Open AccessUsing Evidence-Based Policy, Systems, and Environmental Strategies to Increase Access to Healthy Food and Opportunities for Physical Activity Among Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders
Author(s) -
Shilpa Patel,
Simona C. Kwon,
Pedro Arista,
Ed Tepporn,
Marianne Chung,
Kathy Ko Chin,
Catlin Rideout,
Nadia Islam,
Chau TrinhShevrin
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2015.302637
Subject(s) - native hawaiians , pacific islanders , environmental health , asian americans , health equity , gerontology , medicine , economic growth , geography , political science , public health , ethnic group , nursing , economics , population , law
Recent initiatives have focused on the dissemination of evidence-based policy, systems, and environmental (EBPSE) strategies to reduce health disparities. Targeted, community-level efforts are needed to supplement these approaches for comparable results among Asian Americans and Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders (NHPIs).The STRIVE Project funded 15 Asian American and NHPI community-based organizations (CBOs) to implement culturally adapted strategies. Partners reached more than 1.4 million people at a cost of $2.04 per person. CBOs are well positioned to implement EBPSE strategies to reduce health disparities.