Asian American Health

Overviews

• Asian American/Pacific Islander Profile(Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health)
• Native Hawaiians/Other Pacific Islanders Profile(Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health)

Latest News

• Clinical Trials Shed Light on Minority Health(04/25/2013, Food and Drug Administration)

Specific Conditions

• Asian Americans and Diabetes(Joslin Diabetes Center)
• Cleft Lip/Palate More Prevalent in Asians(Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health)
• Healthy Bones: Why They Matter for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders(National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)
• Hepatitis B: What Asian and Pacific Islander Americans Need to Know(National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases) - PDF
• Mental Health in Asian American and Pacific Islanders(American Psychiatric Association)
• Suicide Among Asian-Americans(American Psychological Association)
• Two Reasons I Find Time to Prevent Diabetes: My Future and Theirs(National Diabetes Education Program) - PDF
• What Asian Americans Should Know about Liver Cancer and Hepatitis B(National Cancer Institute) - PDF

Related Issues

• For People of African, Mediterranean, or Southeast Asian Heritage: Important Information about Diabetes Blood Tests(National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
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Financial Issues

• Social Security Is Important to Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders(Social Security Administration)
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Clinical Trials

• ClinicalTrials.gov: Asian Americans(National Institutes of Health)
• ClinicalTrials.gov: Asian Americans(National Institutes of Health)
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Research

• Korean Americans with High Blood Pressure Who Are Confident They Can Achieve Blood Pressure Control Are More Likely to Do So(Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)
• Study Offers First Look at Asian Americans' Glaucoma Risk(American Academy of Ophthalmology)
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Journal Articles

References and abstracts from MEDLINE/PubMed (National Library of Medicine)

• Article: Racial differences in the association between night shift work and...
• Article: Adding to the evidence base: evaluation of the psychometric properties...
• Article: Evaluation of the psychometric properties of the Korean language version...
• Asian American Health -- see more articles
• Pacific Islanders health -- see more articles
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Organizations

• Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Also available in Spanish
• National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
• Office of Minority Health(Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health)
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Statistics

• Asthma and Asian Americans(Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health)
• Cancer and Asians/Pacific Islanders(Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health)
• FastStats: Health of Asian or Pacific Islander Population(National Center for Health Statistics)
• Heart Disease and Asians and Pacific Islanders(Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health)
• Hepatitis and Asian Americans(Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health)
• HIV/AIDS and Asian Americans(Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health)
• Immunizations and Asians and Pacific Islanders(Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health)
• Key Facts About Smoking Among Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders(American Lung Association)
• Mental Health and Asian Americans(Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health)
• Obesity and Asian Americans(Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health)
• Organ Donation and Asian Americans(Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health)
• Stroke and Asians and Pacific Islanders(Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health)
• Substance Use among Asian Adolescents(Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)
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Children

• Infant Mortality and Asians and Pacific Islanders(Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health)
• Kawasaki Disease(Nemours Foundation)
• Also available in Spanish
• Maternal and Child Health of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders(Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum) - PDF
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Women

• Bone Health and Osteoporosis: A Guide for Asian Women Aged 50 and Older(National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)
• Minority Women's Health: Asian-Americans(Department of Health and Human Services, Office on Women's Health)
• Osteoporosis and Asian American Women(National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)
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Patient Handouts

• Two Reasons I Find Time to Prevent Diabetes: My Future and Theirs(National Diabetes Education Program) - PDF
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