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Asian American Health Initiative on “Health Disparities” faced by Asian Americans
Similar to other communities of color, the Asian American community faces tremendous disparities in health outcomes and indicators. Some of the more prevalent health conditions among this community include cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, hepatitis B, mental health, osteoporosis, and tobacco use. A sample of the data from the… -> -> ->
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A Health Equity Approach to Obesity Efforts: Proceedings of a Workshop
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK552589 “Maria Rosario (Happy) Araneta, professor of epidemiology at the University of California, San Diego, discussed obesity among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans. Asians represent 6 percent of the U.S. population, she reported, and in 2010 surpassed Hispanics as the largest immigrant population arriving in the United States… -> -> ->
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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… -> -> ->
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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. -> -> ->
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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 -> -> ->
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AANHPI Mental Health
Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander – NAMI.org -> -> ->
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Indian Americans
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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%… -> -> ->
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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… -> -> ->