Asian Health Institute
亞裔健康研究院
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Asian Health Institute
As the large population of Asians continues to take a prominent presence within the San Francisco and Bay Areas, the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) has established the Asian Health Institute as one of the newest departments to build the important bridge with the Asian community to achieve health parities and improve medical access.
AHI - A bridge with the outside community
The presence of Asian Health Institute (AHI) helps to centralize, stimulate, and streamline the work relating to Asians within the various UCSF academic departments and the Medical Center, and to the knowledge to advance the health and healthcare of Asians locally, nationally and internationally. AHI strives to emphasize healthy lifestyle practices and preventive medicine through raising health literacy levels of the Asian American community in language- and culturally-appropriate health education programs.AHI - A bridge within UCSF
Through the integration of the strong suites of existing cutting edge and translational clinical research, professional and community education, and excellent patient care services within the various UCSF academic departments and the Medical Center, AHI distils their essence into the continuum of culturally-sensitive patient-centered services for Asian patients, especially those with language barriers.Goal of the UCSF Asian Health Institute
- Advance clinical research and knowledge on the health of Asians
- Improve medical access and quality of care for Asian patients at UCSF, especially those with limited English proficiency
- Promote awareness and understanding of the unique cultural characteristics that may impact healthcare outcomes of Asians among UCSF faculty, students and staff through professional education
- Increase health literacy of Asians for disease prevention, health maintenance, and medical access through bilingual community health education classes, health screenings and health information.
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亞裔健康研究院
當亞裔人口在舊金山和灣區持續顯著地增長，加州大學舊金山分校（UCSF）便特地建立了亞裔健康研究院，作為與亞裔社群之間的重要橋樑，以改善醫療服務。
亞裔健康研究院與社會的橋樑
它的目標是促進，集中，並簡化加州大學舊金山分校的學術部門和醫療中心內有關亞裔的各種工作，並在本地丶全美和國際之間增進亞裔社群的健康與醫療。它追求健康的生活方式，並通過適當的語言和文化藉著健康教育去提高亞裔社區的健康知識水平和預防疾病。
亞裔健康研究院與校內的橋樑
加州大學舊金山分校現有先進及整套強大的轉化臨床應用研究，再加上專業和社區教育，優質的病人護理服務，亞裔健康研究院取其所精，以亞裔病人為中心，並配合其文化，精簡地幫UCSF 不同部門提高對亞裔的全套醫療服務，特別是那些有語言障礙的弱群患者。
加州大學舊金山分校的亞裔健康研究院的目標是
- 推進亞裔健康的臨床研究和知識
- 改善 UCSF的亞裔病人，尤其是那些英語能力有限的病人的醫療服務和質量
- 通過專業教育，推動和協助UCSF教師，學生和員工認識和明白獨特的亞裔文化可影響醫療成果。
- 通過雙語的社區健康教育，健康檢查和健康信息，提高亞裔對健康的理解,去預防疾病丶保健，以及獲得醫療服務。