MEDIA ADVISORY: Policymakers and Experts Discuss Opportunities in Health Reform to Achieve Health Equity
Beyond Reform: Health Concerns and Disparities Among America's Fastest Growing Populations
May 05, 2010
WASHINGTON -- (U.S. ASIAN WIRE) -- Policymakers and experts will explore health disparities facing Asian American, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders (AAs and NHPIs) in light of new findings in the May issue of the American Journal of Public Health. Hosted by the Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF), speakers include Dr. Howard Koh, U.S. Assistant Secretary for Health, U.S. Representative Mike Honda (D-CA), Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, U.S. Representative Judy Chu (D-CA), Dr. John Ruffin, Director of the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities, and Dr. Ed Sondik, PhD, Director of the National Center for Health Statistics.
WHEN: Thursday, May 6th from 9:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
WHERE: National Press Club, 529 14th Street NW, 13th Floor
One block from Metro Center on the Red, Orange, or Blue Lines
FOLLOW: APIAHF will provide live Twitter updates from the event at #APIAHealth.
This first-ever issue of a major public health journal devoted to AAs and NHPIs, releases an array of new research that highlight alarming disparities: Among one Pacific Islander-American group, 20 percent of births are pre-term. Breast cancer deaths are four times higher among some Asian-born women in the U.S. than among their U.S.-born counterparts. Rates of vaccine-preventable liver and cervical cancer among the Hmong in California are three to four times higher than those of other Asian American groups.
APIAHF influences policy, mobilizes communities, and strengthens programs and organizations to improve the health of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders nationally. APIAHF serves as the program office for Health Through Action, a five-year W.K. Kellogg Foundation initiative to improve health and reduce health care disparities for Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders. Please see www.apiahf.org or www.healththroughaction.org for more information.
The W.K. Kellogg Foundation supports children, families, and communities as they strengthen and create conditions that propel vulnerable children to achieve success as individuals and as contributors to the larger community and society. For more information, please see www.wkkf.org.
The American Journal of Public Health is published monthly by the American Public Health Association.
Contact: Hannah Fishman
Burness Communications
(301) 652-1558
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