UH Report: Culture is Just What the Doctor Ordered
Health inequity for Native Hawaiians began with infectious disease epidemics, intensified with the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom, and persisted through the loss of land and suppression of cultural practices.
That’s according to a report released by the U-H John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) Keaweʻaimoku Kaholokula heads the school’s Native Hawaiian Health Department.
“I think we often focus on the biological and lifestyle issues but neglect the fact that a lot of the structural racism and health inequities that we experience actually stem from this historical past,” says Kaholokula, “So we highlighted that.”
JABSOM) suggests the need for a culturally-responsive framework to achieve social and health equity among Native Hawaiians. For decades, this population has been plagued with disproportionate higher rates of chronic diseases and higher mortality rates than the general population in Hawaiʻi.
JABSOM has released the second edition of the “Assessment and Priorities for the Health and Well-Being in Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders” (
NHPI). Funded by the Queen’s Health Systems, the report focuses on the health status of Native Hawaiians in the state. Data in the report shows that Native Hawaiians suffer from coronary heart disease, stroke, heart failure, cancer and diabetes at a rate three times greater than in other ethnic populations, and become afflicted with these diseases a decade earlier.
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A new report from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) suggests the need for a culturally-responsive framework to achieve social and health equity among Native Hawaiians. For decades, this population has been plagued with disproportionate higher rates of chronic diseases and higher mortality rates than the general population in Hawaiʻi.
JABSOM has released the second edition of the “Assessment and Priorities for the Health and Well-Being in Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders” (NHPI). Funded by the Queen’s Health Systems, the report focuses on the health status of Native Hawaiians in the state. Data in the report shows that Native Hawaiians suffer from coronary heart disease, stroke, heart failure, cancer and diabetes at a rate three times greater than in other ethnic populations,