Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) are the fastest growing racial populations in the United States, and both groups suffer significant health disparities.  We have the opportunity to change our nation’s future health trajectory by working with these fast growing populations to decrease their health risks, by focusing on prevention, multiple determinants of health, and health in all policies.   

This Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (APAHM), the Asian & Pacific Islander Caucus (APIC) for Public Health will continue its advancement of the American Public Health Association’s (APHA) 2015 National Public Health Week’s Call to Action, “Becoming the Healthiest Nation in a Generation.” In order to become the healthiest nation, we need to go beyond health care and transform the way we approach health, by addressing broader issues that affect health – the social and economic environment and the physical environment.

This Web Forum will examine some of the ways a wider look at the issues that impact AAPI health can prove to have important long term benefits as we strive for a healthier status. Specifically, we will discuss:

• The social determinants of health in the Pacific Islands through the perspective of climate change; and
• Organizing for racial justice, healthy neighborhoods, and financial stability.

We welcome our global audience of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. For convenience, please find additional time zone information for the live event:

• Tuesday, May 19, 2015: American Samoa (10:00 AM), Hawaii (11:00 AM), Pacific (2:00 PM), Eastern (5:00 PM)
• Wednesday May 20, 2015: Chamorro (7:00 AM), Marshall Islands (9:00 AM)