Hee Yun Lee
Assistant Professor
Office: 279 Peters Hall
Phone: (612) 624-3689
E-mail: hylee@umn.edu
Mailing address: 105 Peters Hall
Degrees & Institutions
Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
M.S.W., University of California, Los Angeles
M.S.G., University of Southern California
M.A., Seoul National University
B.A., Seoul National University
Interest Areas
Health and mental health disparities among minority elderly,
especially elderly immigrants
Current Research
Exploring Quality of Cancer Care and Quality of Life among Elderly Asian American Immigrants and Refugees: This study will assess quality of cancer care and quality of life among elderly Asian American cancer survivors.
Vital Involvement to Help End Cancer Disparities: Life Strengths in Coping with Cancer in Minnesota’s Asian American Immigrant Community: This study will explore the life strengths involved in coping with cancer among cancer patients in white and Korean and Hmong Americans. It aims to develop culturally appropriate and strengths-based cancer intervention models to maximize quality and duration of healthy and vital life and to eliminate cancer health disparities among Minnesota’s diverse Asian immigrant and ethnic populations.
Cultural Understanding of Elder Mistreatment to Develop a Prevention Program for Underserved Minority Elders: This study investigates cultural meaning of elder abuse and neglect among elderly Korean immigrants. It aims to develop culturally competent elder mistreatment prevention programs.
Developing Modules on Health Literacy and Cultural Competency in
Older Adults: This study aims to develop modules on health literacy
and cultural competency in older adults for health professionals.
Recent Publications
Lee, H., Ju, E.S., & Lightfoot, E. (In press). The
role of substance use by a perpetrator and a victim on the
outcomes of intimate partner violence. Manuscript submitted to the
Journal of Social Work
Practice in Addiction.
Lee, H. & Vang, S. (In press). Barriers to Cancer Screening in Hmong Americans: The Influence of Health Care Accessibility, Culture, and Cancer Literacy. Journal of Community Health
Lee, S., Lee, H., & Diwan, S. (In press). What do Korean
American immigrants know about Alzheimer’s
Disease (AD)?: The impact of acculturation and exposure to the disease on AD
knowledge.
International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
Lee, H. (In press). Family violence in Asian Americans:
Child abuse, intimate partner violence, and elder
mistreatment. The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Asian American Issues Today,
Greenwood
publication: San Francisco.
Lee, H. & Eaton, C. (2009). Financial abuse in elderly
Korean immigrants: Mixed analysis of the role of
culture on perception and help-seeking intention. Journal of
Gerontological Social Work, 52(5),
463-488.
Lee, H., Lightfoot, E., & Edleson, J. (2008).
Differences among battered mothers in their involvement with
child protection services: Could the perpetrator's biological relationship
to the child have an
impact? Children and Youth Services Review, 30, p. 1189-1197.
Lee, H., Moon, A., & Knight, B. (2004). Depression among
elderly Korean immigrants: Exploring socio-
cultural factors, Journal of Ethnic & Cultural Diversity in Social Work, 13,
1-26.
Lee, H. & Han, G.H. (1994). Sibling support network as
social support among Korean elders in Korea
Journal of Korean Gerontology, 26, 15-32. (Published in Korean).