CDC REACH

In this five-year initiative, our CHDIS team aims to decrease the burden of chronic diseases experienced by Asian Americans. We achieve this by collaborating with a statewide coalition to identify the factors contributing to health disparities within the Asian American community. Our strategy involves implementing changes in policies, systems, and environments to enhance nutrition, physical activity, and community-clinical linkages.

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  We promote breastfeeding and collaborate with food systems such as grocery stores and local food pantries to enhance the availability of healthy food options.
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  We employ Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to map factors influencing individual physical activity patterns, ultimately striving to create Activity-Friendly Communities.
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  We facilitate connections between Asian Americans and locally available health programs. This initiative targets those who have not previously utilized such services, thus improving their access to healthcare resources.
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  • MAIN 2.5 Year Video Copy (short HD).mp4
  • CHDIS 2.5 Year Video (long HD).mp4
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  Nutrition Domain:

  • ASPHN’S FARM TO EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION (ECE) CAPACITY BUILDING GRANT (CABBAGE)
  • Creating a Client-Centered Food Pantry In Hamtramck, MI
  • Educating Hamtramck Residents about Healthy Cooking Techniques
  • Creating a Supportive Breastfeeding Environment for Asian American Communities in Southeast MI

  Physical Activity Domain:

  • Roadmap to Quick Build Hamtramck
  • Hamtramck's First Walk to School Day

  Community-Clinical Linkages:

  • Bilingual Diabetes Prevention Program
  • Bilingual Diabetes Prevention Program Video
  • WISEWOMAN Success Story
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  Nutrition Domain:

  Breastfeeding continuity of care

  Reducing lactation support disparities for a marginalized community through a Policy, Systems, and Environmental Change approach: A case study in Michigan

  Healthy nutrition standards

  Food insecurity and diabetes: An investigation of underserved Asian Americans in Michigan.

  Improving food access

  • Understanding the grocery store environemnt in a MI urban setting: A case study in a Bangladeshi community.
  • MAP it in Action Developing a Strategic Plan for Hamtramck, MI
  • Field Notes: Implementation of Healthy for Life® Virtual Cook-Along Classes.

  Physical Activity Domain:

  • U.S. CDC’s Active People Health Nation: Michigan’s Story for Promoting Physical Activity in Local Communities
  • Parental Perceptions and Perceived Environmental Influences on Active Transport to School in U.S. Inner-City Neighborhoods: Through the Lens of Health Equity.

  Community-Clinical Linkages:

  • Utilizing listening sessions to assess COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance among Asian Americans in Michigan. Healthcare. 10, 2284.
  • Challenges and successes in health communication messaging with Asian Americans
  • Using community engagement and Geographic Information Systems to address COVID-19 Vaccination Disparities. Tropical Medicine & Infectious Disease. 7, 177.
  • Perceptions of COVID-19 vaccine, racism, and social vulnerability: An examination among East Asian Americans, Southeast Asian Americans, South Asian Americans, and Others. Vaccines. 10, 1333
  • Influenza vaccination update during COVID-19 pandemic: A trusted messenger approach. Health Education Journal, 8(5), 573-584.
  • COVID-19 care package distribution for senior citizens and families in Detroit and Hamtramck, Michigan. Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition, 15(4), 585-587.
  • Associations of racism and COVID-19
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  All are in Google Docs with the wrong permissions.

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