Asian American women - the "healthy minority"?

Asian American women are sometimes stereotyped as the “healthy minority.” Asian American women have the highest life expectancy of any group in the United States. Yet, Asian Americans have many real and serious threats to their health, including cancer, heart disease, diabetes, and tuberculosis. Moreover, grouping all Asian Americans into a single category hides the health risks of specific subgroups. What limitations do Asian Americans face (language barriers, learning the risk factors for disease, understanding the role of preventative health care, cultural beliefs, Eastern vs. Western medicine, cost, etc.)?

SPEAKERS
Jacqueline Kung, M.D.
Endocrinologist, Tufts Medical Center
Susan Liang, M.D.
Ophthalmologist & Glaucoma Specialist, New England Eye Center at Tufts Medical Center
Bing Yang, MSTCM, LicAc
Chinese Herbal Medicine Department Chair, New England School of Acupuncture

MODERATOR
Elisa I. Choi, M.D.
Internist, HIV and Infectious Disease Physician - Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates

Where: Tufts Medical Center
Wolff Auditorium 800 Washington Street
Boston, MA, United States 02111

Date: Feb 22 2012 to Feb 22 2012

Time: 6:00 pm

Admittance: Ticketed

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