside in Victoria, Australia.
The findings demonstrated that the ethnicity of the general practitioner had a clear impact on the women utilising the health service. They perceived that a Vietnamese doctor would hold the traditional view of sex as held by their parents' generation. They rationalised that due to cultural mores, optimum sexual health care could only be achieved with a non-Vietnamese health professional.
It is evident from the present study that cultural influences can impact on the sexual health of young people from culturally diverse backgrounds and in Australia's multicultural society, provision of sexual health services must acknowledge the specific needs of ethnically diverse young people.
本文探讨了越南传统文化对澳大利亚越南裔年轻女性接受主流性健康服务的影响。这是一项更广泛的定性研究的一部分，该研究探讨了影响居住在澳大利亚的澳大利亚越南裔年轻女性性行为的因素。
采用扎根理论方法，对15名年龄在18至25岁、居住在澳大利亚维多利亚州的澳大利亚越南裔年轻女性进行了深入访谈。
研究结果表明，全科医生的种族对女性利用健康服务有明显影响。她们认为越南医生会持有她们父母那一代对性的传统观念。她们推断，由于文化习俗，只有与非越南裔健康专业人员合作才能实现最佳的性健康护理。
从本研究中可以明显看出，文化影响会对来自不同文化背景的年轻人的性健康产生影响，在澳大利亚的多元文化社会中，提供性健康服务必须承认不同种族年轻人的特殊需求。
