Session: Community Health of Chinese Immigrants to the US

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5099.0: Wednesday, November 08, 2006: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM

Oral

Community Health of Chinese Immigrants to the US

Immigration from China is substantial yet there is only limited research at the community level that addresses health issues within this population. Using Boston Chinatown as the focus for our research, we have conducted a series of pilot studies on asthma, obesity, crime, traffic-related injuries and pollution, noise and construction hazards. The projects are mostly community-collaborative research and many were conducted by undergraduate and graduate students from Tufts University. The session will feature presentation of 3 analyses of data that was collected in 2005 and that has not yet been published. In addition, a community-based lawyer with extensive experience in the community will link the research findings to issues of civil and human rights. All presentations suggest the need for more development of policy and planning approaches for recent Chinese immigrants in general and for Chinatowns in particular

Learning Objectives: Participants will be able to: 1. Describe 3 public health issues that have not been well studies or understood for Chinese immigrants to the US. 2. Articulate the needs for more research that disaggregates Chinese immigrants (as well as Asian Americans more generally) from catchall categories such as "other". 3. Understand that it is difficult to formulate effective policy and practice plans for Chinese immigrant communities in the absence of a solid research base. 4. List 3 public health issues that are of particular relevance to China

Organizer(s):

Doug Brugge

Moderator(s):

Doug Brugge

12:30 PM

A comparison of knowledge about asthma between Asians and Non-Asians at two pediatric clinics in Boston Chinatown