Asian American Health

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Basics

• Summary
• Start Here

Learn More

• Specifics

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Research

• Statistics and Research
• Clinical Trials
• Journal Articles

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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.

Start Here

• Profile: Asian Americans (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
• Diabetes and Asian Americans (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Glaucoma in Asian Populations (Glaucoma Research Foundation)
• Lupus among Asians and Hispanics (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) Also in Spanish
• Suicide among Asian-Americans (American Psychological Association)

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 or Pacific Islander 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)

• Article: Elevated breast cancer mortality among highly educated Asian American women.
• Article: Competing risk of the specific mortality among Asian-American patients with prostate...
• Article: Preventive Cancer Screening in Asian Americans: Need for Community Outreach Programs.
• Asian American Health -- see more articles

Find an Expert

• Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum
• Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health
• National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities

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

Women

• Osteoporosis: (National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)