UCLA CHPR/AAPI Data Webinar: Piecing the Puzzle of AANHPI Health
Piecing the Puzzle of AANHPI Mental Health: A Community Analysis of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Mental Health Experiences in California
Research continues to suggest that Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders (AANHPIs) have some of the lowest rates of using mental health services compared to other groups — even amid histories of discrimination and rising fears of hate crimes in recent years.
What keeps more AANHPIs from seeking mental health care? Is it because even in their diversity, AANHPI communities share a common thread of cultural resilience?
On February 29, researchers from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research (CHPR) and AAPI Data discusses their new report, "Piecing The Puzzle of AANHPI Mental Health: A Community Analysis of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Mental Health Experiences in California," which combines California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) data disaggregated by various AANHPI subgroups paired with contextual and historical analyses and recommendations drawn from community leaders.
This novel approach allowed the researchers to account for the profound impacts the psychological toll from the pandemic and legacies of discrimination have had across generations of AANHPI communities. By disaggregating data for a number of key AANHPI subgroups, they learned important information that could help lawmakers craft policy that does a better job reaching the people who need it.
Speakers shared key insights about what tailoring mental health for AANHPI communities could look like to get more people the help they need.
Read the report: https://healthpolicy.ucla.edu/our-wor...
Presenters (in order of appearance):
Ninez A. Ponce, PhD, MPP
Director, UCLA Center for Health Policy Research
Karthick Ramakrishnan, PhD
Director, AAPI Data
Fontane Lo, MPP
Deputy Director, AAPI Data
Connie Tan, PhD
Senior Research Analyst, AAPI Data
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The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research (CHPR) is one of the nation's leading health policy research centers and the premier source of health policy information for California. UCLA CHPR is home to the California Health Interview Survey, the largest state health survey in the nation, which interviews more than 20,000 Californians each year on a broad range of health topics.
Established in 1994, UCLA CHPR is based in the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and affiliated with the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs.
The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research improves the public's health by advancing health policy through research, public service, community partnership, and education.