$1.4 million empowers community health workers in NHPI communities
The Peau o le Vasa project will incorporates language, culture and the environmental context of NHPI communities.
The Peau o le Vasa project will incorporates language, culture and the environmental context of NHPI communities.
Professor Deborah Taira conducts in-depth research on health disparities that impact Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and wants to improve access to clinical trials.
Competitive and recreational paddlers with and without a spinal cord injury were part of the pilot study.
Researchers are hoping to sign up at least 1,000 people to participate in the study.
The longitudinal study will help researchers to analyze the health effects of the wildfire in both the short- and long term.
Preserving the knowledge of Native Hawaiian cultural practitioners lies at the heart of this course and program.
The initiative places an emphasis on implementing innovative and culturally appropriate frameworks to prevent and improve disparities in chronic diseases.
Researchers will bolster the level of care for the entire state of Hawaiʻi and allow patients access to the highest level of care locally.
The award will establish the Pacific Ocean Native Observational Health Legacy Study, a longitudinal cohort study of these populations in the U.S. followed over decades.
Ka Malu a Waʻahila provides free individual therapy, discussion and group support sessions for Pasifika-identifying students at UH Mānoa.