AAPI Nexus: Special Issue on Asian American, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander Communities and Federally Qualified Health Centers 12:1 & 2 (2014)

The goal of this special issue is to provide a compendium of papers that highlight the progress of featured FQHCs toward achieving these triple aims. Their accomplishments are demonstrated in the following articles, which build on a research infrastructure and measurement framework to track population health improvements and disparities, on promising culturally and linguistically appropriate practices and care models that are patient-centered and community-engaged, and on payment approaches and innovations that could reduce costs and fairly reward FQHC efforts that explicitly address the social determinants of the health of their patients.

The articles in this special issue are organized into six themes: The National Picture, Expanding Coverage and Incentivizing Quality, Implementing Patient-Centered Medical Homes, Integrating Behavioral Health with Primary Care, Practicing Culturally and Linguistically Competent Services and Measurement, and Building a Research Infrastructure for Health Equity and Effectiveness. These themes reflect the fundamental tenets of health care system change, and each article reflects careful, evidence-based consideration of issues with precise application to AANHPI groups.

Editors: Shao-Chee Sim, Marjorie Kagawa-Singer, and Ninez A. Ponce

Authors: Mary Frances Oneha, Ho`oipo DeCambra, Liss Ieong, Hui Song, Thu Quach, Rosy Chang-Weir, Ninez A. Ponce, Rachelle Enos, Shao-Chee Sim, Marjorie Kagawa-Singer, and more.

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Read the Editors’ Note: Federally Qualified Health Centers: A Prescription for Health Equity

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