Publish Date: August 2023 Type: Fact Sheet, FAQ, Infographics, Public Health Alerts Topics: ACA, Health Care, Health Insurance, Open Enrollment Ethnicity: Language: English State: The hepatitis B vaccine is safe and the most widely used vaccine in the world. The hepatitis B vaccine is 2, 3, or 4 doses depending on the type. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders make up over 50% of hepatitis B cases in the U.S. and are 5 times more likely to die from hepatitis B-related diseases than White, non-Hispanic people.

Publish Date: May 2024 Type: Testimony and Comments Topics: Advocacy, Affordable Care Act, Comment Letter, Comment Letters, Health Care, Health care access, Health care disparities, Health care reform, Language access Ethnicity: Language: State:

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) dramatically changed the private insurance landscape, providing health coverage for millions. The success of the ACA and efforts to build on it show that strategic policy interventions can significantly improve health coverage affordability, particularly for communities that struggle the most with access. However, to fully realize the ACA’s potential and build on this success, further improvements are needed. Enrollees in ACA marketplace plans — like others with private health insurance, including employer sponsored insurance — continue to face high out-of-pocket costs, such as deductibles, coinsurance, and copayments. These affordability challenges have a pronounced impact on access to care and economic security, especially for people with low incomes and members of certain racial and ethnic groups who have faced barriers to robust health coverage and good health because of racism and discrimination in areas such as employment, education, and housing. A new report from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) sheds light on these challenges and provides a vision, built on the strong foundation the ACA provides, for marketplace coverage that enrollees can afford to use. CBPP’s new report – which reflects findings from the Marketplace Affordability Project (MAP), an 18-month initiative from CBPP supported in part by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation – focuses on a set of policy proposals that would: Ensure affordable premiums; Reduce cost-sharing; Strengthen coverage requirements; Create federal backstops for coverage; and Simplify plan options and enrollment pathways. These proposals were informed by marketplace enrollees; people who provide marketplace application and enrollment assistance; patient groups; national groups representing specific racial, ethnic, disability, and age constituencies; and health policy experts. To learn more, please visit: https://www.cbpp.org/MAP-Report

Publish Date: April 2024 Type: Fact Sheets Topics: Uterine Health Ethnicity: Language: English, Arabic, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Tagalog, Vietnamese State: Did you know that Asian American and Pacific Islander people are more likely to be diagnosed with uterine cancer at a younger age and experience more severe and advanced cancer? The Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF) has developed a two-pager resource on uterine health for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) communities. This resource is also available in Arabic, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Tagalog, and Vietnamese.

Publish Date: March 2024 Type: Fact Sheet Topics: Asian American, Health disparities, Native Hawaiian, obesity, Pacific Islander Ethnicity: Language: State: Obesity is a chronic disease characterized by excess or abnormal body fat that inhibits health and social well-being, which can result from a number of factors ranging from genetic, environmental, behavioral, social, cultural, and more. Obesity is understudied in Asian Americans (AA) as well as in Native Hawaiians or Pacific Islanders (NHPI). View this fact sheet for more information on obesity in the AA and NHPI communities, including causes, prevention, and recommendations.

Publish Date: August 2023 Type: Fact Sheet, FAQ, Infographics, Public Health Alerts Topics: ACA, Health Care, Health Insurance, Open Enrollment Ethnicity: Language: English State: The Tdap vaccine can prevent tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis. Tetanus enters the body through cuts or wounds. Diphtheria and pertussis are spread from person to person but the vaccine has been reported to be highly effective for all 3 cases.

Publish Date: August 2023 Type: Fact Sheet, FAQ, Infographics, Public Health Alerts Topics: ACA, Health Care, Health Insurance, Open Enrollment Ethnicity: Language: English State: Shingles, also known as herpes zoster, is caused by the varicella-zoster virus (VZV), the same virus that causes chickenpox. VZV stays inactive in the body after chickenpox recovery. This virus can reactivate later, causing shingles. According to a 2019 data report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, only 23% of Asian Americans over the age of 50 had received a dose of the shingles vaccine

Publish Date: June 2023 Type: Testimony and Comments, Comment Letter Topics: Health Care Access, Public Health, Health Coverage, Medicaid, Medicare, DACA Ethnicity: Language: English State: The Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF) and its national, state, and local partners strongly support the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Proposed Rule to end the exclusion of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients from eligibility to purchase plans and obtain subsidies under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplaces and other health insurance affordability programs. We further support CMS’ proposal to implement clarifications and technical corrections that will simplify ACA Marketplace enrollment and improve access to health coverage.

Publish Date:   November 2022 Type:  Infographic, Fact Sheet Topics:  Infographic, Gastric Cancer, Cancer Awareness Ethnicity: Language:  English State: November is Gastric Cancer Awareness Month. Learn more about important facts about gastric cancer, also known as stomach cancer, a cancer that is preventable and affects Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AA & NH/PI) communities at disproportionately high rates. Created in partnership with the Stanford Center for Asian Health Research and Education (Stanford CARE).

Publish Date:   April 2022 Type:  Infographic, Fact Sheet Topics:  Colorectal cancer, Colon cancer, Cancer awareness Ethnicity: Language:  English, Hawaiian, Hmong, Ilocano, Japanese, Korean, Marshallese, Samoan, Simplified Chinese, Tagalog, Tongan, Traditional Chinese, Vietnamese State: Asian Americans have one of the lowest rates of large intestinal cancer screening in the United States with only 52% up-to-date on their screening compared to 66% among non-Hispanic whites. An infographic was created to bring awareness to the importance of colorectal cancer screening, prevention, and treatment.

Publish Date: March 2022 Type:  Infographic, Fact Sheet Topics:  Kidney Disease, Chronic Kidney Disease, CKD Ethnicity: Language:   English, Hmong, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Tagalog, Traditional Chinese State: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a condition characterized by gradual loss of kidney function over time. CKD is common in people with cardiovascular disease, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and obesity. According to the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, about 37 million US adults are estimated to have CKD, and most don’t know it. According to the National Kidney Foundation: 1 in 3 American adults are at risk for kidney disease. Between 2000 and 2010, the rates of kidney failure caused bydiabetes have doubled in Asian Americans ages 30-39. Hawai‘i’s kidney failure rate is 30% higher than the national rate. Ofthe Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders on dialysis, 26.7% are Japanese, 24.7% are Filipino, and 17% are Native Hawaiian (Kataoka-Yahiro, et al.,2012). Dialysis is a treatment for people whose kidneys are failing.

Publish Date:   January 2022 Type:  Infographic, Fact Sheet Topics:  Cervical cancer, Cancer, Cancer awareness Ethnicity: Language:  English, Chuukese, Hmong, Karen, Khmer, Kosraean, Lao, Nepali, Samoan, Simplified Chinese, Thai, Traditional Chinese State: Learn about statistics for the AA & NH/PI community, signs & symptoms, risk factors, screening & preventative services, and resources for cervical cancer. Download our social media graphics for cervical cancer awareness.