APIAHF is advocating for an equitable federal response to the COVID-19 pandemic. We are fighting to ensure public health officials have the detailed demographic data they need to help all communities; to guarantee people who are Limited-English Proficient have their civil rights respected; and to demand the inclusion of immigrant and AANHPI communities in the federal public health and economic responses.
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Nationwide Survey of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders on COVID-19
The Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF) with the COVID Collaborative and Hart Research, released the results of a nationwide COVID-19 survey that focused specifically on the diverse Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) communities. Over 1,500 people participated in the study, which presents disaggregated data for ethnic groups, evaluates vaccination confidence and outcomes, and draws attention to unfolding epidemics of anti-Asian hate and decreased mental health.
COVID-19 Community Corps In-Language Resource Guide
The Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum’s COVID-19 Community Corps In-Language Resource Guide is the AANHPIs hub for multilingual access on vaccine information and COVID-19 resources.
Our resource guide consists of 45 different languages. If you have in-language materials that you would like us to add in our resource guide, please submit to this form. It is our hope that our community members and partner organizations will utilize this guide to inform their communities, friends, and family about combating the COVID-19 pandemic.
APIAHF and 27 national and community Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) partners, with the CDC, launched the National AA and NHPI Health Response Partnership (the Partnership) to offer culturally and linguistically accessible resources to AANHPI communities.
AA-NHPIHealthResponse.org will provide online resources to inform AANHPI populations on different pressing public health issues. In its initial phase, the Partnership included resources for COVID-19, specifically vaccinations, data accumulation efforts, public service announcements and health education.
APIAHF & NAPABA have collaborated on ahate crime/incident toolkitthat provides basic and critical information for victims, community based organization, and community leaders. Translated into 25 different languages, this information provides background on:
Understanding the difference between a hate crime and hate incident
Working with law enforcement and the media
Checklist for community organizations
Frequently asked questions
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AANHPI Project Firstline Resources for Frontline Workers
APIAHF is coordinating with Project Firstline and its Asian American, Native Hawaiian and 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.
National COVID-19 Resiliency Network — Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) launched a new COVID-19 Network with a national coalition board to inform community-driven response, recovery, and resiliency strategies for addressing the impact of COVID-19 on communities.
CDC Foundation Health Equity for Food Industry Workers — The CDC Foundation created a COVID-19 resource for food industry workers resources that has been translated into AANHPI languages and is available in English, Simplified Chinese, and Vietnamese.
Confronting COVID-19-Related Harassment in Schools — The Department of Education and Department of Justice have created a resource on the steps families can take if they or someone in their community has been impacted by COVID-19-related harrassment in schools. The fact sheet is available in English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Tagalog, and Vietnamese.
CDC COVID Data Tracker — CDC has launched a new COVID-19 Data Tracker module that includes state-specific vaccine administration information for the federal Pharmacy Partnership for Long-Term Care program. To date, more than 2 million long-term care facility (LTCF) residents and staff have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine.
COVID-19 Multilingual Resource Hub — The COVID-19 Multilingual Resource Hub was initiated by the UCLA Asian American Studies Center and the Fielding School of Public Health and developed with support from our partner research centers of the Institute of American Cultures, including the American Indian Studies Center, Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies, and Chicano Studies Research Center. The purpose is to gather and share in-language/translated resources on the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) for our multilingual communities. The resources listed here are provided for reference to assist members of the community at large, including but not limited to AANHPI communities.
Nursing Home COVID-19 Data Dashboard — CDC’s National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) is supporting the nation’s COVID-19 response by providing a Long-term Care Facilities (LTCFs) COVID-19 Module, which enables an assessment of the impact of COVID-19 through facility reported information, including: counts of residents and facility personnel (staff) with positive COVID-19 viral test results and death counts among residents and facility personnel with positive COVID-19 viral test results. To learn more, please visit: NHSN Nursing Home COVID-19 Data Dashboard
Workplace SARS-CoV-2 Testing: Consent Elements and Disclosures — This document describes the elements of consent and recommended disclosures necessary to support employee decision-making for participating in workplace-based testing. This document expands on the disclosures outlined in “SARS-CoV-2 Testing Strategy: Considerations for Non-Healthcare Workplaces.”
Estimated Disease Burden of COVID-19 — To better reflect the burden of COVID-19 – the full impact of the disease — CDC provides estimates of COVID-19 infections, symptomatic illnesses, and hospitalizations using a statistical model to adjust for cases that national surveillance networks are unable to capture for a number of reasons. These estimates and the methodology used to calculate them are published in Clinical Infectious Diseases and available online. To learn more, please visit: Estimated COVID-19 Burden.
Kalusugan Coalition continues to educate and promote health through their #FilAmHealthCOVID19 health forum webinar series to support the Filipino American community. Their most recent session focused on the Cardiovascular Complications of COVID-19. For more info on upcoming sessions, check out: https://twitter.com/kcforhealth.
Nursing Home COVID-19 Data Dashboard — CDC’s National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) is supporting the nation’s COVID-19 response by providing a Long-term Care Facilities (LTCFs) COVID-19 Module, which enables an assessment of the impact of COVID-19 through facility reported information, including: counts of residents and facility personnel (staff) with positive COVID-19 viral test results and death counts among residents and facility personnel with positive COVID-19 viral test results. To learn more, please visit: NHSN Nursing Home COVID-19 Data Dashboard
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