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…
Spring 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…
Fall 2006
The focus groups gathered cancer survivors, health care providers, and community members to exchange information about existing support services and their efficacy in the provision of care, encourage dialogue about the challenges and barriers in patients’ pursuit of healthcare services, and brainstorm methods by which to address patient needs and concerns. The insightful feedback of…
The U.S. Census Bureau estimates that in 2000, over 2.4 million Chinese lived in the United States, the largest ethnic group among the API population (U.S. Census, 2000).
Census 2000 counted 58,420 “Guamanians or Chamorros” in the entire United States (U.S. Census Bureau, 2001).
According to Census 2000, Filipino Americans numbered 1,850,314 and are the second largest Asian ethnic group (U.S. Census Bureau, 2001).
