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“We Can Do This” – COVID-19 Campaign

As part of the We Can Do This, COVID-19 campaign, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is sharing a Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum-produced guide that contains links crowdsourced by community members, leaders, and national and community-based organizations that are actively working to improve the well-being of AA and NH/PI communities while keeping language access barriers in mind.

AA and NH/PI Project Firstline

Project Firstline is a collaborative of diverse healthcare, public health and academic partners committed to providing infection control training designed especially for healthcare workers. The Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF) is coordinating with the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)'s Project Firstline and several Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander partner organizations to prepare frontline healthcare workers and the public health workforce to protect themselves, their patients, and their communities from infectious disease threats. This resource site contains in-language resources and trainings available in Bengali, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Tagalog, Vietnamese, Hmong, Samoan, and  Tongan.

APIAHF and NAPABA Hate Crimes Toolkit

APIAHF and the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA) have collaborated on a hate crime/incident toolkit that provides basic and critical information for victims, community based organization, and community leaders, and is translated into 25 different AA and NH/PI languages.

Arab-American Family Support Center (AAFSC)

AAFSC is a non-profit, non-sectarian organization established in 1994 to provide culturally and linguistically competent, trauma-informed, multigenerational social services to immigrants and refugees. We strengthen families through 4 key priority areas and our work extends to communities globally. While we support anyone who walks through our doors, over our nearly 25 years of experience, we have developed expertise in serving the Arab, Middle Eastern, Muslim, and South Asian (AMEMSA) immigrant and refugee communities.

Best Start Resource Centre

The Best Start Resource Centre: Ontario's Maternal Newborn and Early Child Development Resource Centre is a key program of Health Nexus, a bilingual health promotion organization that works with diverse partners to build healthy, equitable and thriving communities. Best Start produces health education materials in multiple Asian languages to support preconception health, prenatal health and early childhood development in Asian communities.

Coalition for Asian American Children & Families (CACF): COVID-19 Safety and Vaccines: Translated Outreach Media

A series of COVID-19 outreach materials created by Coalition for Asian American Children & Families (CACF) and the NYU Center for the Study of Asian American Health with the advisement of a collective* of AAPI-serving community organizations based in New York City, through a national project entitled Forging Asian and Pacific Islander Community Partnerships for Rapid Response to COVID-19.

The materials, available in Arabic, Bengali, Traditional and Simplified Chinese, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Nepali, Punjabi, Urdu, and Vietnamese. aim to encourage community members to engage in preventive behaviors, and for those eligible to take the COVID-19 vaccine.**

COVID-19 Resources for South Asian Americans (SAALT)

COVID-19 resources tailored for South Asian Americans organized by South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT).

CSAAH: Culturally adapted materials, curricula, and fact sheets

The Center for the Study of Asian American Health (CSAAH) has developed culturally and linguistically adapted materials, curriculum, and fact sheets on various topics including Hepatitis B, diabetes, breast/cervical screening, H. pylori, health research, and cardiovascular and heart health.

CSAAH’s Diabetes Research, Education, and Action for Minorities (DREAM): Project Materials and Toolkit

The DREAM (Diabetes Research, Education, and Action for Minorities) Project aims to develop, implement, and test a CHW program designed to improve diabetes control and diabetes-related health complications in the Bangladeshi community in New York City. DREAM has developed and released tool and materials from the project in English and Banga.

Health of Asians and Pacific Islanders in New York City (2021)

A 2021 report released by the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYC DOHMH) detailing the “Health of Asians and Pacific Islanders in New York City.” This report is a collaborative effort stemming from many years of collective advocacy from community-based partners who contributed their time, knowledge, and experience to support the planning and review to create a report that presents useful data for Asian American and Pacific Islander communities. The Health Department worked with a group of 21 partners, including community-based organizations, service providers, and academic researchers on this report, which helps make plain the different histories, health-related experiences, and needs of NYC’s various Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.

From the press release: “The data touches on many factors of health, including mental health, birth outcomes, dental health, vaccinations, HIV prevention, cancer screening, and chronic conditions like asthma and diabetes. There is also a special note on COVID-19 and its impact on Asian American and Pacific Islander communities as related to stigma, discrimination, and hate experienced since late 2019. The results show differences among Asian American and Pacific Islander ancestry groups that would not be readily visible without disaggregating data…”  

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