圣地亚哥亚裔平权会 （SDAAFE） 和美国华人之友 （FOWCIA） 荣幸成为亚裔动员和招募中心 （ARC） 成员组织，为亚裔美国人、夏威夷原住民和太平洋岛民 （AANHPIs） 社区提供服务

圣地亚哥亚裔平权会 （SDAAFE, 简称平权会）和美国华人之友 （FOWCIA，简称华人之友 ）最近联合通过亚裔健康联盟（AHC， 简称健康联盟）（https://www.asianhealth.org）的遴选，荣幸成为亚裔动员和招募中心 （ARC） 成员组织。这是由美国国家卫生研究院（NIH）的 "我们所有人"研究计划（3OT2OD027077-01S2）提供资金的项目。作为精准医学计划的一部分，NIH 的"我们所有人"研究计划的使命是从一百万或更多的人那里收集信息，以帮助研究人员学习如何将正确的治疗方法推荐给合适的人。健康联盟是"我们所有人"研究计划的五个全美合作伙伴之一。 为此， 健康联盟建立了亚裔动员和招募中心，面向亚裔美国人、夏威夷原住民和太平洋岛民 （AANHPIs）制定和实施适合民情文化、经济高效且可扩展"我们所有人"的推广教育宣传。亚裔动员和招募中心目前由15个全美各地的AANHPIs社区组织和2个全美机构组成 (https://www.thehealthport.org/partners-index)。平权会和华人之友是今年新加入的成员组织。

为了确保所有人口都受益于"我们所有人"研究计划，我们必须发展便利的鼓励机制，使尚未参与临床研究的人口能够充分参与。AANHPIs族群跟其他族裔在健康医疗上存在一定的不平等，也是临床试验和生物医学研究中参与率最低的族群之一。为了确保我们AANHPIs社区有代表性并受益于这一具有里程碑意义的计划，平权会和华人之友将与其他亚裔动员和招募中心的成员组织合作，提高AANHPIs对身心健康和保健的认识，并推广 国家卫生研究院 的"我们所有人"研究计划。我们希望来自美国各地的人加入进来，以便这项研究反映美国人口的多样性。参与者将自愿提供生物样品， 和有关他们的健康、生活习惯以及地域信息。研究人员通过比较分析，寻找异同，可以更多地了解影响人们健康的因素。

这是平权会和华人之友在全美国家级资助活动中的第二次合作，此前，两个社团已经通过Count Me 2020 Fund的资助成功地宣传了2020年美国人口普查， 提高了AANHPIs社区的人口普查参与率。根据2017 年人口概况， AANHPIs占圣地亚哥郡总人口的 11.9%。平权会和华人之友期待为本地389，791 名 AANHPIs 人口提供服务。

San Diego Asian Americans for Equality (SDAAFE) and Friends of We Chinese in America (FOWCIA) are now partners in Asian Engagement and Recruitment Core (ARC) serving Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders (AANHPIs) communities

San Diego, CA - San Diego Asian Americans for Equality (SDAAFE) and Friends of We Chinese in America (FOWCIA) have been jointly awarded a grant by  the Asian Health Coalition (AHC) (https://www.asianhealth.org), and became partners of Asian Engagement and Recruitment Core (ARC).  This opportunity is made possible by funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), All of Us Research Program (3OT2OD027077-01S2). As part of the Precision Medicine Initiative, the mission of the NIH’s All of Us Research Program is to gather information from one million or more people to help researchers learn how to fit the right treatments to the right people.  The AHC is a Community Engagement Partner in the All of Us Research Program, and established the ARC to shape and implement the All of Us strategy and roadmap to create culturally appropriate, cost-effective, and scalable education and outreach for Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders (AANHPIs). The ARC is composed of 15 community-based organizations (CBOs) with the AHC as the lead and two national organizations (https://www.thehealthport.org/partners-index). SDAAFE and FOWCIA are two of new CBOs joining ARC this year.

To ensure that all populations benefit from All of Us, it is essential that we develop an infrastructure to allow full participation among populations that have not been included in clinical studies. AANHPIs experience significant health disparities and are among the lowest participants in clinical trials and biomedical research. In order to make sure our communities are represented and benefit from this landmark program, SDAAFE and FOWCIA will work with other ARC partners to raise awareness of health and wellness, and promote the NIH’s All of Us Research Program. All of Us is asking people from all over the U.S. to join so that the research reflects the diversity of our country. People who join will provide information about their health, habits, and what it’s like where they live. By looking for patterns, researchers may learn more about what affects people’s health.

This is the second collaboration between SDAAFE and FOWCIA in a national award, Previously, SDAAFE and FOWCIA have successfully raised the awareness of 2020 US Census among the hard-to-count population in AANHPIs communities under a Count Me 2020 Fund grant. SDAAFE and FOWCIA are looking forward to serving 389,791 AANHPIs, which is 11.9% of whole population in San Diego County (2017 Demographic Profiles).