Building Community Research Capacity

In support of the Health Through Action (HTA) Program, the RED team provides training and technical assistance to improve our community partners’ capacity to conduct research and use the findings strategically. We are conducting a series of webinars this year on community-based participatory research, research methods, data collection, analysis, and reporting, as well as how to use research and data strategically for policy advocacy, community education, and other interventions.

We help to build the evidence base for advocacy to improve data on AA and NHPI health on national, state, and local levels. We work to develop, convene, and sustain a national policy consortium of leading researchers, community advocates, and policy makers towards this goal. Working with our AA and NHPI community partners and other public and private partners nationwide, we also help build and advance national research initiatives on AA and NHPI health.

Recognizing that the paucity of research and data has hindered efforts to address health disparities for AAs and NHPIs, we conduct independent research projects to help improve understanding of AA and NHPI health and to raise awareness of health issues disproportionately affecting our communities. Our findings are intended to help elected and appointed officials, community leaders and advocates, and community residents to develop appropriate policies and programs and strengthen partnerships to reduce and eliminate health disparities among AAs and NHPIs.

The RED team compiles, updates, and disseminates data on the demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of AAs and NHPIs to help inform the work of APIAHF and its partners. The main data sources we use include the American Community Survey (ACS), the Current Population Survey (CPS), and the decennial Census.

The Research, Evaluation, and Data (RED) team works to inform and build the evidence base for policy advocacy, community education, and other initiatives APIAHF conducts independently or in partnership with its partners to advance Asian American (AA), Native Hawaiian (NH), and Pacific Islander (PI) health and promote health equity.

For Immediate Release
March 23, 2011

Washington, DC – As part of a national celebration of the one-year anniversary of passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, APIAHF and members of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AA and NHPI) health organizations in 23 communities in 15 states today held birthday party events to celebrate the largest overhaul of the health care system in decades.

In the year since health care reform was signed into law on March 23, 2010, a number of benefits have already gone into effect.

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March 23, 2011 marks the one-year anniversary of the largest overhaul of health care system in the United States. Health care reform lowers the cost of health care, increases the number of health care providers, holds health insurance companies accountable, improves the quality of health care and extends health coverage to 32 million people. Post a message to your Representatives and Senators on Twitter and let them know you are celebrating health care reform!

For the U.S. House of Representatives:

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