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Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations (AAPCHO)

142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition (November 15 - November 19, 2014): http://www.apha.org/events-and-meetings/annual
Tuesday, November 18, 2014 : 2:45 PM - 3:00 PM

Jeffrey Caballero, MPH , Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations, Oakland, CA
Jeffrey B. Caballero, MPH is the executive director of the Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations (AAPCHO) and has been with AAPCHO since 1993.  AAPCHO is a national membership association with 34 members serving more than half a million patients each year.  Mr. Caballero advocates for programs and policies that increase access to high-quality, comprehensive health care services that are culturally and linguistically appropriate. Mr. Caballero also participates on national committees addressing disparity issues affecting Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders, such as tuberculosis, hepatitis B, diabetes, and cancer. Specifically, Mr. Caballero has served as Vice-Chair of the National Viral Hepatitis Roundtable, National Board Member of the American Diabetes Association, and the National Diabetes Education Program’s Executive Committee.

Learning Areas:

Advocacy for health and health education
Public health or related public policy

Learning Objectives:
Demonstrate advocacy programs and policies that increase access to high-quality, culturally appropriate and comprehensive health care services. Identify health disparities that affect Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders and strategies to address these disparities from a community perspective.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I have been with the Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations (AAPCHO) since 1993. As Executive Director, I help increase the number and capacity of member community health organizations that now predominantly serve over 500,000 medically underserved Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders (AANHPI). I also have participated on numerous national committees that address disparity issues affecting AANHPIs, such as tuberculosis, hepatitis B, & diabetes.
Any relevant financial relationships? Yes

Name of Organization Clinical/Research Area Type of relationship
Gilead Sciences ACA implementation efforts in AAPI communities Honoraria

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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