Health care disparities
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The Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF) influences policy, mobilizes communities, and strengthens programs and organizations to improve the health of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders. We believe in health justice and work with community advocates, public health leaders and policymakers to generate policy and systems changes that benefit our communities at the national, state and local levels.
This map represents the states where AIM for Equity partners are located and highlights their progress toward implementing the Affordable Care Act’s significant components—the Medicaid Program Expansions and the Health Insurance Exchanges. While these two health policy changes represent an important way for Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders (AAs & NHPIs) to access health insurance, they are decisions left to the states to implement.
This webinar focused on expanded access to coverage, health disparities, and funding opportunities for community-based organizations under health care reform. APIAHF Policy Analyst Paulo Pontemayor discussed the health insurance exchanges and health care provisions that will help reduce health disparities among Pacific Islanders. Don Novo, Medicaid Program Branch Manager, and Tom Schenck, Region IX Pacific Island Territories Lead, provided an overview of the changes to Medicaid.
| Author: | NHPI Affairs |
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| Published: | March 2011 |
| Type: | Presentation |
| Language: | English |
| Ethnicity: | Samoan, Tongan, Guamanian or Chamorro, Fijian, Polynesian |
| Topic: | Health services » Preventive care Health policy » Health care access Health policy » Health care disparities Health advocacy » Cultural competency Health policy » Health care quality Health policy » Health care reform Health advocacy » Language access Health policy » Health coverage Health policy » Health disparities Health policy » Language access |
The Asian American Health Coalition of Greater Houston–HOPE Clinic is the lead organization for the Houston Health Through Action (HTA) project. The project has at its core a coalition of six Asian American community- based organizations, as well as affiliations with 24 additional agencies. Together, these organizations serve a significant portion of the area’s diverse Asian American population.
| Author: | Health Through Action |
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| Published: | September 2010 |
| Type: | Fact Sheet |
| Language: | English |
| Topic: | Health advocacy » Community organizing Health policy » Health care disparities |
The Asian American and Pacific Islander community in the Phoenix metropolitan area is diverse and largely foreign-born, representing many nationalities, cultures, and languages. It is widely dispersed across the 9,213 square miles of Maricopa County.
| Author: | Health Through Action |
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| Published: | September 2010 |
| Type: | Fact Sheet |
| Language: | English |
| Topic: | Health advocacy » Community organizing Health policy » Health care disparities |
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.
| Author: | Policy and Advocacy |
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| Published: | August 2010 |
| Type: | Report |
| Language: | English |
| Topic: | Health advocacy Health policy » Health care disparities |
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.
| Author: | NHPI Affairs |
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| Published: | August 2010 |
| Type: | Report |
| Language: | English |
| Topic: | Health policy » Health care disparities |
Georgia has the second fastest-growing Asian American and Pacific Islander population in the United States. The Atlanta area is home to large and vibrant communities with a diverse population of refugees and immigrants from many countries, including Bhutan, Burma, Cambodia, China, India, Korea, Laos, and Vietnam.
| Author: | Health Through Action |
|---|---|
| Published: | August 2010 |
| Type: | Fact Sheet |
| Language: | English |
| Topic: | Health policy » Health care disparities Health advocacy » Language access |









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