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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. ....
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. ....