{"id":11,"date":"2017-07-11T21:53:29","date_gmt":"2017-07-11T21:53:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/hakupuna\/wordpress\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2018-05-22T20:47:39","modified_gmt":"2018-05-22T20:47:39","slug":"overview","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/hakupuna\/overview\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"page-header\">\n<h1 class=\"archive-title\">About Us<\/h1>\n<\/header>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"imgright alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/hakupuna\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Ha-02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"251\" height=\"300\" \/>H\u0101 K\u016bpuna, the National Resource Center for Native Hawaiian Elders, is one of three National Resource Centers for Native Elders funded by the U.S. Administration on Aging, Department of Health and Human Services. Other Centers are the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.med.und.nodak.edu\/depts\/rural\/nrcnaa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Resource Center on Native American Aging<\/a>\u00a0at the University of North Dakota and the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/elders.uaa.alaska.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Resource Center for Alaska Natives<\/a> at the University of Alaska, Anchorage.<\/p>\n<p>As a population, Native Hawaiians\u2014the indigenous people of Hawai\u02bbi\u2014experience numerous social and health concerns that together lead to generally poorer health and economic outcomes compared to the US population. Native Hawaiian elders, or k\u016bpuna, have some of the nation\u2019s shortest life expectancies, and are more likely to be impoverished, have greater problems with self-care, and underutilize health care services compared to their non-native elder counterparts in Hawai`i. The provision of services that are culturally appropriate and responsive is one strategy to address these disparities.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"overflowtext\">H\u0101 K\u016bpuna was established in September 2006 at the University of Hawai\u02bbi Myron B. Thompson School of Social Work. With the nation\u2019s largest enrollment of Native Hawaiian students, the University of Hawai\u02bbi has as its mission the development and transmission of knowledge for the betterment of all Native Hawaiians. The National Resource Center for Native Hawaiian Elders seeks to continue this commitment with a focus on improving the well-being of k\u016bpuna by forging stronger collaborative relationships between the University and Native Hawaiian and gerontology communities.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About Us H\u0101 K\u016bpuna, the National Resource Center for Native Hawaiian Elders, is one of three National Resource Centers for[&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":643,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-11","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/hakupuna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/hakupuna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/hakupuna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/hakupuna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/hakupuna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/hakupuna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":653,"href":"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/hakupuna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11\/revisions\/653"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/hakupuna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/hakupuna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}