Research Interests

Kim's research interests include using mixed methods to examine health disparities, particularly HPV vaccinations, at the intersection of race/ethnicity, gender, and socioeconomic status. ​

Research Methods

​Quantitative: Logistic Regression, Multinomial Logistic Regression, Negative Binomial Regression, OLS Regression, Survival Analysis, Multiple Imputations, STATA, SPSS.

Qualitative: Structured Interviews, Semi-Structured Interviews, Observations, Participant Observations, Focus-groups, Content Analysis, Ethnography, NVivo.

Peer-Reviewed Publications

• Truong-Vu, Kim-Phuong. (2023). "Racial, Ethnic, and Gender Differences in the Timing of Initiating the HPV Vaccine in the United States: The Case of Southeast Asian Americans." Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. DOI: 10.1007/s40615-023-01689-0.
  
  
• Truong-Vu, Kim-Phuong. (2022) “On the Margins of Hyperinvisiblity and Hypervisibility: The Paradox of Being an Asian American During the COVID-19 Pandemic.” In Global Feminist Autoethnographies During COVID-19, pp. 199-210. Routledge. DOI: 10.4324/9781003223832-20.
  
  
• Truong-Vu, Kim-Phuong. (2021) “On-time, late, or never: Incorporating intersectionality to predict age-specific probabilities of initiating the HPV vaccine series.” Social Science & Medicine 287 (October): 114227. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114227.
  
  
•  Truong-Vu, Kim-Phuong. (2020) “Reflections on Academic Guilt and Family Responsibilities.” Women, Gender, and Families of Color 8(2):216:221. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5406/womgenfamcol.8.2.0216.
  
  
• Fomby, Paula, Joshua A. Goode, Kim-Phuong Truong-Vu, and Stefanie Mollborn. (2019) “Adolescent Technology, Sleep, and Physical Activity Time in Two US Cohorts, 2002-2014.” Youth & Society. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0044118X19868365.