Asian Health Coalition

ALL ONE COMMUNITY (A1C)

BETTER-HEALTH (HELPING EDUCATE ALL AND LINK THOSE WITH HEPATITIS)

HEALTH EQUITY THROUGH ACCESS TO LANGUAGE STRATEGY - THERE IS AN URGENT NEED TO PROVIDE LINGUISTICALLY AND CULTURALLY COMPETENT CARE FOR COMMUNITIES WITH LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY (LEP). ASIAN AMERICANS WITH LEP EXPERIENCE SEVERAL BARRIERS TO HEALTHCARE ACCESS, RESULTING IN POORER HEALTH OUTCOMES. IT IS THEREFORE CRITICAL TO IDENTIFY AND IMPLEMENT EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING LANGUAGE UTILIZATION SERVICES AND PATIENT/PROVIDER COMMUNICATION FOR ASIAN AMERICANS WITH LEP. THROUGH HEALTH EQUITY THROUGH ACCESS TO LANGUAGE STRATEGY (HEALS), THE AHC WILL LEVERAGE ON EXISTING KNOWLEDGE OF BARRIERS TO LANGUAGE SERVICES AMONG LEP ASIAN AMERICANS AND OUR PARTNERSHIPS WITH LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS AND HEALTH PROVIDERS ACROSS CHICAGO TO: 1) INCREASE THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS WITH LEP WHO ARE AWARE OF AND UNDERSTAND THEIR RIGHT TO LANGUAGE ACCESS SERVICES (LAS) THROUGH CULTURALLY AND RELEVANT OUTREACH EFFORTS, 2) INCREASE AWARENESS AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE AVAILABILITY OF TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES FOR BILINGUAL/MULTILINGUAL COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO OBTAIN A MEDICAL INTERPRETER CERTIFICATION 3) INCREASED ACCESS AND UTILIZATION OF INTERPRETER SERVICES THAT ARE CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE AND 4) DECREASE MISCOMMUNICATION BETWEEN LEP PERSONS AND THE HEALTHCARE TEAM THROUGH EFFECTIVE AND CURRENT PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION ON LAS.

COALITION FOR ASIAN SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION'S SUPPORT FOR A DRUG FREE COMM IN CHICAGO

HEPATITIS EDUCATION AND PREVENTION PROGRAM (HEPP)-LAY HEALTH ADVISOR MODEL

"PROJECT PHOENIX" POSITIVE HEALTH OUTCOMES THROUGH EMPOWERMENT AND NAVIGATION INITIATIVES TOWARDS EXCELLENCE

TRAINING RESPONDERS AND INDIVIDUALS TO NAVIGATE USING MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID (TRAIN-MHFA) - TO ADDRESS BARRIERS TO MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AMONG COMMUNITIES OF COLOR (ASIAN, AFRICAN AMERICAN AND LATINX) IN CHICAGO, THE ASIAN HEALTH COALITION (AHC) PROPOSES TO IMPLEMENT TRAINING RESPONDERS AND INDIVIDUALS TO NAVIGATE USING MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID (TRAIN-MHFA) PROJECT. THREE STAFF MEMBERS FROM THE AHC WILL BECOME CERTIFIED INSTRUCTORS IN MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID TRAINING (MHFA). THEN, THEY WILL PROVIDE MHFA TRAININGS TO 700 COMMUNITY MEMBERS (FIRST RESPONDERS, TEACHERS, PARENTS AND YOUTH) AND COMMUNITY ADVOCATES (COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATION (CBO) STAFF) WHO WILL BECOME MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AIDERS. THE PROJECT IS DESIGNED TO RUN FOR FIVE YEARS AND WILL ACHIEVE THE FOLLOWING GOALS: 1. INCREASE MENTAL HEALTH LITERACY AMONG CBO STAFF MEMBERS, FIRST RESPONDERS, TEACHERS, PARENTS AND YOUTH TO RECOGNIZE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF MENTAL DISORDERS AND INCREASE THEIR CONFIDENCE IN RESPONDING TO PEOPLE OF COLOR WITH MENTAL DISORDERS AND EMPLOYING CRISIS DE-ESCALATION TECHNIQUES. 2. INCREASE THE CAPACITY OF CBO PARTNERS TO ENHANCE REFERRAL MECHANISMS AND COORDINATION OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR PEOPLE OF COLOR WITH MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES. 3. INCREASE MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AIDERS' CULTURAL COMPETENCY WHEN RESPONDING TO PEOPLE OF COLOR WITH MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES. ADDITIONALLY, AHC WILL TARGET THESE MEASURABLE OBJECTIVES OF THE TRAIN-MHFA PROJECT. 1. BY YEAR 5, 700 CBO STAFF MEMBERS, FIRST RESPONDERS, TEACHERS, PARENTS AND YOUTH IN COMMUNITIES OF COLOR WILL COMPLETE THE MHFA TRAININGS AND BECOME MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AIDERS. 2. BY YEAR 5, 20 MENTAL HEALTH LITERACY AND SKILL-BASED EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS WILL BE PROVIDED TO ALL MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AIDERS VIA PROJECT ECHO. AND, 20 MENTAL HEALTH CAPACITY BUILDING EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS WILL BE PROVIDED TO ALL CBO PARTNERS VIA PROJECT ECHO. 3. BY THE 6TH MONTH OF THE FIRST YEAR OF THE PROJECT, CBO PARTNERS WILL BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT THE LINAGE TO CARE PROJECT - IL CARE CONTINUUM PORTAL TO MAKE REFERRALS TO MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDERS. 4. BY YEAR 3, A MULTI-LINGUAL (ENGLISH, SPANISH, CHINESE, KOREAN, AND HINDI) MENTAL HEALTH COMMUNITY RESOURCE GUIDE WILL BE DEVELOPED AND DISSEMINATED TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AIDERS. 5. BY YEAR 3, FIVE CULTURAL SUPPLEMENTS IN CHINESE, KOREAN, SOUTH ASIAN, LATINX AND AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURES WILL BE DEVELOPED AND AT LEAST 200 MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AIDERS WILL HAVE COMPLETED AT LEAST ONE OF THE SUPPLEMENTS. THE AHC STRIVES TO BUILD OFF OF THE SUCCESSES OF OUR PREVIOUS WORK AND DELIVER MORE ROBUST AND CULTURALLY RELEVANT MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES THROUGH TRAIN-MHFA.

V-PROTECT: CONFIDENCE PROGRAM [VACCINATE TO PROTECT YOURSELF, YOUR FAMILY, AND YOUR COMMUNITY] - THE V-PROTECT: CONFIDENCE PROGRAM (“VACCINATE TO PROTECT YOURSELF, YOUR FAMILY, AND YOUR COMMUNITY”) AIMS TO ADDRESS VACCINE HESITANCY AND LOW UPTAKE RATES AMONG BLACK AND ASIAN REFUGEE, IMMIGRANT, AND MIGRANT (RIM) COMMUNITIES IN ILLINOIS BY IDENTIFYING ETHNICALLY AND CULTURALLY TAILORED INTERVENTIONS TO INCREASE CONFIDENCE IN VACCINE PRODUCTS, VACCINE PROVIDERS, AND VACCINE POLICY. AS THE LARGEST AND MOST DIVERSE METROPOLITAN AREA IN THE MOST POPULOUS STATE IN THE MIDWEST, CHICAGO IS A MAJOR HUB FOR RIM COMMUNITIES, WHILE ILLINOIS HAS NEARLY 2 MILLION FOREIGN-BORN RESIDENTS. THE FOREIGN-BORN ASIAN POPULATION INCREASED BY APPROXIMATELY 19.4% SINCE 2010. THE FOREIGN-BORN BLACK POPULATION INCREASED BY APPROXIMATELY 66% SINCE 2010. IN 2015, CHICAGO DATA SHOWS 33.6% OF ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER ADULTS WERE VACCINATED FOR THE FLU, COMPARED TO 43.2% OF WHITE ADULTS. WHILE COVID-19 VACCINATION HAS BEEN RELATIVELY HIGH AMONG THE BROADER ASIAN AMERICAN POPULATION, LACK OF DISAGGREGATION FAILS TO REVEAL THE LOW VACCINATION RATES AMONG SPECIFIC ASIAN ETHNIC SUBGROUPS AND AMONG ASIAN IMMIGRANTS, RELATED TO LOW HEALTH LITERACY, LIMITED ACCESS, LANGUAGE BARRIERS, RELIGIOUS BELIEFS, AND VACCINE HESITANCY. ANOTHER VACCINE PREVENTABLE DISEASE, HEPATITIS B, ALSO DISPROPORTIONALLY AFFECTS FOREIGN-BORN ASIANS, WITH 1 IN 12 ASIANS LIVING WITH HEPATITIS B. CHICAGO’S 2015 INFLUENZA DATA SHOWS BLACK ADULTS HAD THE LOWEST VACCINATION RATE, AT 25.9%, COMPARED TO 43.2% OF WHITES. AS OBSERVED WITH CURRENT UPTAKE OF THE COVID-19 VACCINATION, 51.1% OF THE ILLINOIS POPULATION IS FULLY VACCINATED AS OF MID-AUGUST 2021, WITH ONLY 9.8% OF THOSE VACCINATED IDENTIFYING AS BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN, DESPITE MAKING UP 14.1% OF THE TOTAL POPULATION. THESE RIM COMMUNITIES EXPERIENCE BARRIERS TO HEALTHCARE ACCESS WITH CONTRIBUTING FACTORS TO HEIGHTENED VACCINE HESITANCY AND LOW UPTAKE RATES. TO REACH AND EDUCATE THESE COMMUNITIES, THE ASIAN HEALTH COALITION (AHC) WILL STRATEGICALLY P ARTNER WITH LOCAL COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS AND REGIONAL HEALTH CENTERS ACROSS ILLINOIS TO ACCURATELY ASSESS, DEVELOP, AND DISSEMINATE CULTURALLY AND LINGUISTICALLY TAILORED INTERVENTIONS TO IMPROVE VACCINE CONFIDENCE AND UPTAKE. IN COLLABORATIVE EFFORT WITH PROGRAM PARTNERS, AHC WILL ORGANIZE A SERIES OF HEALTH FAIRS THAT TARGET BLACK AND ASIAN IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES, PROVIDING VACCINE EDUCATION IN A CONTEXT THAT REDUCES THE BURDEN OF SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY SPECIFIC STIGMA. ENGAGEMENT SURVEYS WILL COLLECT PERTINENT, DISAGGREGATED DATA ON CONFIDENCE IN VACCINE PRODUCTS, PROVIDERS, AND POLICY. AHC WILL LEVERAGE THE RESOURCES AND LONGSTANDING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICINE – CENTER FOR ASIAN HEALTH EQUITY TO IMPLEMENT THE V-PROTECT: CONFIDENCE PROGRAM AS A MULTI-LEVEL PARTNERSHIP STRATEGY THAT WILL ASSESS, IDENTIFY, EDUCATE, EVALUATE, AND EFFECTIVELY IMPROVE VACCINE CONFIDENCE AND UPTAKE IN FOREIGN-BORN BLACK AND ASIAN COMMUNITIES.

ASIAN MENTAL HEALTH PARTNERSHIPS INITIATIVE-IMPROVING ACCESS TO CULTURALLY AND LINGUISTICALLY COMPETENT MENTAL HEALTH SE

"PROJECT PHOENIX" POSITIVE HEALTH OUTCOMES THROUGH EMPOWERMENT AND NAVIGATION INITIATIVES TOWARDS EXCELLENCE

COALITION FOR ASIAN SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION

PPHF 2012 VIRAL HEPATITIS, EARLY IDENTIFICATION, AND LINKAGE TO CARE FOR PERSONS

TOGETHER TO STOP UNDERAGE DRINKING - THE ASIAN HEALTH COALITION (AHC) PROPOSES THE TOGETHER TO STOP UNDERAGE DRINKING PROGRAM TO ADDRESS THE INCREASING TRENDS OF ALCOHOL USE AND MISUSE AMONG YOUTH AGED 12-20 IN THE SOUTH LAWNDALE, LOWER WEST SIDE, ARCHER HEIGHTS, BRIGHTON PARK, AND MCKINLEY PARK NEIGHBORHOODS OF THE CHICAGO’S SOUTHWEST SIDE. AHC WILL PARTNER WITH THE COALITION FOR ACHIEVING SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION (CASAP) SERVING COMMUNITIES OF COLOR IN THE TARGET NEIGHBORHOODS TO IMPLEMENT CULTURALLY TAILORED EVIDENCE-BASED PREVENTION STRATEGIES TO REDUCE UNDERAGE DRINKING. THE PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO RUN FOR FOUR YEARS AND WILL ACHIEVE THE FOLLOWING GOALS: 1. STRENGTHEN THE CAPACITY OF CASAP BY INCREASING CITIZEN PARTICIPATION AND GREATER COLLABORATION AMONG ALL SECTORS AND ORGANIZATIONS TO ADDRESS ALCOHOL USE AMONG YOUTH AGED 12-20 IN THE TARGET NEIGHBORHOODS; 2. REDUCE ALCOHOL USE AMONG YOUTH AGED 12-20 IN THE TARGET NEIGHBORHOODS BY IMPLEMENTING EVIDENCE-BASED PROGRAMS THAT ADDRESS BEHAVIORS THAT MAY LEAD TO THE INITIATION OF USE; 3. ENHANCE INTERGOVERNMENTAL COOPERATION AND COORDINATION TO REDUCE ALCOHOL USE AMONG YOUTH AGED 12-20 IN THE TARGET NEIGHBORHOODS BY REENGAGING LOCAL AND STATE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES TO DEVELOP A STRATEGIC PLAN AND LOGIC MODEL THAT ADDRESSES YOUTH ALCOHOL USE AT THE POLICY LEVEL. ADDITIONALLY, BY THE END OF THE 4-YEAR PROJECT, THE AHC WILL TARGET THESE MEASURABLE OBJECTIVES OF THE TOGETHER TO STOP UNDERAGE DRINKING PROJECT: - FOUR (4) COMMUNITY TOWN HALL MEETINGS WILL BE HELD TO OBTAIN PUBLIC FEEDBACK ABOUT ISSUES RELATED TO UNDERAGE DRINKING IN THE COMMUNITY AND UTILIZE THIS FEEDBACK TO INFORM THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE STRATEGIC AND ACTION PLANS; - AT LEAST 80 YOUTH WILL COMPLETE THE YOUTH ACT PROGRAM ON SAMHSA’S STRATEGIC PREVENTION FRAMEWORK TO ADDRESS SUBSTANCE USE/MISUSE RELATED PROBLEMS, 48 YOUTH ACT PARTICIPANTS WILL BECOME YOUTH ADVOCATES BY JOINING YOUTH ADVISORY BOARD (YAB), AND 2 YAB MEMBERS WILL JOIN CASAP TO REPRESENT THE YOUTH SECTOR; - TEN (10) PARENTS WILL BE TRAINED AND BECOME COMMUNITY ADVOCATES TO IMPLEMENT THE “TALK. THEY HEAR YOU” CAMPAIGN AND OTHER EVIDENCE-BASED PROGRAMS AND 2 PARENT PARTICIPANTS WILL JOIN CASAP TO REPRESENT THE PARENT SECTOR; - AT LEAST 320 YOUTH WILL PARTICIPATE IN PHOTOVOICE, REWARD & REMINDER, AND OTHER SELECTED EVIDENCE-BASED PROGRAMS TO IMPROVE THEIR KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE CONSEQUENCES OF UNDERAGE DRINKING AND INCREASE PERCEPTIONS OF RISK OR HARM, PERCEPTIONS OF PARENTAL DISAPPROVAL OF USE, AND PERCEPTIONS OF PEER DISAPPROVAL OF USE OF ALCOHOL; - AT LEAST 320 PARENTS WILL BE REACHED THROUGH THE “TALK. THEY HEAR YOU.” CAMPAIGN AND OTHER SELECTED EVIDENCE-BASED PROGRAMS, IMPLEMENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCAL MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL’S PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATIONS (PTA), TO TEACH PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS ABOUT THE PREVALENCE AND RISK OF UNDERAGE DRINKING AND THE IMPORTANCE OF TALKING WITH THEIR CHILDREN ABOUT AVOIDING ALCOHOL; - CASAP WILL WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES TO DEVELOP A STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN AND LOGIC MODEL THAT ADDRESSES YOUTH ALCOHOL USE AT THE POLICY LEVEL. THE AHC STRIVES TO BUILD OFF THE SUCCESSES OF OUR PREVIOUS WORK AND DELIVER MORE ROBUST AND CULTURALLY RELEVANT PREVENTION SERVICES THROUGH TOGETHER TO STOP UNDERAGE DRINKING.

PREVENT AND REDUCE ALCOHOL USE AMONG YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS IN CHICAGOS NEIGHBORHOODS

PREVENT AND REDUCE ALCOHOL USE AMONG YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS IN CHICAGO'S NEIGHBOR

MIDWEST REGION HEALTH EQUITY CONFERENCE

THE ASIAN HEALTH COALITION SEEKS TO REDUCE ASTHMA DISPARITIES ATTRIBUTABLE TO SECONDHAND SMOKE IN CHICAGO'S MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AND ECONOMICALLY DI

NATIONAL CENTER FOR HIV, VIRAL HEPATITIS, SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE AND TUBERC