Community-Based Research (USA)
Research Resources
BREATHE California
BREATHE California of the Bay Area fights lung disease in all its forms and works with its communities to promote lung health. They envision a world that promotes healthy lungs and a healthy environment. Learn more about them at their website (https://www.lungsrus.org/)!
Current Research
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Care Research Registry
Our goal is to register 10,000 API (Asian Pacific Islanders) including 2500 Vietnamese into a registry database of people are interested in participating in community-based research. If you or someone you know is interested in participating, please contact ICAN’s office.
PCORI
The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute is a United States-based non-governmental institute created as part of a modification to the Social Security Act by clauses in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. ICAN will be taking findings from selected research funded by PCORI and disseminate the findings to our Vietnamese community in a culturally competent manner. The selected studies are about dementia and advanced directive.
Vietnamese Americans for Cleaner Air and Better Health
The goal of this project is to increase awareness and understanding about air quality and its impact on people’s health in the Vietnamese community in Santa Clara County (San Jose area) by conducting a community needs assessment and providing community awareness and education activities through ethnic media, social media and community forum. This project is led by ICAN in consultation with San Jose Clean Energy Department.
Learn more about our past research here