This document lists selected bibliography and abstracts (75 articles, 56 abstracts) that examined how good quality interpretive services can save money for patients, hospitals, medical professionals, and state and federal governments. This document was produced for the Medi-Cal Language Access Services Taskforce, California 2008.
January 2008
On April 30 – May 1, 2007, a diverse group of researchers, advocates, health professionals, public health officials, community members, and other leaders gathered in Washington, D.C., for the first Health Brain Trust on Data & Research (“Health Brain Trust”). The Asian and Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF) Health Brain Trust is an annual…
This report appraises the health status of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AA & NHPI) youth in the San Francisco Bay Area by identifying some critical health care concerns, programmatic and policy issues that affect the health needs of these youth.
A Book of Hope is primarily intended to educate a broad public audience about coping with the disease of cancer and cancer survivorship.
November 2007
This case study provides an overview of the AAPI Partnerships efforts to create a dialogue and a relationship with the MPI faith leaders and faith-based organizations of California, with the goal of creating healthier surroundings for MPI community members. This document is a resource to you with examples of working with MPI faith communities in…
Summer 2007
In 2004, APIAHF proposed to conduct the Pacific Islander Cancer Survivorship Educational Forum pilot project aimed to educate cancer survivors and health care providers about culturally relevant survivorship issues and provide information about cancer support programs and resources for Pacific Islander communities in Northern and Southern California. Activities in the two-year project included the convening…
