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The following Asian American resources are a sample of the many wonderful caregiving resources available. We've compiled healthcare resources, caregiving resources, support information, local, and national Asian American resources. Please check back regularly as we will continue to update this list. Additional ResourcesCaregiving Help, Support, & Informationhttp://www.stanford.edu/group/ethnoger/southeastasian.html APIAHF-Asian and Pacific Islander American Health Forum The Health Forum is a national advocacy organization dedicated to promoting policy, program, and research efforts to improve the health and well-being of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities. http://www.apiahf.org/index.htm Asian Health Resources for Cross-Cultural Care and Prevention Resource provided by Charles Kemp at Baylor University that includes cross cultural care and prevention, educational resources and further links to further Asian health sites and to Refugee Health which provides information on various immigrant communities beyond Asian ones. http://www3.baylor.edu/%7ECharles_Kemp/asian_health.html For more information contact: Cancer in Asian Women National Cancer Institute This site is a collaboration between the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH) and serves nine populations of women of color: African Americans, Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans, Cuban Americans, Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, American Samoans, American Indians, and Alaska Natives. http://cancercontrol.cancer.gov/womenofcolor/apinh.html For more information contact: Chinese & Dementia Department of Psychiatry, University of California Dementia is more common among African American and Hispanic elders as compared with Caucasian Americans elders. Most of the care of ethnic elders with dementia is conducted by family and informal caregivers. But due to a variety of psychosocial and cultural factors, ethnic elders are less likely than Caucasian elders to have access to formal comprehensive diagnostic, treatment and management resources for dementia care. The primary vision of Ethnic Elders Care is to increase public awareness of about dementia among ethnic elders and optimize the quality of life of family caregivers and ethnic elders with Alzheimer's disease and related disorders. http://www.ethnicelderscare.net/ethnicity%26dementiachinese.htm For more information contact: Chinese Americans and Dementia http://www.ethnicelderscare.net/ethnicity&dementiachinese.htm Chinese Caregiver Assistance Program Older Adult and Family Center The Chinese Caregiver Assistance Program is a project of the Older Adult and Family Center at the Stanford University School of Medicine & the Department of Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System. The program is funded by the National Office of the Alzheimer's Association, Chicago, IL, and is strongly supported by the Northern California Alzheimer's Association Chapter, Mountain View, CA. http://www.stanford.edu/group/oafc/toppage2.htm For more information contact: Chinese Community Health Resource Center The Chinese Community Health Resource Center's mission is to build a healthy community through culturally and linguistically competent preventive health, disease management, and research programs. http://www.cchphmo.com/cchrchealth/index_E.html For more information contact: Chinese Hospital Chinese Hospital, a general acute care community-owned, not-for-profit organization, provides quality health care in a cost-effective way. It is responsive to the community's ethnic and cultural uniqueness and is accessible to all socioeconomic levels. http://www.chinesehospital-sf.org/about.html For more information contact: Cultural Competence: Caring for Chinese, Japanese, and Korean patients http://www.memag.com/memag/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=108973 Federation of Chinese American and Chinese Canadian Medical Societies The FCMS is dedicated to promote the health status of the Chinese communities in North America through education and advocacy Health and Health Care for CHINESE-AMERICAN ELDERS http://www.stanford.edu/group/ethnoger/chinese.html HICUP: Health Information in Chinese Uniting Patients, Physicians, and the Public http://library.med.nyu.edu/patient/hicup/index.html Intercultural Cancer Council Asian Americans and Cancer This links to ICC Cancer Fact Sheets for Asian Americans and other medically underserved populations. It describes facts about the population and factors that seem to cause problems with cancer. http://iccnetwork.org/cancerfacts/cfs3.htm For more information contact: Intercultural Cancer Council Native Hawaiians/Pacific Islanders and Cancer This links to ICC Cancer Fact Sheets for Asian Americans and other medically underserved populations. It describes facts about the population and factors that seem to cause problems with cancer. http://iccnetwork.org/cancerfacts/cfs5.htm Japanese American Services of the East Bay Japanese American Services of the East Bay provides assistance and services for seniors and their families inAlameda and Contra Costa Counties. http://www.jaseb.org/site/jaseb/ For more information contact: Japanese Americans & Dementia Department of Psychiatry, University of California Dementia is more common among African American and Hispanic elders as compared with Caucasian Americans elders. Most of the care of ethnic elders with dementia is conducted by family and informal caregivers. But due to a variety of psychosocial and cultural factors, ethnic elders are less likely than Caucasian elders to have access to formal comprehensive diagnostic, treatment and management resources for dementia care. The primary vision of Ethnic Elders Care is to increase public awareness of about dementia among ethnic elders and optimize the quality of life of family caregivers and ethnic elders with Alzheimer's disease and related disorders. http://www.ethnicelderscare.net/ethnicity&dementiaasia.htm For more information contact: Managing Caregiving at home: Thai Caregivers http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0MJU/is_1_11/ai_n61838 Medline Plus Asian American Health This link into MEDLINE Plus covers news, research, organizations, statistics, etc. specific to Asian American/ Pacific Islanders. Information about children, seniors, teenagers and women as well as some material available in languages appropriate for these groups. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/asianamericanhealth.html For more information contact: Medline Plus- Asian American Health http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/asianamericanhealth.html National Asian Pacific Center on Aging (NAPCA) The National Asian Pacific Center on Aging's mission is to serve as the leading national advocacy organization committed to the dignity, well-being and quality of life of Asian Pacific Americans (APA) in their senior years. For more information contact: National Asian Women's Health Organization Health Partnerships for Asian Women and Families Founded in 1993, NAWHO has served as a powerful voice for the health of Asian American women and families. We have provided research and information about the health of Asian Americans to the public health field, as well as critically-needed health education to the Asian American community. For more information contact: National Institute of Health- Asian American Health This Web resource on Asian American Health, sponsored by the National Library of Medicine, is designed to increase public awareness of the health concerns of these important minority groups, who are major contributors to our society's economy, innovation, and vibrancy. Links are provided to an assortment of documents, Websites, databases, and other resources. http://asianamericanhealth.nlm.nih.gov/ For more information contact: Older Adult Family Center Stanford School of Medicine The Older Adult and Family Center has provided 15 years of service and research to the multicultural communities of Northern California. Our mission is to improve the health and well-being of those caring for a family member with memory loss or dementia. For more information contact: Organization of Chinese American Women OCAW, a group of dedicated Chinese American women, including a number of prominent women who are serving and have served in the various administrations in the nation's capital, has a tremendous amount of talent, imagination, and skills helping to find solutions to some of America's problems and assisting our own communities in their many endeavors. The leadership and community services demonstrated by OCAW members are exemplary. Through good works and volunteerism they have given much and touched the lives of many. For more information contact: SAMHAJ South Asian Mental Health Awareness in Jersey South Asian Mental Health Awareness in Jersey,is an effort to let South Asians (of Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Sri Lankan, Nepali, Afghan and Bhutanese origin) in New Jersey understand that mental illness is a biologically based, treatable illness. This program won the NAMI 2002 Multicultural Award. http://www.naminj.org/programs/samhaj/samhaj.html For more information contact: South Asian Health Issues This section provides pointers to some studies of health issues extracted mostly from Medline that are specifically concerned with South Asians, particularly women, for example, studies that show ethnic differences in incidences of certain medical conditions. The stress is on medical issues, though sociological concerns and circumstances are sometimes tied in. This is not meant to be an exhaustive survey of such studies. Also bear in mind that any one study cannot be taken to provide conclusive evidence of any phenomenon; the study that contradicts it may not be far behind. South Cove Community Health Center and Tufts University For more information contact: SPIRAL-Selected Patient Information Resources in Asian Languages http://spiral.tufts.edu/index.html The Asians in America Project "Knowledge is Power, Knowledge is Pride." This statement is the founding principle behind Asians in America (AIA). Our sole purpose is to be a central source of information for all things of interest to people of Asian Pacific descent living in the United States. http://www.asiansinamerica.org/home.html For more information contact: Traditional Chinese Medicine World Foundation Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is an ancient medical system that takes a deep understanding of the laws and patterns of nature and applies them to the human body. TCM is not "New Age," nor is it a patchwork of different healing modalities. TCM is a complete medical system that has been practiced for more than five thousand years. At the heart of TCM is the tenet that the root cause of illnesses, not their symptoms, must be treated. In modern-day terms, TCM is holistic in its approach; it views every aspect of a person—body, mind, spirit, and emotions—as part of one complete circle rather than loosely connected pieces to be treated individually. For more information contact: Vietnamese Community Health Promotion University of California San Francisco Founded in 1986, Suc Khoe La Vang! (The Vietnamese Community Health Promotion Project) develops and evaluates public health programs in collaboration with the Vietnamese community throughout the US in the areas of tobacco control and the promotion of cancer screening and hepatitis B immunizations. http://suckhoelavang.org/main.html For more information contact: Women's Health.gov Health Problems in Asian Women The National Women's Health Information Center (NWHIC) is the most reliable and current information resource on women's health today. We offer FREE women's health information on more than 800 topics through our call center and Website. http://www.4women.gov/minority/asianamerican/ For more information contact:
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