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• Asian American Health(National Library of Medicine) - http://asianamericanhealth.nlm.nih.gov/
• Asian American Populations(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/omhd/Populations/AsianAm/AsianAm.htm

Latest News

• Drug Helps Asians Battling Liver Cancer(12/16/2008, HealthDay) - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_72880.html

Specific Conditions

• Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders, and Diabetes(National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases) - http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/asianamerican/
• Asian/Pacific Islanders and Substance Abuse(National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information) - http://ncadistore.samhsa.gov/catalog/facts.aspx?topic=16
• Hepatitis B Information for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders(Immunization Action Coalition) - Links to PDF - http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/p4190.pdf
• Stomach Cancer(National Women's Health Information Center) - http://www.4woman.gov/minority/asianamerican/sc.cfm
• Strength as a Survivor: Living After Cancer Treatment (Asian Americans)(Lance Armstrong Foundation) - Large PDF file - Asian-American version. - http://www.livestrong.org/atf/cf/%7BFB6FFD43-0E4C-4414-8B37-0D001EFBDC49%7D/brochure_asa.pdf
• Survivorship Journey: Living After Cancer Treatment (Pacific Islanders)(Lance Armstrong Foundation) - Large PDF file - Pacific Islander version - http://www.livestrong.org/atf/cf/%7BFB6FFD43-0E4C-4414-8B37-0D001EFBDC49%7D/brochure_pi.pdf
• Two Reasons I Find the Time to Prevent Diabetes: My Future and Theirs(National Diabetes Education Program) - Links to PDF - http://ndep.nih.gov/diabetes/pubs/tworeasons_tips_eng.pdf

Related Issues

• Asian & Pacific Islander Donors Can Save Lives(National Marrow Donor Program) - Links to PDF - http://www.marrow.org/TRANSLATIONS/ENGLISH/api_english.pdf
• Let's Talk Facts about Mental Health in Asian American and Pacific Islanders(American Psychiatric Association) - Links to PDF - http://healthyminds.org/multimedia/LTF-MH%20of%20AAPI_nopic.pdf
• Understanding Donation: Multicultural Perspectives(Donate Life America) - http://www.donatelife.net/UnderstandingDonation/Multicultural.php

Financial Issues

• Social Security: Useful Information for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders(Social Security Administration) - http://www.ssa.gov/aapi/

Clinical Trials

• ClinicalTrials.gov: Asian Americans(National Institutes of Health) - http://clinicaltrials.gov/search/open/term=%22Asian+Americans%22+OR+%22Chinese+Americans%22+OR+%22Korean+Americans%22+OR+%22Japanese+Americans%22+OR+%22Filipino+Americans%22

Research

• Health Disparities(National Institutes of Health) - Links to PDF - http://www.nih.gov/about/researchresultsforthepublic/HealthDisparities.pdf

Journal Articles

• Article: Understandings of death and dying for people of Chinese origin. - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=19143109&tool=MedlinePlus
• Article: The debt. - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=19124822&tool=MedlinePlus
• Article: Names will never hurt me: racially distinct names and identity... - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=19086117&tool=MedlinePlus
• Asian-American Health -- see more articles - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=search&db=pubmed&term=asian+americans[majr]+NOT+oceanic+ancestry+group[majr]+AND+english[la]+AND+humans[mh]+NOT+(letter[pt]+OR+editorial[pt])&doptcmdl=summary&cmd_current=Limits&pmfilter_EDatLimit=last+1+Year&tool=MedlinePlus
• Pacific Islanders health -- see more articles - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=search&db=pubmed&term=oceanic+ancestry+group[majr]+NOT+asian+americans[majr]+AND+english[la]+AND+humans[mh]+NOT+(letter[pt]+OR+editorial[pt]+OR+case+reports[pt])&doptcmdl=summary&cmd_current=Limits&pmfilter_EDatLimit=last+1+Year&tool=MedlinePlus

Organizations

• Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum - http://www.apiahf.org/
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Minority Health & Health Disparities (OMHD)(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/omhd/
• National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities - http://ncmhd.nih.gov/
• Office of Minority Health Resource Center(Dept. of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health) - http://www.omhrc.gov/

Statistics

• Asian Americans and Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islanders and Lung Disease(American Lung Association) - http://www.lungusa.org/site/apps/nlnet/content3.aspx?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=2058817&content_id={67548ED6-C892-4904-A1FD-A0961FF9470D}¬oc=1
• Asian Americans Profile(Dept. of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health) - http://www.omhrc.gov/templates/content.aspx?ID=3005
• Cancer and Asians/Pacific Islanders(Dept. of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health) - http://www.omhrc.gov/templates/content.aspx?ID=3055
• Health Coverage and Access to Care among Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders(Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation) - Links to PDF - http://www.kff.org/minorityhealth/upload/7745.pdf
• Health of Asian or Pacific Islander Population(National Center for Health Statistics) - http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/asian_health.htm
• Heart Disease and Stroke Maps(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/giscvh2/
• HIV/AIDS among Asians and Pacific Islanders(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/resources/factsheets/API.htm
• Native Hawaiian & Other Pacific Islander (NHOPI) Populations(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/omhd/Populations/NHOPI/NHOPI.htm
• Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islanders Profile(Dept. of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health) - http://www.omhrc.gov/templates/browse.aspx?lvl=2&lvlID=71
• Smoking and Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders(American Lung Association) - http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=36001
• Suicide among Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders(Education Development Center, Inc.) - Links to PDF - http://www.sprc.org/library/asian.pi.facts.pdf

Children

• Infant Mortality and Asians and Pacific Islanders(Dept. of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health) - http://www.omhrc.gov/templates/content.aspx?ID=3067
• Kawasaki Disease(Nemours Foundation) - http://kidshealth.org/parent/medical/heart/kawasaki.html
  Also available in Spanish http://kidshealth.org/parent/en_espanol/infecciones/kawasaki_esp.html

Women

• Bone Health and Osteoporosis: A Guide for Asian Women Aged 50 and Older(National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases) - http://www.niams.nih.gov/Health_Info/Bone/Osteoporosis/Background/asian_women_guide.asp
• Cervical Cancer Screening: What Vietnamese Women Should Know(National Cancer Institute) - http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/cervical-screening-vietnamese
• Get a Mammogram: Do It for Yourself, Do It for Your Family(National Cancer Institute) - Links to PDF - http://www.cancer.gov/images/Documents/68432989-7c99-4e56-8352-c813d5ef3422/english.pdf
• Health Problems in Asian American/Pacific Islander and Native Hawaiian Women(National Women's Health Information Center) - http://womenshealth.gov/minority/asianamerican/
• Health Status of Asian American and Pacific Islander Women(Dept. of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health) - http://www.omhrc.gov/templates/content.aspx?ID=3721
• Osteoporosis and Asian American Women(National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases) - http://www.niams.nih.gov/Health_Info/Bone/Osteoporosis/Background/asian_american_women.asp

You may also be interested in these MedlinePlus related pages:

• Population Groups - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/populationgroups.html

The primary NIH organization for research on Asian-American Health is the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities - http://ncmhd.nih.gov/

Asian-American Health - Multiple Languages - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/languages/asianamericanhealth.html