CAH community engagement programs focus on improving Asian and ethnic minority community wide health and facilitating access to healthcare. CAH programs are evidence-based and are culturally and linguistically appropriate. CAH’s partnerships with more than 380 Asian and other ethnic community-based organizations ensures the viability of these programs through timely dissemination of health messages, education, early detection of health problems as well as provision of services especially to hard-to-reach and underserved communities and populations.
CAH’s community health education provided in English, Chinese, Korean, Cambodian, Vietnamese and Tagalog includes the following areas:
Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AA NHPI) Interest Group | Tips for AA NHPI Community Engagement
Tip sheets from the AA NHPI Interest Group that were developed out of the group’s desire to provide community and culturally-specific materials on engagement with AA NHPI populations.
- Getting Started: Where to Go?
- How to Best Engage and Communicate: Lessons Learned so Far from COVID-19
- Small Communities Matter: Paving the Way to Widespread Usage of Correct Data Disaggregation Practices
Cancer Education
- Cervical Cancer for Asian Women
- Outreach & Health Communication
- Becoming Breast Cancer Prevention and Treatment Navigator
- Hepatitis B-Liver Cancer Prevention and Intervention
- Hepatitis C-Liver Cancer Prevention
- Cancer Education for Asians (Cancer ABC)
- Colorectal Cancer Prevention and Early Detection
- Lung and Oral Cancer Prevention for Smokers
- Lung Cancer Screening for People at Risk
- Cancer Health Disparity Education for Health Providers
- Clinical Trials Education for Asians and Underserved Populations
- Patient Navigation Competencies
Chronic Disease Education
- Healthy Heart in Asians
- Diabetes Education and Management
- Hypertension Prevention and Control
- Osteoporosis and Bone Health in Asians
Tobacco Prevention and Treatment
- Youth Smoking Cessation
- Asian Quit Using Tobacco (Asian QUIT) –Adult Smoking Cessation
- Preventing Youth from Smoking and Secondhand Smoke (Youth PASS)
- Preventing Adult from Smoking and Secondhand Smoke (Adult PASS)
- Secondhand Smoke-free for Asian Family and Community (SAF)
- Smoke-free Asian Youth Program (SAY)
- Tobacco Policy Research in Asian Communities (TPRAC)
- Tobacco Control in China (TCC)
Mental and Behavioral Health
- Access to Mental Health Care for Immigrants with Limited English Proficiency
- Cultural Stigma and Mental Health Support
- Behavioral Health Screenings
- Building Healthy Minds
Training and Capacity Building
- Training Community Health Workers
- Training and Capacity Building for Community Partners
- Small Grants for Innovative Projects