Achieving Health Equity in Asian Populations

Achieving Health Equity in Asian Populations

Research about Asian Americans and Asian health equity issues have significant gaps, in part, due to lack of funding and support for minority investigators and examinations of health in this population. This special issue is designed to further our understanding of Asian health equity, especially wi...

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Main Author: XinQi Dong MD, MPH
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2018-06-01
Series:Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2333721418778169
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spelling doaj-2c3f4d2140ec48ce8f894e72a21d88602020-11-25T04:01:10ZengSAGE PublishingGerontology and Geriatric Medicine2333-72142018-06-01410.1177/2333721418778169Achieving Health Equity in Asian PopulationsXinQi Dong MD, MPH0Rush University, Chicago, IL, USAResearch about Asian Americans and Asian health equity issues have significant gaps, in part, due to lack of funding and support for minority investigators and examinations of health in this population. This special issue is designed to further our understanding of Asian health equity, especially within the context of global Chinese populations to examine how sociocultural contexts impact aging and health. Through the findings reported in this special issue, we call for increased funding and support to minority research scholars to conduct research toward improving Asian health equity, with an emphasis on nuanced cultural contexts of this population.https://doi.org/10.1177/2333721418778169
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title_short Achieving Health Equity in Asian Populations
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description Research about Asian Americans and Asian health equity issues have significant gaps, in part, due to lack of funding and support for minority investigators and examinations of health in this population. This special issue is designed to further our understanding of Asian health equity, especially within the context of global Chinese populations to examine how sociocultural contexts impact aging and health. Through the findings reported in this special issue, we call for increased funding and support to minority research scholars to conduct research toward improving Asian health equity, with an emphasis on nuanced cultural contexts of this population.
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