Includes bibliographical references and indexes.; Toward a contextual understanding of Asian American health / Nadia Shilpi Islam, Chau Trinh-Shevrin, Mariano Jose Rey -- Social, cultural, and demographic characteristics of Asian Americans / Winston Tseng -- Social, demographic, and cultural characteristics of Pacific Islanders / Sela V. Panapasa -- Asian American health research : baseline data and funding / Chandak Ghosh -- The health of children and adolescents / Stella M. Yu, Amita N. Vyas -- The health of women / Sora Park-Tanjasiri, Tu-Uyen Nguyen -- The health of men / John H. Choe --; The health of the elderly / Tazuko Shibusawa, Irene Chung -- The health of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning people communities / Sel J. Hwahng, Alison J. Lin -- Complementary and alternative medicines / Darshan Mehta, Ellen McCarthy -- Language access / Marguerite Ro, Jinny Jihyun Park, Deeana Jang -- Health insurance / Ninez Ponce -- Racism and discrimination / Gilbert C. Gee, Annie Ro -- Occupational and environmental health / Pam Tau Lee -- Health interventions / Grace X. Ma, Gem P. Daus --; Community-based participatory research / S. Darius Tandon, Simona C. Kwon -- Promoting community-based participatory research at the institutional level / Chau Trinh-Shevrin, Nadia Islam, Mariano Jose Rey -- Evaluation / Traci Endo Inouye -- The workforce / Marguerite Ro -- Community health centers / Thomas Tsang, Kevin C. Lo, Jeffrey Caballero -- Health policy advocacy / Deeana Jang, Ho Luong Tran -- Disability / Peter J. Wong, Lois M. Takahashi -- Oral health / Kavita P. Ahluwalia -- Gambling addiction / Timothy W. Fong -- Genetic testing and profiling / Joon-Ho Yu.;