Asian American Health

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Summary

Every racial or ethnic group has specific health concerns. Differences in the health of groups can result from:

Genetics
Environmental factors
Access to care
Cultural factors

On this page, you'll find links to health issues that affect Asian Americans.

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Asian American Health (Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health)

Specifics

A1C Test and Race/Ethnicity (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
Cleft Lip and Cleft Palate (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) Also in Spanish
Glaucoma in Asian Populations (Glaucoma Research Foundation)
People with Lupus (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

Statistics and Research

Asthma and Asian Americans (Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health)
Cancer and Asian Americans (Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health)
Chronic Liver Disease and Asian Americans (Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health)
Diabetes and Asian Americans (Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health)
FastStats: Health of Asian Non-Hispanic Population (National Center for Health Statistics)
Health and Health Care for Asian Americans and Native Hawaiians and Other Pacific Islanders (NHOPIs) in the United States (Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation) - PDF
Heart Disease and Asian Americans (Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health)
Immunizations and Asian Americans (Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health)
Mental and Behavioral Health -- Asian Americans (Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health)
Obesity and Asian Americans (Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health)

Clinical Trials

ClinicalTrials.gov: Asian Americans (National Institutes of Health)

Journal Articles References and abstracts from MEDLINE/PubMed (National Library of Medicine)

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Children

Infant Mortality and Asian Americans (Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health)
Kawasaki Disease (For Parents) (Nemours Foundation) Also in Spanish

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National Institutes of Health

The primary NIH organization for research on Asian American Health is the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities

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