Asian Health Services

TO SERVE AND ADVOCATE FOR THE MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED, INCLUDING THE IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE ASIAN COMMUNITY, AND TO ENSURE EQUAL ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE SERVICES REGARDLESS OF INCOME, INSURANCE STATUS, LANGUAGE, OR CULTURE.

MEDICAL CARE - THE MEDICAL CLINIC PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE PRIMARY CARE TO PEOPLE OF ALL AGES REGARDLESS OF THEIR ABILITY TO PAY. THIS CARE IS PROVIDED ACROSS ELEVEN SERVICE DELIVERY SITES AND IN A LANGUAGE AND CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE WAY. AHS PROVIDES SERVICES IN ELEVEN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES. ALONG WITH PRENATAL, PEDIATRIC, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND ADULT SERVICES, IT ALSO HAS EXPERTISE IN THE SPECIAL DISEASES OF THE ASIAN IMMIGRANT POPULATION: TUBERCULOSIS, DIABETES, HEPATITIS B, PARASITIC INFECTIONS, AND CERTAIN CANCERS. AHS HAS SPECIAL CLINIC SESSIONS DEVOTED TO MINOR SURGERY, CARDIOLOGY, DERMATOLOGY, NEUROLOGY AND GASTROENTEROLOGY. IT ALSO PROVIDES CASE MANAGEMENT FOR PRENATAL PATIENTS, ADOLESCENTS, AND PATIENTS WITH HIV.

COVID-19 PUBLIC HEALTH - AHS PROVIDES DIRECT SERVICES TO THE RESIDENTS OF THE COUNTY OF ALAMEDA TO PROMOTE HEALTH AND SAFETY INCLUDING COMMUNITY SCREENING AND VACCINATION EFFORTS TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS. AHS WAS THE RECIPIENT OF FUNDING UNDER FEDERAL, STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND COUNTY OF ALAMEDA GOVERNMENT COVID-19 PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAMS, AS WELL AS PRIVATELY FUNDED COVID-19 ACTIVITIES. SPECIALTY MENTAL HEALTH- ESTABLISHED IN 2016, AHSS SPECIALTY MENTAL HEALTH DIVISION PROVIDES SPECIALIZED SERVICES TO CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND ADULTS EXPERIENCING MODERATE TO SEVERE MENTAL HEALTH ILLNESS INCLUDING: ASSESSMENT, THERAPY, MEDICATION, CASE MANAGEMENT, CRISIS INTERVENTION, AFTER- HOURS COVERAGE, PREVENTION AND EDUCATION, ADVOCACY, SUPPORT AND REFERRAL SERVICES. COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES - AHS PROVIDES EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS AND WORKSHOPS ON NUTRITION, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH, PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT OF TUBERCULOSIS, HEPATITIS B, CANCER, HYPERTENSION, TOBACCO USE PREVENTION AND CESSATION, PRENATAL CARE, PARENTING, AND OTHER HEALTH TOPICS IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES. REGULAR ONE-ON-ONE, SMALL GROUP AND LARGE GROUP WORKSHOPS ARE HELD IN THE COMMUNITY OR AT AHS. BEHAVIORAL HEALTH- ESTABLISHED IN 2003, AHSS INTEGRATED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT PROVIDES UNIVERSAL SCREENING FOR MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES DURING PATIENTS PRIMARY CARE VISITS, A WARM HANDOFF TO A LICENSED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROVIDER IF NEEDED, INDIVIDUALIZED TREATMENT AND INTERVENTION, CASE MANAGEMENT AND COUNSELING WITH A LICENSED MENTAL HEALTH WORKER FOR PATIENTS WITH MILD TO MODERATE MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS, AND REFERRALS TO AHS SPECIALTY MENTAL HEALTH DIVISION FOR MODERATE TO SEVERE MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS. AHSS BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES ARE COLLABORATIVE AND CO-LOCATED IN THE PRIMARY CARE SETTING, A GATEWAY TO IDENTIFYING UNDIAGNOSED MENTAL HEALTH OR SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS IN UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS. AHS IS THE LARGEST BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROVIDER FOR THE ASIAN AMERICAN POPULATION IN ALAMEDA COUNTY, PROVIDING MUCH NEEDED CULTURALLY AND LINGUISTICALLY COMPETENT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE TO A DIVERSE ASIAN AMERICAN PACIFIC ISLANDER POPULATION. OTHER PROGRAMS- AHS PARTICIPATES IN OTHER PROGRAMS OR SERVICES THAT ARE ADMINISTRATIVE AND OVERHEAD PROJECTS THAT ARE NOT DIRECTLY RELATED TO PATIENT CARE SERVICES, FOR WHICH COSTS ARE ACCOUNTED FOR SEPARATELY FROM THE COSTS OF PROVIDING DIRECT PATIENT CARE SERVICES. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT - AHS PARTICIPATES IN EDUCATION AND HEALTH SERVICES TO ADDRESS POVERTY, INEQUALITIES, SYSTEMIC ISSUES, RACISM, SOCIAL JUSTICE, AND MARGINALIZATION THROUGH COMMUNITY ORGANIZING AND ADVOCACY. AHSS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WORKS ALSO AIMS TO MAINTAIN ONGOING RELATIONSHIPS AND BUILD INFRASTRUCTURES TO ADDRESS COMMUNITY PROBLEMS/ISSUES, SEEK ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS, AND IMPROVE HUMAN RIGHTS.

DENTAL CARE - THE DENTAL CLINIC PROVIDES SERVICES TO THE UNDERSERVED ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER POPULATION OF ALAMEDA COUNTY. BUILDING UPON ITS CAPACITY TO PROVIDE A CONTINUUM OF CARE TO PATIENTS, THE DENTAL CLINIC COMPLEMENTS THE ASIAN HEALTH SERVICES PRIMARY CARE PROGRAMS. AHS CONTINUES TO ENHANCE ACCESS TO DENTAL CARE THAT IS CULTURALLY AND LINGUISTICALLY APPROPRIATE WITH FOCUS ON PREVENTATIVE CARE SERVICES FOR PERINATAL WOMEN, CHILDREN, AND DIABETIC PATIENTS.

PHARMACY - AHS PARTICIPATES IN THE FEDERAL 340B DRUG PRICING PROGRAM TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE PRESCRIPTION DRUGS FOR AHS PATIENTS AND TO USE ANY SAVINGS GENERATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE 340B PROGRAM INTENT. AHS CONTRACTS WITH VARIOUS PRIVATE, RETAIL PHARMACIES TO DISPENSE 340B PRESCRIPTION DRUGS TO ELIGIBLE AHS PATIENTS.