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Center for Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Excellence, Empowerment and Equity (CAHPE3) Networks working towards social justice and equity-centered, healthy, tobacco – and-cancer – free communities. We want to ensure healthy equity-centered living for all populations with a primary focus on diverse Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AA and NH/PI) communities across the United States, and the six U.S. Associated Pacific Island territories/jurisdictions. CAPHE is 1 of 9 CDC national networks jointly funded by the CDC’s Office on Smoking & Health and Division of Cancer Prevention & Control to advance the prevention of commercial tobacco use and cancer in populations experiencing tobacco- and cancer-related health disparities.
The Statewide Pacific islander Asian american Resource and Coordinating center (SPARC) program, funded through the California Tobacco Control Program’s Statewide Coordinating Center grant, aims to foster interactive and integrative collaboration and communication among regional projects and others in the state working to reduce tobacco-related disparities among the diverse Asian American and Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (AA & NHPI) communities.