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HOME  >  RESOURCES >  NEWSLETTERS & REPORTS Publications & Reports Asian Outlook | Earthquake Safety Depression Among the Asian Elderly | Health Education for Asians State of Bay Area Asian Nonprofits Asian Outlook A publication of the Asian Pacific Fund, Asian Outlook is a report released every year to focus public attention on mainstream issues as they affect Asian Americans in the Bay Area. Fall/Winter 2007 Challenges for Today's Asian American Students Fall/Winter 2006 Understanding the Immigration Debate Fall/Winter 2004 Close Up Views of Mental Health and Immigration Issues Fall/Winter 2003 Bay Area People in Need: Unemployed, Youth & The Elderly Protecting Your Family From Earthquakes -- The Seven Steps to Earthquake Safety (2006) There is a 63 percent change there will be a strong, damaging Bay Area earthquake in the next 25 years. Get a free booklet to learn easy ways you can prepare. This booklet has information in English, simplified Chinese, Vietnamese and Korean. Click here for more information. Download booklet (48 pages) Healing the Spirit: Treating Depression Among the Asian Elderly (2005) Elderly Asian women have the highest suicide rate of any racial or ethnic sub-group in the United States. A major cause of this is depression. This health education video discusses the treatment of depression for the Asian elderly. Click here for more information. A Chance for Lan and Her Family: Health Education for Asians (2001) Guided by the Health Advisory Committee and based on interviews with 90 community health experts and reviews of studies and medical journals, "A Chance for Lan and Her Family" found that in every stage of life Asians face life-threatening diseases that could be prevented. Three serious health issues disproportionately impact Asian Americans: Asians have the highest suicide rate among elderly women. One-third of Asian high school seniors smoke. More than half of the 1.3 million Americans infected with hepatitis B are Asian, even though Asians are only 4 percent of the population. Download Executive Summary (7 pages) Download Full Report (29 pages) Health Advisory Committee Cora M. Tellez Co-Chair President, Health Plans Division Health Net, Inc. Joan M. Haratani, Esq Co-Chair Director, Oakland Office Crosby, Heafey, Roach & May Agnes Alikpala, MD Vice President, Philippine Medical Society Chief of Pediatrics, Saint Luke's Hospital Ranu Grewal-Bahl, MD Oncologist Lin Ho, MD President & Chairman Brown & Toland Medical Group Tiffany Ho, MD Medical Director Marin County Mental Health Bill Imada President & CEO Imada Wong Communications Group Gifford S. Leoung, MD Medical Director, HIVCare Saint Francis Memorial Hospital   Dexter Louie, MD Former President, SF Medical Society Moraga School Board Member Maria Reyes Mason, MD President, California Division American Cancer Society Melen McBride, PhD, MSN, RN. Associate Director Stanford Geriatric Education Center Srinivas Ramachandra, MD President, Association of Physicians of Indian Origin Chief of Surgery, Kaiser Hayward Elizabeth Shih Chief Administrative Officer Catholic Healthcare West Sam So, MD, FACS Director Asian Liver Center at Stanford University John Sugiyama, EdD Superintendent Dublin Unified School District Gail Wagner, MD Medical Oncologist The Permanente Medical Group Russell Woo, MD Surgeon California Pacific Medical Center Perceptions and Realities (1996) Despite dramatic growth in population and need, Bay Area Asian nonprofit organizations are underfunded according to this analysis of public and private funding. Asian nonprofit agencies receive one-third less funding overall than nonprofit agencies throughout the Bay Area region. While the Asian population doubled during the 1980s, the average revenue growth among all Asian organizations between 1989 and 1993 was 27 percent. The Bay Area growth rate for all nonprofits was 104 percent. Only 0.5 percent of local foundation grants go to local Asian nonprofits. Download Full Report (18 pages)

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