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. 2022 Jun 2;6(1):399-401.
doi: 10.1089/heq.2022.0075. eCollection 2022.

Advancing Health Equity for Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders

Krystal Ka'ai  1 , Rebecca Lee  1 , Victoria Chau  1 , Lanlan Xu  1
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Advancing Health Equity for Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders

Krystal Ka'ai et al. Health Equity. .

Abstract

This article discusses the urgency of focusing on health disparities for the Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AA and NHPI) communities and lays out three key policy priorities for the White House Initiative on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders to advance health equity for the AA and NHPI communities: Anti-Asian hate and violence, data disaggregation, and language access.

Keywords: health disparities; minority health; racial minority.

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No competing financial interests exist.

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