Author(s): Chip Schneider

Contributor(s): Harris County Hospital District, Asian American Health Coalition

Date Authored: June 9, 2009

Copyright: Online video produced by EthnoMed with permission, and with support from the National Library of Medicine.

This video is focused on increasing the Vietnamese-speaking community’s awareness of the risk factors and symptoms of diabetes. The video is entirely in Vietnamese and includes real patients and their families. The format, informational interviews, is based upon the American Diabetes Association’s video, “Day in the Life”.

This video is a project of “Diabetes Awareness and Education in the Community Program”, Harris County Hospital District and Asian American Health Coalition. It was funded by Texas Dept. Of Health and Texas Diabetes Council and produced by VNN Television. The video storyline was created and written by Chip Schneider.