Abstract
Hmong (pronounced Mong—the “H” is silent) lived primarily in the mountainous areas shared by China, Burma, Vietnam, Thailand, and Laos. Most Hmong who live in the US are from Laos, which has a population of seven million with only 8% identifying as Hmong. The Hmong are an agrarian society that practiced “slash and burn” agriculture. Mountainous areas were cleared of underbrush, burned, and then used for crops. When the soil became depleted, they moved on, often moving their village as well. They are thought to originate in the Yellow River Valley of China.
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Purnell, L.D., Fenkl, E.A. (2019). People of Hmong Heritage. In: Handbook for Culturally Competent Care. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-21946-8_18
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