Hoang Van Minh

Hanoi University of Public Health · Center for Population Health Sciences (CPHS)

Clinical breast examination (CBE) screening for breast cancer in Vietnam was proved to be cost‐effective and acceptable to women. However, the outcomes of the implementation of such proposed programme are unknown. To inform the design and implementation planning of the proposed screening programme, this study investigated and analysed the contextua...

Background In Vietnam, there is a paucity of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) research on people with depression as well as a lack of evidence on supported self-management (SSM) intervention for depression on HRQoL. This study aimed to compare the HRQoL of people with depression and age-matched people in the Vietnamese population, evaluate th...

Nghiên cứu định tính nhằm mô tả một số giải pháp giảm thiểu bất công bằng sức khỏe cho người dân tộc thiểu số (DTTS) được thực hiện tại tỉnh Hà Giang. Có tổng số 11 cuộc phỏng vấn sâu và 03 cuộc thảo luận nhóm được thực hiện trong tháng 5/2024 trên 3 nhóm đối tượng là các chuyên gia trong lĩnh vực chăm sóc sức khỏe (CSSK) người DTTS; người triển kh...

Background Adiposity can be measured using BMI (which is based on weight and height) as well as indices of abdominal adiposity. We examined the association between BMI and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) within and across populations of different world regions and quantified how well these two metrics discriminate between people with and without hyper...

Background Happiness is among the fundamental concepts in mental health that have an impact on different aspects of university students. In this study, we aimed to estimate the prevalence of happiness among university students in Vietnam and to identify the factors influencing happiness. Design and methods A cross-sectional survey was conducted on...

Background This study aimed to assess the cost-effectiveness of durvalumab as a treatment option for patients with inoperable stage III non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) from healthcare and partial societal perspectives in Vietnam. Method A lifetime partitioned survival model was used to evaluate the costs and quality-adjusted life years (QALYs)...

Background This study evaluated the impact of the tax increase in January 2019 on changes in intention to quit and the effect of cigarette prices on quit attempts and successful quitting among male cigarette smokers in Vietnam. Methods Data were derived from the ITC project in Vietnam, which included 1585 adult smokers at baseline (Wave 1, Aug-Oct...

Background In 2018, Scotland became the second country to implement minimum unit pricing (MUP) for all types of alcoholic beverages. The aim of this study was to examine the effect of the policy. Method Three national household-level surveys were used: Scottish Health Surveys (2008–2021), Health Surveys in England (2011–2019), and Northern Ireland...

Objective This study was conducted with the objective of exploring the usage of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) outcomes and willingness of health technology assessment (HTA) and public health stakeholders to use the EQ-5D-5L instrument in healthcare decision-making processes in Vietnam. Method In this qualitative study, 11 interviews were...

Objectives: This study used repeated cross-sectional data from three national surveys in Vietnam to determine tobacco smoking prevalence from 2010 to 2020 and disparities among demographic and socioeconomic groups. Methods: Tobacco smoking temporal trends were estimated for individuals aged 15 and over and stratified by demographic and socioeconomi...

Background The COVID-19 pandemic affected hundreds of millions of people and lives, and vaccination was the safest and most effective strategy to prevent and mitigate the burden of this disease. The implementation of COVID-19 vaccination in Vietnam in 2021 was unprecedentedly challenging in scale and complexity, yet economic evidence on the cost of...

Background Breastfeeding is the biological norm for feeding infants and young children. When mothers’ breastmilk is unavailable, donor human milk (DHM) from a human milk bank (HMB) becomes the next option for small vulnerable newborns. A comprehensive cost analysis is essential for understanding the investments needed to establish, operate, and sca...

Nghiên cứu cắt ngang nhằm mô tả thực trạng sức khỏe của một số dân tộc thiểu số (DTTS) tại Việt Nam. Có tổng số 5024 người DTTS từ 15 tuổi trở lên của 12 tỉnh tham gia nghiên cứu. Kết quả nghiên cứu cho thấy, một số vấn đề sức khỏe phổ biến của 12 DTTS bao gồm tỷ lệ người DTTS từ 15 tuổi trở lên có ốm đau trong 3 tháng qua (chiếm 73,0%); tỷ lệ ngườ...

Tổng quan này được tiến hành với mục tiêu mô tả thực trạng công bằng sức khỏe của người dân tộc thiểu số (DTTS) tại Việt Nam. Kết quả tổng quan tài liệu cho thấy có sự khác biệt về các chỉ số sức khỏe, tiếp cận, sử dụng dịch vụ chăm sóc sức khỏe, các yếu tố cơ bản ảnh hưởng đến sức khỏe của người DTTS giữa các nhóm DTTS, cả nước và dân tộc Kinh. Hầ...

Bài báo phân tích chi phí của can thiệp Tele-SSM tại Việt Nam cho 75 bệnh nhân trầm cảm từ 18-64 tuổi. Can thiệp Tele-SSM là một chương trình hỗ trợ kỹ năng tự kiểm soát trầm cảm qua điện thoại. Phân tích chi phí được tiến hành theo phương pháp phân tích chi phí theo hoạt động và thành tố chi phí trên quan điểm của người cung cấp dịch vụ can thiệp....

Background There is a paucity of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) research on people with depression as well as a lack of evidence on supported self-management (SSM) intervention for depression on HRQoL in Vietnam. This study aimed to compare the HRQoL of people with depression and age-matched people in the Vietnamese population, evaluate the...

INTRODUCTION Understanding smokers’ purchasing patterns can aid in customizing tobacco control initiatives aimed at reducing the tobacco smoking prevalence. Therefore, this study identified cigarette purchase behavior among Vietnamese male smokers and associated demographic and consumption factors. METHODS We analyzed a secondary dataset of male c...

Background: Secondhand smoke (SHS) has detrimental effects on community health, including coronary heart diseases, stroke, lung cancer etc. This manuscript exploited data from the Vietnam Population-based Provincial Global Adult Tobacco Survey (PGATS) in 2022 to update the prevalence of adult exposure to SHS and associated socio-demographic factors...

Ischemic stroke is one of the leading causes of global disease burden. Vietnam, among other low- and middle-income countries, bears nearly 90% of the ischemic stroke burden. This study was a cost-of-illness study conducted from the healthcare system perspective to estimate the direct medical costs and associated factors for acute ischemic stroke pa...

Summary Background Underweight and obesity are associated with adverse health outcomes throughout the life course. We estimated the individual and combined prevalence of underweight or thinness and obesity, and their changes, from 1990 to 2022 for adults and school-aged children and adolescents in 200 countries and territories. Methods We used data...

Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer among Vietnamese women. This qualitative study describes and discusses the mental health challenges of women with breast cancer in Vietnam. Two-rounds of semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted among thirteen women with breast cancer and four caregivers from northern and southern Viet...

Several literature review studies have been conducted on cost-effectiveness threshold values. However, only a few are systematic literature reviews, and most did not investigate the different methods, especially in-depth reviews of directly eliciting WTP per QALY. Our study aimed to 1) describe the different direct approach methods to elicit WTP/QA...

Low- and middle-income countries are increasingly faced with a triple burden of malnutrition: endemic underweight, micronutrient deficiencies and rising prevalence of overweight. This study aimed to address existing knowledge gaps and to identify priority policy options in Mongolia, the Philippines and Vietnam. A landscape analysis approach was ado...

Background Vietnam conducted the national Noncommunicable Disease Risk-Factor Surveillance (STEPs) surveys in the years 2010, 2015, and 2021. This study aims to use STEPs data to assess the burden of comorbidity between diabetes and hypertension, analyze trends over time, and identify factors associated with this comorbidity. Methods The study ext...

Background The COVID-19 pandemic was a health emergency requiring rapid fiscal resource mobilisation to support national responses. The use of effective health financing mechanisms and policies, or lack thereof, affected the impact of the pandemic on the population, particularly vulnerable groups and individuals. We provide an overview and illustra...

Fasting plasma glucose (FPG) and hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) are both used to diagnose diabetes, but these measurements can identify different people as having diabetes. We used data from 117 population-based studies and quantified, in different world regions, the prevalence of diagnosed diabetes, and whether those who were previously undiagnosed and de...

Background Nearly one-in-two Vietnamese men smoke cigarettes placing them among the highest tobacco consumers in the world. Despite the need for smoking cessation to curb the burden of tobacco-related diseases in Vietnam, this rate remains at less than 30%. Therefore, this study examines individual-, social- and policy factors associated with smoki...

Background: Vietnam conducted the national STEPs surveys in the years 2010, 2015, and 2021. This study aims to use STEPs data to assess the burden of comorbidity between diabetes and hypertension, analyze trends over time, and identify factors associated with this comorbidity. Methods: the study extracted data for the population aged 25-64 years ol...

Objectives: To assess mental health status among people with and without disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic in Vietnam. Methods: We conducted online quantitative research on 410 people with disabilities (PWD) and 358 people without disabilities in Vietnam. The mental health status was assessed by The Depression Anxiety and Stress Scales (DA...

Background It is not clear what the most effective implementation strategies are for supporting the enactment and sustainment of depression care services in primary care settings. This type-II Hybrid Implementation-Effectiveness study will compare the effectiveness of three system-level strategies for implementing depression care programs at 36 com...

Background: The abdominal obesity trends and prevalence are important contributing factors to significant rise of many noncommunicable diseases in Vietnam but have not been well-documented in the literature. This study aimed to describe the prevalence and trends of obesity and abdominal obesity in Vietnam from 2009 to 2015 and evaluate how differe...

Background Health outcomes among Agent Orange/dioxin (dioxin) victims are significant due to many individuals requiring daily assistance, informal care, and rehabilitation support. This study aimed to identify the information needs of informal caregivers of dioxin victims in Vietnam. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted in Quynh Phu distr...

Background: While smoking prevalence in high income countries has declined over time, socioeconomic inequalities in smoking have widened. This study is one of the few studies to examine the longitudinal pattern of income-related smoking inequalities and only the second using concentration indices in its analysis. Method: Income-related smoking i...

Background: Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs) are common behavioral syndromes but limited critical evidence in Vietnam. This study aimed to identify ante-, peri- and neonatal factors for ASDs amongst children in Vietnam. Methods: This population-based study applied the cross-sectional design with a multistage sampling in 21 urban and rural distri...

Identifying modifiable risk factors that contribute to cancer is essential in setting up preventive strategies. Therefore, this study aimed to estimate the number and proportion of cancer cases and deaths attributable to five behavior‐related risk factors—tobacco smoking, second‐hand smoking, alcohol consumption, high body mass index and insufficie...

Objective: This study aims to describe the updated smoking cessation and quit attempt rates and associated factors among Vietnamese adults in 2020. Methods: Data on tobacco use among adults in Vietnam in 2020 was derived from the Provincial Global Adult Tobacco Survey. The participants in the study were people aged 15 and older. A total of 81,60...

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic impacts daily lives and healthcare access, including hypertension healthcare access and utilization. The aim of this study is to evaluate how Covid-19 pandemic affects to local public and private healthcare systems in response to hypertension control. Methods: A mixed-method approach of both quantitative and qualit...

Objective: This study aimed to provide an expenditure review for nutrition activities of the National Plan on Action for Nutrition (NPAN) in Viet Nam during 2017-2020. Method The study was conducted from the government’s perspective and within a time frame of three years from 2017 to 2020. Scale Up Nutrition’ framework for nutrition was used as a r...

Introduction: This study was conducted to identify the self-reported communicable diseases (CDs) rate and associated factors among ethnic minority populations in Vietnam. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study of 6912 ethnic minority participants from 12 provinces located in four socioeconomic regions in Vietnam. A total of 4985 participa...

Background Taxation on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) has been adopted in more than 40 countries but remained under discussion in Vietnam. This study aimed to estimate the health impacts of different SSBs tax plans currently under discussion to provide an evidence base to inform decision-making about a SSBs tax policy in Vietnam. Method & findin...

Optimal growth and development in childhood and adolescence is crucial for lifelong health and well-being1–6 . Here we used data from 2,325 population-based studies, with measurements of height and weight from 71 million participants, to report the height and body-mass index (BMI) of children and adolescents aged 5–19 years on the basis of rural an...

Tackling childhood overweight and obesity is critical not only to improve the health and well-being of children and adolescents, but also for entire populations and future generations. This paper provides the latest evidence on the extent of, and risk factors for, childhood overweight and obesity in Vietnam. The landscape analysis tool developed by...

Mục tiêu: Ước tính chi phí trực tiếp dành cho điều trị nội trú của người bệnh đột quỵ nhồi máu não tại Trung tâm Thần Kinh Bệnh viện Bạch Mai, năm 2021. Đối tượng và phương pháp: Nghiên cứu 500 người bệnh (NB) bị đột quỵ nhồi máu não cấp, điều trị tại Trung tâm Thần kinh, Bệnh viện Bạch Mai từ 01/07/2021 đến 31/12/2021. Kết quả: Chi phí y tế trực t...

Introduction The study aims to examine the trends of 4 metabolic NCDs risk factors including raised blood pressure, increased blood glucose, elevated blood lipids and overweight/obesity over the last 10 years in Vietnam as well as examine these trends among different sub-population by geographical area, gender, and age groups. Methods The study co...

This study aims to estimating the prevalence of type 2 diabetes and prediabetes among adult from 30 to 69 years old and assess the association of risk factor with the conditions. A total of 5244 aged 30 to 69 years old were participated in this cross-sectional study, using nationally representative sampling frame. All participants were taking blood...

Đặt vấn đề: Trên nền tảng ứng dụng công nghệ 4.0 thì nhiều dịch vụ trực tuyến đã và đang được triển khai, bao gồm cả đăng ký lịch khám bệnh trực tuyến ngoại trú trên nền tảng Internet (ORS). Bệnh viện Đại học Y Dược TP. Hồ Chí Minh (UMC) là một trong những đơn vị đi đầu trong việc triển khai mô hình trên. Trọng tâm của nghiên cứu này là sử dụng Phâ...

Background Smoking among adolescents in schools is a major global public health concern. There is limited evidence regarding prevalence and associated factors in Vietnam. Objective To compare the prevalence of smoking and associated factors among in-school adolescents aged 13–17 years in Vietnam between 2013 and 2019. Methods Data were collected...

Background Considered a “best buy” intervention to cope with the obesity burden, a tax on sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) has been adopted in more than 40 countries. In Vietnam, a tax on SSBs has been proposed several times (most recently in 2017). This study aimed to estimate the health impacts of different SSB tax plans currently under discussion...

Background Movement towards Universal Health Coverage (UHC) can improve health services, risk factor management, and inequality in non-communicable diseases (NCD); conversely, prioritizing and monitoring NCD management can support pathways to UHC in resource-limited settings. We aimed to estimate trends in NCD management indicators in Vietnam from...

Objective: Hodgkin lymphoma patients who relapsed/progressed early after autologous stem cell transplant (ASCT) usually have poor prognoses. Results from clinical trials have demonstrated Brentuximab vedotin (BV)’s significant clinical effectiveness for consolidation therapy after ASCT for patients who have high risk of relapse/progress. An economi...

Health Technology Assessment (HTA) is defined as a multidisciplinary process involving a wide range of capacities that summarizes information about the characteristics, short- and long-term effects and/or impacts of health technologies and interventions (1) . HTA can also be understood as a method for assessing and analyzing medical, epidemiologica...

Purpose For many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), breast cancer (BC) screening based on mammography is not a viable option. Clinical breast examination (CBE) may represent a pragmatic and cost-effective alternative. This paper examines the cost-effectiveness of CBE screening programme among a patient group for whom its cost-effectiveness i...

The study aimed to investigate differences in the prevalence of gynecological healthcare service utilization in 12 ethnic minority groups and associated socio-demographic correlates with gynecological healthcare service utilization in Vietnam. Based on the national survey on healthcare utilization among 6912 people in 12 ethnic minorities, 900 wome...

Background: Early detection of autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) is essential given the under-reported cases in low- and middle-income countries. This first national representative survey was conducted to explore the prevalence of ASDs amongst 18 and 30 months in seven provinces in Vietnam. Design and Method: During 2017- 2018, a national cross-sect...

Introduction Many countries have established their own EQ-5D value sets proceeding on the basis that health preferences differ among countries/populations. So far, published studies focused on comparing value set using TTO data. This study aims to compare the health preferences among 11 Asian populations using the DCE data collected in their EQ-5D-...

Electronic cigarette use among adolescents has increased in the past decade. Little is known about the perception and use of e-cigarettes in Vietnam, especially among young people. This study examines the perceptions and use of electronic cigarettes among young adults in Vietnam. The study uses data from a survey of adult tobacco consumption among...

Introduction: Contemporary data on the epidemiology of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in Vietnam are extremely limited. Methods: We established provincial hospital-based registries of residents from 2 provinces in a northern urban (Hai Phong), and a central rural (Thanh Hoa), province of Vietnam hospitalized with a validated first AMI in 2018. W...

Background Dengue fever (DF) represents a significant health burden in Vietnam, which is forecast to worsen under climate change. The development of an early-warning system for DF has been selected as a prioritised health adaptation measure to climate change in Vietnam. Objective This study aimed to develop an accurate DF prediction model in Vietn...

Background: Health impacts among Agent Orange/dioxin (dioxin) victims are significant with many individuals requiring daily assistance, informal care, and rehabilitation support. This study aimed to identify the information needs of informal caregivers of dioxin victims in Vietnam. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in Quynh Phu distric...

Background This study examined current breast cancer (BC) screening practices among Vietnamese women and the factors associated with the uptake of clinical breast examination (CBE). Methods A total of 508 women aged 30–74 years in Hanoi completed a knowledge-attitude-practice (KAP) survey in 2019 including validated measures of breast cancer aware...

Background Perception of harm plays an important role in predicting intention to quit—an integral part of the cessation process. Perception on harm from bamboo waterpipe tobacco was unknown, even the predominant of this type of tobacco use. This study investigated the effects of perceived harm from cigarette and bamboo waterpipe tobacco on intentio...

BACKGROUND Smoking leads to many smoking-attributable diseases. The promotion of quitting tobacco smoking is urgent as it has significant and immediate health benefits and improves the impacts of other tobacco control strategies. Intention to quit smoking is considered the first step before quitting smoking. METHODOLOGY This paper used data from V...

Đặt vấn đề: Hàng năm tại Việt Nam có 651 ca mắc mới và 251 ca tử vong bởi u lympho Hodgkin, bệnh nhân phần lớn ở độ tuổi trẻ từ 35-45 tuổi với 90% ca là u lympho Hodgkin kinh điển (CHL). Hiện nay, brentuximab vedotin (BV) là một trong số rất ít liệu pháp được chỉ định cho những bệnh nhân CHL tái phát/tiến triển sau ghép ASCT và có hiệu quả về lâm s...

Objective: To determine the relationship between team dynamics with healthcare coordination and clinical job satisfaction of the community health workers (CHWs). Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 133 health workers (including doctors, nurses, or midwives) at 21 Commune Health Cent in Quoc Oai District, Vietnam, from July 2015...

Đặt vấn đề: Trên nền tảng ứng dụng công nghệ 4.0 thì nhiều dịch vụ trực tuyến đã và đang được triển khai, bao gồm cả đăng ký lịch khám bệnh trực tuyến ngoại trú trên nền tảng Internet (ORS). Bệnh viện Đại học Y Dược TP. Hồ Chí Minh (UMC) là một trong những đơn vị đi đầu trong việc triển khai mô hình trên. Trọng tâm của nghiên cứu này là sử dụng Phâ...

Đặt vấn đề: Nhiều nghiên cứu trước đây đã cho thấy rằng lợi ích từ việc đăng kí khám bệnh trực tuyến là vượt trội hơn so với hình thức đăng ký truyền thống. Từ cuối năm 2018, Bệnh viện Đại học Y Dược TPHCM bắt đầu tiến hành triển khai hệ thống đăng ký khám bệnh trực tuyến. Việc khảo sát ý kiến của nhân viên y tế trong việc triển khai hệ thống đăng...