Disaggregating California's COVID-19 data for Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders and Asians

Disaggregating California's COVID-19 data for Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders and Asians

Collection:
Health Policy and Services Research
Series Title(s):
Health policy fact sheet (Online)
Author(s):
Ponce, Ninez A., author
Shimkhada, Riti, author
Tulua, ‘Alisi, author
Contributor(s):
UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, issuing body.
Publication:
Los Angeles, CA : UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, May 2021
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Asian
Data Collection
COVID-19 -- epidemiology
COVID-19 -- ethnology
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander
California
United States
Genre(s):
Technical Report
Abstract:
The toll of COVID-19 on smaller communities within broad racial/ ethnic categories has been exposed in media reports, health worker memorials, and data collected by special interest groups. However, in many public-facing data systems, the Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (NHPI) and Asian categories are grouped or may not even be reported. California is home to the largest single-race NHPI and Asian population compared to other states, and about 57% of all NHPIs have settled into three states: California (25%), Hawaii (24%), and Washington (8%). About 48% of all Asians in the U.S. have settled into three states: California (31%), New York (9%), and Texas (8%). Given California's large NHPI and Asian populations and the diversity of the groups, analysis of the state's COVID-19 data offers an opportunity to examine disaggregated data and highlight the challenges of aggregated information in exposing the toll of COVID-19 on smaller NHPI and Asian communities.
Copyright:
Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
Extent:
1 online resource (1 PDF file (5 pages))
Illustrations:
Illustrations
NLM Unique ID:
9918351185006676 (See catalog record)
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/9918351185006676