Join us in watching the APAICS 2024 Health Summit panel, "Bridging Gaps: Advancing Healthcare Accessibility for AA & NH/PIs". Please join us and hear remarks from Rep. Jill Tokuda (HI-02), Rep. Young Kim (CA-40) and from our panelists:

(Moderator) Dr. Lan Ðoàn, MPH, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Population Health NYU Langone Health

Dr. Rita Kuwahara, MD, MIH, Primary Care Internal Medicine Physician

Sean Kolasker, Public Health Informaticist, Alexandria Health Department

Linda Murakami, MA , Head of Health Equity , Amgen

Panel description:

As distinct yet interconnected communities, AA & NH/PI populations face unique barriers to healthcare. In 2022, the White House Initiative on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders outlined three key policy priorities to advance health equity for these communities: Anti-Asian hate and violence, data disaggregation, and language access. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services created an action plan providing examples of expanding, delivering, investing, and engaging with communities to reduce health disparities. Public health, healthcare policy, and community advocacy experts will discuss some of the strategies for overcoming these challenges and advancing equitable healthcare access for both groups, including patient engagement, telehealth, and the unique concerns of our growing aging population.