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Recognizing Health Disparities Among Asian American, Native Hawaiians, and Other Pacific Islander Populations

https://nationalhealthcouncil.org/blog/recognizing-health-disparities-among-asian-american-native-hawaiians-and-other-pacific-islander-populations By: Lillian Witting, MPH, Coordinator, Research, Education and Programs “Although the historical wins at the 2023 Emmys for a fun and reality-bending movie furthered the representation of East Asians in American media, there is also a need to recognize the history and very real health disparities of… -> -> ->

2025-02-28
Chanchanit Martorell – Healthchare for Us on KPFK

Air Date: February 21, 2025 Founder and Director of Thai Community Development Center (Thai CDC), Chancee “Chancee” Martorell, is interviewed about the impacts of the the Trump/Musk authoritarian coup in Washington, D.C., ICE raids and ongoing healthcare inequalities faced by the Thai community. Chancee was born in Thailand… -> -> ->

2025-02-23
History of Japanese American Hospitals

A 7 part series on Discover Nikkei by Troy Tashiro Kaji about the history of Japanese community hospitals in the US. -> -> ->

2025-02-15
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS ANALYSIS of AB 2200

Click on “5/14/24 Assembly Appropriations” on the page linked here for the PDF:https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billAnalysisClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2200 -> -> ->

2024-10-12
AANHPI Mental Health

Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander – NAMI.org -> -> ->

2024-09-25
Indian Americans

CADI Research Foundation: -> -> ->

2024-09-23
Metabolic Syndrome and Asians (6 Articles)

Asian Americans have greater prevalence of metabolic syndrome despite lower body mass index Metabolic syndrome prevalence is significantly higher in Asians compared with NHWs for every BMI category. For women at the mean age of 55 and BMI of 25 kg m–2, the predicted prevalence of metabolic syndrome is 12%… -> -> ->

2024-09-23
MedicalLossRatio

Wendell Potter September 3, 2024 The article by bestselling author, and former health insurance industry communications director, Wendell Potter, discusses how private health insurers that dominate healthcare in the U.S. manipulate the Medical Loss Ratio (MLR) to their advantage. The MLR is a measure mandated by the Affordable… -> -> ->

2024-09-07
On February 23, 2016, NIMHD and the NIH Asian and Pacific Islander American Organization (APAO) Research in Diverse Asian American Populations

Asian Americans face health disparities in cancer, chronic diseases, such as heart disease, hypertension, and diabetes, mental health, and among the elderly. -> -> ->

2024-08-25
Boba tea can lead to obesity and diabetes, health experts warn

A coalition of health and community organizers launched the Rethink Your Asian Drink campaign to help raise awareness about the unhealthy nutrition contents of boba tea. -> -> ->

2024-08-22