TABLE 1—

Population, Geographic Jurisdiction, Strategy, and Reach of STRIVE Partners (n = 15)

Organization	Population and Local Jurisdiction	Strategy	Persons Reached, No.
Asian Pacific Community in Action	Asian Americans in Chandler, AZ	School policy: policy change at the school district level on nutrition and healthy eating and development of community gardens in selected schools.	19 938
Asian Services In Action, Inc.	Asian Americans and NHPIs in Greater Cleveland/Cuyahoga County, OH	Physical activity: Changes were made to the current environmental plan of AsiaTown to designate green space for physical activity including walking trails and bike lanes for residents of the community. Nutrition policies: Refugee resettlement organizations incorporated nutrition into their acculturation courses to target the benefits of healthy foods and detriment of fast foods. Ethnic voluntary social groups adopted policies to have nutritional standards during community events.	80 000
Boat People SOS Alabama	Asian Americans and NHPIs in Bayou La Batre, AL, and surrounding areas	Farmer’s market: Vendors provided fresh fish and shellfish at a reduced price, as well as cultural greens and herbs including red mustard, mizspoona, snap peas, Thai basil, and kale.	12 000
Boat People SOS California	Vietnamese nail salon workers in Orange County, CA	Worksite policy: Nail salon businesses adopted a policy for physical activity among employees. They also provided translated materials and cultural competency training to staff.	220 508
Center for Pan Asian Community Services, Inc.	Asian Americans in DeKalb and Gwinnett Counties, GA	Community gardens: The gardens grew vegetables and herbs that are in many Asian American recipes such as bok choy, bitter melon, edamame, and long beans.	135 832
Korean Community Services	Korean church attendees in Palisades, Park, NJ	Nutrition policies: The policy increased access to healthier food options, including brown or multigrain rice and multigrain or whole wheat bread at faith-based institutions.	92 380
Kokua Kalihi Valley Comprehensive Family Services	Asian Americans and NHPIs in Kalihi Valley, HI	Community gardens and farmer’s markets: They included fruits and vegetables that are more relevant to the target populations including taro, mango, and certain greens. They also increased access to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program at targeted markets. Education materials were translated into Chuukese, Samoan, and Ilokano languages.	25 090
National Tongan American Society	NHPIs in Salt Lake County, UT	Joint use agreements: Schools and faith-based institutions reaching NHPIs implemented joint use agreements to increase access to free environments for physical activity. Physical activities included hula and Zumba.	13 912
New Mexico Asian Family Center	Asian American youths in Albuquerque, NM	Walking trails: Stakeholders including the Department of Health, faith-based institutions, and small businesses adopted and created a walking trail in the International District, a community heavily populated by Asian Americans. They also provided translated materials in Chinese and Vietnamese.	28 643
Orange County Asian and Pacific Islander Community Alliance	Asian American and NHPI youths in Orange County, CA	School policy: School districts adopted a policy to disseminate free and reduced-price lunch information to target Asian American and NHPI youths. They also developed a culturally adapted informational sheet to be inserted into the Get Fit tool kits disseminated by the schools and translated materials into various languages including Chinese, Filipino, and Korean.	50 000
Operation Samahan	Filipino, Native Hawaiian, Laotian, Vietnamese, and Samoan restaurant patrons in San Diego, CA	Restaurant policy: Implemented a policy in Filipino, Vietnamese, Thai, Laotian, Chamorro, and Hawaiian restaurants to change their menus to include healthier ingredients (fruits and vegetables), smaller portion options, and nutrition labeling on menus.	639 284
Restaurant Opportunities Center of New Orleans	Vietnamese restaurant workers in New Orleans, LA	Restaurant policy: Implemented a policy across Vietnamese restaurants to increase healthy food options for restaurant workers and their families.	7 538
Taulama for Tongans	Pacific Islander church attendees in San Mateo County, CA	Nutrition policy: Implemented a policy across faith-based institutions to change their menus for community events to include healthier foods that are relevant to Pacific Islanders as well as to provide smaller portions.	9 852
UNITED SIKHS	Sikh gurdwara attendees in NJ	Nutrition policy: Gurdwaras (Sikh houses of worship) implemented policies for healthy food options at communal meals (Langar), increasing access to local farmer’s markets. Physical activity policy: Incorporated physical activity information into the school curriculum.	104 700
University of Hawai’ia	Government employees and general population	Worksite wellness policy: Increased the number of Guam government departments that participated in a worksite wellness program aimed at full-time employees. Community gardens: Increased the number of community gardens in villages that included popular foods for Asian and Pacific Islander dishes.	35 696

Note. NHPIs = Native Hawaiians/Pacific Islanders.

^aThe University of Hawai’i Manoa has a history of working with the US Associated Pacific Islands, which includes Guam. Guam’s Non-Communicable Disease Consortium implemented its STRIVE Project through the university.