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Schatz leads Indian Affairs oversight hearing to examine COVID-19 response in Native communities
Native health systems have worked hard over the past year to fight the pandemic in their communities with limited federal resources
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Native health systems have worked hard over the past year to fight the pandemic in their communities with limited federal resources
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U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs
Yesterday, U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i), chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, led an oversight hearing, “
Examining the COVID-19 Response in Native Communities: Native Health Systems One Year Later.” The committee heard from the Indian Health Service’s Chief Medical Officer Michael Toedt, National Indian Health Board Chairperson William Smith, National Council of Urban Indian Health Board President Walter Murillo, Papa Ola Lōkahi Executive Director Sheri-Ann Daniel
Senate hearing focuses on COVID-19 response in Native American, indigenous communities kitv.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from kitv.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Report Calls For Better Data About And For Native Hawaiians - Honolulu Civil Beat
Report Calls For Better Data About And For Native Hawaiians
Native Hawaiians face disproportionate social and economic problems, but data about them is often incomplete, complicating efforts to improve the situation. Reading time: 4 minutes.
Hawaii state agencies fail to collect and track accurate data about Native Hawaiians and programs that are supposed to help them, according to a report released Friday by two nonprofit organizations.
Native Hawaiians face disproportionate impacts in numerous areas, including health and economics, according to the joint report by Papa Ola Lokahi, a Native Hawaiian health advocacy organization, and the Hawaii Budget & Policy Center.
Report: Hula, Other Cultural Programs Can Improve Hawaiian Health - Honolulu Civil Beat
One key takeaway from the report is that effective culturally based solutions exist to address health inequities. Reading time: 3 minutes.
The report calls for systemic change and is the culmination of a year of research, said lead author Mele Look from the UH Department of Native Hawaiian Health. It builds upon a similar report published in 2013, but unlike the previous version, includes a chapter on the historical drivers of current health inequities among Native Hawaiians.
“Because culture is such a significant part of what distinguishes a population, especially Indigenous communities, disease prevention, treatment, and management programs must be culturally responsive at their core and the cornerstone of health promotion,” the report says.