Projects
In our 30+ years of service, we have worked to reduce and prevent substance use disorder and problem gambling by providing technical assistance to local, state, and national partners on how to better engage with Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander communities; conducted trainings and webinars for providers and other behavioral health professionals on better integrating cultural sensitivity and responsiveness towards AA and NH/PI communities into their programming; conducted research using community based participatory research methods; and developed educational materials in various AA and NH/PI languages. During the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, our interns re-launched our newsletter and called it PULSE. In 2022, we expanded our programming to include healing and advocacy through the arts, youth leadership, preventing and reducing hate crimes, and youth-led research on substance use and binge drinking.
Binge Drinking among AAPI Transitional Age Youth (18-26)
Between October 2023 and March 2024, we conducted a mixed methods pilot study to better understand AAPI-identifying transitional age youth ages 18-26 and their perceptions and behaviors regarding drugs, substance…
Stop the Hate: Healing HeARTS
ABOUT HEALING HEARTS healing hearts 2024: tough conversations For Healing HeARTS 2024, we’re prioritizing tough conversations―how we initiate them, what we talk about, how to hold space for challenging emotions,…
PULSE Newsletter
PULSE is a youth-led digital and print newsletter. We publish quarterly each year, each having a theme depending on national and global affairs. You can download the issues under the…
Breathe Easy SGV
We recognize that breathing clean, smoke-free air is a priority for our community members. We are currently working with communities in the San Gabriel, Duarte, and the Greater San Gabriel…
Healthy Housing Rosemead
Healthy Housing Rosemead (HHR) is a coalition started as a way to reach Rosemead residents about issues around cleaner air and more healthy, stable housing. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the coalition moved most of its efforts online, using social media to share information and updates about secondhand smoke, smoke-free multiunit housing policies, and resources on COVID-19.
Project Human Every Day (PHED)
There can be stigma in Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander communities when it comes to talking about receiving mental health services and treatment for substance use disorder – but it doesn’t have to be this way. Project Human Every Day is a video interview series aimed at breaking this stigma and opening up conversations around mental health and addressing substance use.
Secondhand Smoke in West Hollywood
From 2019 to 2021, NAPAFASA conducted outreach and education in West Hollywood about the harms of secondhand smoke and how smoke-free multi-unit housing policies can help protect people’s health and wellbeing.
Problem Gambling Prevention
Problem gambling can be devastating for individuals and their families. We partnered with many organizations to study and address problem gambling through research, providing continuing education to behavioral health providers, and conducting outreach in impacted communities.