Resource Type: Policy Brief

AB 1726: A California Case Study on Disaggregating Public Health Data by Race and Ethnicity

California
This policy brief presents key challenges to implementing California Assembly Bill 1726, which passed in 2016 and requires the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) to break down broad demographic data it collects into more specific Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AA and NHPI) subgroups. Policy Brief, Data Equity
First page of the report

The Right to Heal: Southeast Asian American Mental Health in California

California
In 2019, SEARAC collected almost 250 survey responses from SEAAs across California to share their mental health needs, the challenges they faced in accessing culturally and linguistically appropriate care, and their vision for the mental health system in California. Fact Sheet, Health, Mental Health and Aging
A woman behind white vines.

Everyone Deserves to be Seen: Recommendations for Improved Federal Data on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders

National
The report sets forth clear policy recommendations for Congress, federal, state, and local agencies, and institutions of higher education. Policy Brief, Data Equity, Education
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Intergenerational Trauma and Southeast Asian American Youth in California

California
Retraces how the unique historical war trauma in Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam and growing up in low-income neighborhoods contribute to ongoing trauma for California’s Southeast Asian American youth. Policy Brief, Health, Mental Health and Aging
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Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the United States Aged 55 Years and Older

National
Policy Brief, Health, Mental Health and Aging
factsheet

Southeast Asian Americans and Deportation Policy

National
Policy Brief, Immigration
Report