Newsletter - November 2022

November 29, 2022

VOLUME 1 | ISSUE 9

THIS #GivingTuesday HELP SUPPORT SAPHA TO IMPROVE HEALTH OF SOUTH ASIANS IN THE UNITED STATES

Dear Colleague,

This #GivingTuesday, your generous gift will support the South Asian Public Health Association (SAPHA) to help us continue promoting the health and well-being of the South Asian communities in the United States.

SAPHA has actively supported the South Asian community through leading research, health education, advocacy, and collaboration for 23 years. In 2022, we published a paper on the health implications of racialized state violence against South Asians; hosted a webinar on cardiovascular disease in South Asians; launched our monthly newsletters; highlighted inequities in social determinants of mental health among older South Asians at the American Public Health Association conference, endorsed the Heart Health Bill, and increased collaboration with community based organizations through our COVID-19 grant.

This Giving Tuesday, join us by donating $23 in honor of how long we have supported the South Asian community in the United States.

Your generous donation will support SAPHA to further its mission and allow us to create more services and support programs. Check out our website to learn more about our impact and please consider making a donation today!

DONATE TO SAPHA FOR GIVING TUESDAY

All donations are tax-exempt; SAPHA will provide a tax exemption letter.

We are grateful for your generous donation. Together, we can help improve the health and well-being of South Asians in the USA!

Sincerely,

SAPHA Board

ICYMI: SAPHA DISCUSSED LONG COVID WITH DR. SABIHA HUSSAIN

SAPHA recently sat down with Dr. Sabiha Hussain, Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. She is the director of the post-COVID recovery program and an interventional pulmonologist.

Dr. Hussain spoke to us about establishing a program focused on long COVID recovery, risk factors and challenges in addressing long COVID, and the impact of social determinants of health in management and recovery.

Listen to more insights from Dr. Hussain at the recording below:

INTERVIEW WITH DR. HUSSAIN

If you or someone you know has experienced long COVID, check out these resources compiled across federal agencies for support services.

HIGHLIGHTS FROM APHA

SAPHA Board members recently discussed their scoping review on social determinants of mental health among older South Asian American adults during the 2022 APHA Annual meeting. Check out our APHA abstract. We also hosted our annual Chai & Chat event!

BOOK RECOMMENDATION

The Trauma of Caste: A Dalit Feminist Meditation on Survivorship, Healing, and Abolition, written by Dalit American activist and executive director of Equality Labs Thenmozhi Soundararajan, is the first non-fiction book published in the United States that is written by a Dalit (caste oppressed) author to explore the issues of caste.

Check out this book and explore themes of healing and survivorship and ways that our communities might mend from centuries of caste violence. Although caste oppression is thousands of years old, the conversation in the United States is just beginning.

COMING SOON...

We will be launching SAPHA's brand new website by the end of 2022. Stay tuned for more information!

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