Asian American Invisibility In Public Health

Cevadne Lee¹

• ¹Cevadne Lee (clee@ocapica.org) is director of health and policy at the Orange County Asian and Pacific Islander Community Alliance, in Garden Grove, California. The author thanks Crystal Baik for her editorial comments and feedback on this article. The author acknowledges the Asian American communities, elders, and ancestors for their sacrifices and resilience. The author thanks the data equity warriors, especially the Orange County Asian and Pacific Islander Taskforce and the Los Angeles Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and Asian American Data Equity Workgroup. The Southern California Pacific Islander and Asian American Data Equity and Health Policy Collaborative was supported by the Office of Minority Health of the Department of Health and Human Services as part of a financial assistance award totaling $350,312 in fiscal year 2024, with 100 percent funding by the Office of Minority Health and Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, Department of Health and Human Services. The contents are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the official views of, or an endorsement by, the Office of Minority Health and Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, Department of Health and Human Services, or the US government. For more information, visit https://minorityhealth.hhs.gov/omh. To access the author's disclosures, click on the Details tab of the article online.