Asian Americans encounter a range of health issues often unknown to the American public, policy makers, researchers and even clinicians. National research often combines Asian Americans into a single category, not taking into account the differences and complexity among Asian ethnic subgroups. The definition of Asian American derives from the U.S. Census Bureau's definition of Asian, which includes peoples from all the vast territories of the Far East, Southeast Asia and the South Asian Subcontinent. While Census classifications determine demographic measurements that affect equal opportunity programs, the broad rubric "Asian-American" can never describe accurately the more than 50 distinct Asian American subgroups, who together comprise multifaceted diversity across cultural ethnicities, socio-economic status, languages, religions and generations. This volume rectifies that situation by exploring the unique needs and health concerns of particular subgroups within the Asian American community. It consolidates a wide range of knowledge on various health issues impacting Asian Americans while also providing a discussion into the cultural, social, and structural forces impacting morbidity, mortality and quality of life. The volume is designed to advance the understanding of Asian American health by explaining key challenges and identifying emerging trends faced in specific ethnic groups and diseases/illnesses, innovative community-based interventions and the future needed areas of research.

Preface
Section I: Ethnicity and Health
Chapter 1    Ethnicity and Health by Fang Gong and David T.  Takeuchi
Chapter 2    Critical Issues Impacting Asian Indian Americans  by Ranjita Misra
Chapter 3   Chinese Americans and Health: The Impact of Culture on Disease Prevention and Management by Angela Sun
Chapter  4   The Health of Filipino/a Americans: Challenges and Opportunities for Change by Richard Sean Magbual and Roderick Raña Daus-Magbual,
Chapter 5   Japanese Americans: Current Health Issues and Directions for Future Research by Tazuko Shibusawa
Chapter 6   Challenges and Opportunities for Improving Health in the Korean American Community  by Grace J. Yoo and Sachiko Wood
Chapter  7   Social and Cultural Influences on the Health of the Vietnamese American PopulationVietnamese Americans  by Mai Nhung Le and Tu-Uyen Nguyen
Chapter 8 Emergin  South Asian Americans and Health by Shilpa Patel and Nadia  Islam
Chapter  9  Southeast Asian American Health: Sociohistorical and Cultural Perspectives  by Khatharya Um
Chapter 10 Mixed Asian Americans and Health: Navigating Uncharted Waters  by  Cathy J. Tashiro
Section II:   Social Determinants of Health
Chapter 11   Acculturation and Culture: A Critical Factor for Asian Americans' Health  by Yijie Wang and Su Yeong Kim
Chapter 12    Asian Americans andRacism: Mental Health and Health Consequences by Alvin N. Alvarez and Jayoung Shin
Chapter 13    Asian Americans, Socioeconomic Status, and Health: Current Findings and Future Concerns  by Wei Zhang
Section III:  Critical Health Issues Facing Asian Americans
Chapter 14 Perceptions and Culturally Responsive Care of Asian Americans with Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias by Linda  A. Gerdner and Gwen Yeo
Chapter 15 Cancer: An Ongoing Rish for Asian American Communities by Giang T. Nguyen
Chapter 16 Heterogeneity in Cardiovascular Health among Asian American subgroups: Risk Factors, Outcomes, Treatment and Prevention, and Future Research Opportunities by Ariel T. Holland and  Latha P. Palaniappan
Chapter 17 Diabetes: A Growing Concern in the Asian American Community by Ranjita Misra
Chapter 18 Obesity and Asian Americans: Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Future Research Directions  by May C. Wang
Chapter 19 Hepatitis B and Asian Americans by Tung T. Nguyen, Vicky Taylor,  Annette Maxwell, Moon S. Chen Jr., Roshan Bastani, and Susan Stewart
Chapter 20 Severe Mental Illness in Asian Americans: Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder by Russell F. Lim and Francis G. Liu
Chapter 21    Asian American Violence: Scope, Context, and Implications by Deborah A. Goebert,  Thao N. Le, and  Jeanelle J. Sugimoto-Matsuda
Section IV: Health Care Delivery
Chapter 22  Falling through the Cracks: Models, Barriers, and the Future of Health Care Access for Asian Americans Access by Stephen Vong and Ricky Choi
Chapter 23  Quality of Health Care for Asian Americans by Dara H Sorkin, Heather Ngai, and Quyen Ngo-Metzger
Chapter 24   Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use in Asian Americans: Is Integrative Medicine the Ticket into the US Healthcare System by Isha Weerasinghe, Lixin Zhang, and Simona C. Kwon
Chapter 25   A Passage to a Good Death: End of Life Care for  Asian Americans by Evaon Wong-Kim and Nancy J. Burke
Section V: Social Movements, Health and the Asian American Community
Chapter 26    Early Chinese Immigrants Organizing for Healthcare: The Establishment of the Chinese Hospital of San Francisco: by Laureen D. Hom
Chapter 27  Lives Were Saved: The Asian American Donor Program by Jonathan Leong, Kira Donnell, and Emily Avera
Chapter 28   HIV/AIDS in Asian and Pacific Islanders in the United States by Don Operario, Judy Tan, and Caroline Kuo
Chapter 29  Evolution of an Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Cancer Advocacy Movement: Heroes Among Us by Susan Matsuko Shinagawa and Alan Oda
Chapter 30 The Versailles Social Movement and Implications for Asian American Environmental Health in Post- Katrina New Orleans by Maureen Lichtveld and Vy Dao
Chapter 31 The Role of Asian Americans in Ending Hepatitis B by Ted Fang and Jason Liu
 About the Editors and Contributors
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