Transcript HRSA The Access Agency

A NATIONAL
HEALTH AGENDA
FOR ASIAN AMERICANS
AND PACIFIC ISLANDERS
(…and helping health care leaders
learn to work with communities)
Chandak Ghosh, MD, MPH
Senior Medical Consultant for Federal Policy
HHS, Health Resources and Services Administration
Executive: President Barack Obama
Department of Health & Human Services (HHS): Secretary Kathleen Sebelius
Federal Reports on
Health Disparities
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Heckler Report
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Initiative on Race
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Healthy People 2010
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Institute of Medicine (IOM):
Unequal Treatment
AAPI Data Dilemma
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Articles from the 1990’s
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Ghosh Study
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President’s Advisory Commission on AAPI’s
AAPI Health Disparities
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Insurance
Cancer
Hepatitis B
Diabetes
Infant Mortality
Tuberculosis
Mental Health
Osteoporosis
Smoking Rates
Federal Funding for
AAPI Health
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National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC)
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration (SAMHSA)
Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA)
Office of Minority Health (OMH)
Foundation Funding for
AAPI Health
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Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in
Philanthropy (AAPIP) Report
Total Grant Dollars to AAPIs, All Foundations (1992-2004)
0.7
% of Total Grant Dollars Given
0.6
0.5
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.1
0
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
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AAPIP, 2007
Foundation Funding for
AAPI Health
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Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in
Philanthropy (AAPIP) Report
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W. K. Kellogg Foundation
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Commonwealth Fund, California Endowment
The Future
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Federal Efforts
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National Health Agenda for Asian Americans
and Pacific Islanders
National AAPI Health Agenda
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One Organization Oversees Agenda
Stress Collection of Subpopulation Data
Prioritize Largest Subgroups and Health Issues
Strengthen Capacity of Local Organizations
Publish Annual Health Status Report
Sponsor National Health Conferences
National AAPI Health Agenda
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Train in Community-Based Participatory
Research Methods
Develop Investment Strategy for Funders
Partner with AAPI-Serving Institutions
Collaborate with Media
Interact with Medical Provider Training
Institutions
Educate Professional Organizations
Provide Input for Healthy People 2020
PS…how to work with
communities
Resources
CHANDAK GHOSH, MD, MPH
Senior Medical Consultant for Federal Policy
DHHS/HRSA
26 Federal Plaza, 3337
New York, NY 11201
(212) 264-2545
[email protected]