$600K award bolsters public health support of community health workers
The CDC grant will help train, support and engage community health workers statewide.
Student videos explain Medicare in 5 languages
UH students produced a series of videos that explain how to enroll in Medicare in several of the languages spoken in Hawaiʻi, including kūpuna (seniors).
New online master’s degree in public health for busy professionals
Applications are being accepted for the fall 2022 semester.
COVID-19, chronic disease, addressing health inequities focus of special publication
The special issue of Hawaiʻi Journal of Health & Social Welfare features a diverse group of researchers and practitioners, many affiliated with the UH System.
Inequities in asthma health for Native Hawaiian keiki
Native Hawaiian children accounted for 36.5% of all ED visits for pediatric asthma in Hawaiʻi during the two-year study period.
One’s connection to nature examined in public health research
UH researchers looked at previous studies and evaluated the tools used to measure people’s connectedness to nature.
$1.4M to address health disparities in communities most impacted by COVID-19
Funding will support efforts to build knowledge and take action to address health disparities affecting Native Hawaiians, other Pacific Islanders and Filipino communities.
New endowed chair, interim dean for Thompson School of Social Work & Public Health
The school has announced the Chin Sik & Hyun Sook Chung Endowed Chair in Public Health Studies and Tetine Sentell as its new interim dean.
New work-life balance policies could help economically vulnerable women
The study examined patterns of women’s employment over women's lifespan in Japan, Sweden and the U.S.
Neighborhood ties improve well-being of older adults
Having strong social bonds and the absence of conflict in the neighborhood has shown to promote positive health outcomes.
