This brief provides an overview of demographic characteristics, socioeconomic status, and health care coverage of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders living in the United States. We focus on established social determinants of health, especially as they concern immigrants, such as education, income, nativity and citizenship, language use and proficiency, and health insurance coverage. This report uses the most recent national data available as of June 2011, the 2010 decennial Census and the 2007-2009 American Community Survey (ACS).

The purpose of this White Paper is to provide a brief introduction to the intersection of HIV/AIDS and domestic violence in the AA and NHPI community through a reproductive justice framework.

A reproductive justice analysis of this intersection reveals that traditional HIV interventions fail to account for the societal and structural barriers women face, the effect that social constructs such as gender, patriarchy and culture have on women’s health, and the effect of violence on women’s reproductive health.

The State of California alone accounts for one-third of the total Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander population in the nation, collectively, numbering almost 5 million and representing one in seven Californians.

Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Health Disparities provides an overview of NHPI health in the United States on a wide range of health issues. Limited by the available data, most of the statistics presented in this report represent the aggregated NHPIs as a whole, although we used disaggregated statistics for distinct ethnic groups to the extent they were available.

This document profiles the diverse population of Pacific islanders that reside in the United states and their eligibility for various health programs offered at the federal, state, and local levels. Due to eligibility restrictions, some Pacific islander groups residing in the United states experience challenges in accessing the health care they need.

This document summarizes the recommendations from the very first national convening of the Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Health Brain Trust on Data & Research held in Las Vegas, Nevada, April 14-16, 2009. There is an urgent need for more baseline data and evidence-based research on the health and healthcare issues of the NHPI population. There are large data gaps regarding the NHPI population in federally funded surveys or studies.

The collective experience and wisdom of all participants resulted in highly informative presentations and insightful discussions. Many actionable recommendations were made during speaker panel discussions and small group breakout sessions. The participants also pointed out that these recommendations are important at both local and national levels. Without change happening at the local level via grassroots populations, the national impact will be low. Implementing the recommendations locally has immediate impact on the AA and NHPI community.

This document summarizes the recommendations and action items proposed by the participants of the 2007 and 2008 Health Brain Trust on Data & Research convenings.

This policy document is focused on breaking the silence around HIV in Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander communities through public health leadership and response. Readers are encouraged to use the document as a resource to begin implementation of the recommendations offered or to support the continuation and enhancement of existing policies and efforts that are in alignment with the recommendations.

This Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Cancer Support Groups Case Study highlights successes, challenges, and best practices for developing cancer support groups specific to AAPI ethnic communities. While there are increasing numbers of AAPI ethnic specific cancer support groups available, there has not been a publication to showcase specific support groups that are in existence at varying stages of development. This case study was developed to assist organizations that are interested in developing cancer support groups that are AAPI ethnic specific.