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Harry Tran gazes at his reflection during an in-home visit in Garden Grove by VietMOMS counselor Annie Nguyen. The VietMOMS program offers options to new mothers in a culturally sensitive way on how to care for their newborns. Social services agencies in Orange County, home to the nations largest Vietnamese population, say programs that reexamine subtleties of Vietnamese culture are a more effective way to engage that community.

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Harry Tran gazes at his reflection during an in-home visit in Garden Grove by VietMOMS counselor Annie Nguyen. The VietMOMS program offers options to new mothers in a culturally sensitive way on how to care for their newborns. Social services agencies in Orange County, home to the nations largest Vietnamese population, say programs that reexamine subtleties of Vietnamese culture are a more effective way to engage that community.

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