CHIS 2001 Offers New Source of Health Information on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
At a daylong event sponsored by APIAHF and other partners in Oakland on December 9, researchers and community leaders gathered to discuss exciting new opportunities for obtaining information on the health of AAPI communities through the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) 2001. Data is now available on a broad range of public health concerns, including health status and conditions, health-related behaviors (such as mammography, prostate cancer screening and tobacco use), health insurance coverage, access to health care services, and other issues. CHIS 2001 is unique in that it is one of the largest surveys in the country and collected information from 55,428 households. Further, CHIS 2001 interviews were conducted in six languages (English, Spanish, Chinese - Mandarin and Cantonese dialects - Korean, Vietnamese, and Khmer) and attempts were made to oversample smaller populations to provide a first-ever look at the state’s ethnic and linguistic diversity.
CHIS 2001 data is available free to the public through the AskCHIS Data Query System at http://chis.ucla.edu.
For more information, contact the APIAHF Policy Division staff:
Gem Daus, Legislative and Government Affairs Coordinator, GDaus@apiahf.org
