Our principles guide our activities in the community:
- Support the health initiatives of all member organizations
- Promote research and education to address health disparities
- Advocate for improved access to personalized, culturally, and linguistically competent healthcare
We represent 286,000 Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders living in Ohio, including the constituents of our eight-member organizations and hundreds of individual members. Our activities are guided by common values, including the belief that all Ohio’s citizens must have access to quality health care. Through our mission-based projects, we strive for excellence through collective action that can improve health programs and services for all.
Our past and current statewide and national projects and collaborations include:
- Health Through Action, a project funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation
- HepB Free Project funded by the Center of Excellence in the Elimination of Hepatitis B Disparities (CEED)
- “Local Conversations” sponsored by the Ohio Commission on Minority Health
- Minority Health Month sponsored by the Ohio Commission on Minority Health
- White House Initiatives on Asian American and Pacific Islanders
- Ohio Asian American Pacific Islander Legislative Day
- All of Us Research Program sponsored by the Asian Health Coalition
- USAging Aging and Disability Vaccination Collaborative
- 5 mental health projects funded by the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services
- Cultural Competency and Enhancement funded by Honda