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[PA-12] New Jersey's Asians' and Pacific Islanders' Success with Collective Advocacy: Impact on Health DisparitiesKem Louie, PhD, (Antony Stephen, PhD),Asian American and Pacific Islander Nurses Association, William Patterson University, Wayne, NJ
Kem Louie, PhD, Asian American and Pacific Islander Nurses Association and William Paterson University, & Antony Stephen, PhD, New Jersey Asian American Association For Human Services
The New Jersey Asian American Pacific Islander Health Coalition (NJ-AAPIHC) was formed in 2000 in response to the lack of any established statewide AAPI coalition or organizing infrastructure. The Coalition is made up of representatives from diverse AAPI groups from health, community, professional, faith-based and policy backgrounds in the state. Methods by which the following outcomes were achieved included collaboration, networking, advocacy with other API groups, and contact with the NJ Office of Multicultural and Minority Health.
In the formative two years, there are several successful outcomes of the NJ-AAPIHC:
- Quarterly meetings with the NJ Dept. of Health and Senior Services Commissioner of Health with NJ-AAPIHC Advisory Committee
- Appointment by the Governor of a founding member to the Commission the NJ Office of Multicultural and Minority Health
- Inclusion of AAPI data in Healthy NJ 2010
- First historic AAPI Health Summit Conference in 2000
- Publication and dissemination of the Proceedings of the first AAPI Health Summit
- Implementation of the recommendations from the first AAPI Health Summit
- Implementation of the Second AAPI Health Summit on AAPIs and Substance Abuse -2001
- Creation of a database for health resources for AAPIs
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Date: July 10-12, 2002
Location: Hilton Hotel & Towers, Washington, DC
Sponsor: U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health / Office of Public Health and Science
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