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An Opportunity To Partner With Community Organizations To Collect Data On Asian Americans, Victoria Wang, Karen Kim
An Opportunity To Partner With Community Organizations To Collect Data On Asian Americans, Victoria Wang, Karen Kim
Journal of Health Disparities Research and Practice
Background: There is a shortage of health data for Asian American (AA) populations. This shortfall may be improved through the involvement of AA-serving community-based organizations (CBOs).
Objectives: This study assesses the feasibility of and interest among CBOs in creating a AA community-based data registry.
Methods: Leaders of CBOs were interviewed to assess their current data collection framework and their attitudes towards a shared data registry.
Results: Qualitative analysis shows CBOs are active in data collection, find data to be instrumental to their mission, and are interested in contributing to a broader data registry.
Discussion: The inclusion …