This document summarizes HIV/AIDS issues within the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community. It notes a lack of research on HIV/AIDS in the AAPI community and discusses statistics showing HIV rates. It also addresses stigma and barriers such as linguistic and cultural factors that impact HIV testing and treatment within the AAPI community. The document provides resources for HIV/AIDS support and outlines National Asian and Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day.

1. HIV/AIDS in the
AAPI Community
Manveer Chaihal and Jayden Tan

2. TABLE OF CONTENTS
WHY THE AAPI COMMUNITY? RESEARCH ON HIV/AIDS IN
THE AAPI COMM.
STATISTICS STIGMA
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RESOURCES WE COULD
OFFER
NATIONAL ASIAN AND PACIFIC
ISLANDER HIV/AIDS
AWARENESS DAY
05 06

3. Cisgender Woman
She/Her
Punjabi/Asian
Heterosexual
Lower/Middle Class
Cisgender Man
He/Him
Asian
Gay
Middle Class
Manveer Jayden
Positionalities

4. Why are we focusing on
the AAPI community?
01

5. - lack of research
- uneducated
- linguistic and cultural factors
- research related to testing
- put into the category of ‘other’
RESEARCH ABOUT HIV & AIDS IN THE AAPI
COMMUNITY
02

6. https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/group/racialethnic/asians/index.html
Statistics
03

7. https://borgenproject.org/hiv-epidemic-in-the-philippines/
Statistics
03

8. STIGMA + BARRIERS
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- linguistic barriers
- cultural barriers
- testing → usage of PrEP

9. open dialogue:
what methods/strategies should be developed to
invest in AAPI (or any other communities)
HIV/AIDS awareness?

10. RESOURCES OFFERED
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- San Francisco Community Health Center
(formerly named API Wellness)
- Banyan Tree Project
- PrEP
- Apicha Community Health Center
(formerly named Asian and Pacific
Islander Coalition on HIV/AIDS)

11. National Asian and
Pacific Islander
HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
06

12. thanks <3