4165.0 Public Health Advocacy/Activism, Politics, and Policy for Asian & Pacific Islander Health

Tuesday, November 9, 2010: 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Oral
The purpose of this session is to discuss approaches influencing policy which positively impact the health and well-being of Asians and Pacific Islanders in the United States. Given the current discourse on health care reform, current activities involving advocacy and activism are paramount to ensuring that policies include attributes which improve Asian and Pacific Islander health prospects.
Session Objectives: At the end of the session, participants will be able to: (1) Describe five national and local health policy initiatives; and (2) Identify three strategies for implementing these model initiatives in their own communities.
Moderator:
Mona Lynn Bormet, MPH, CHES

12:30pm
Hepatitis B Program 2010: A Roadmap to Health Parity in the API Community
Julie Bawa, MPH, Nouf Bazaz and Chun Man (Perry) Chan
12:45pm
A New Data Paradigm: Data Collection on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders at the National Level
Marguerite Ro, DrPH and Winston Tseng, PhD
1:00pm
Healing the Health Care System: Asian American Voices for Health Reform
Noilyn Abesamis-Mendoza, MPH
  
1:15pm
Strengthening Regional Asian and Pacific Islander American Health Collaboratives through a Statewide Framework
Michael Byun, MPA
  
1:30pm
Asian Pacific Community Health Action Model: The Arizona Experience
Howard J. Eng, MS, DrPH
  

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: Asian Pacific Islander Caucus for Public Health
Endorsed by: American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Caucus, APHA-Equal Health Opportunity Committee, Socialist Caucus, Social Work

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH)

See more of: Asian Pacific Islander Caucus for Public Health
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