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On May 4, 2023, Meghan McGurk and Dr. Catherine Pirkle presented about the Office of Public Health Studies’ Healthy Hawai‘i Evaluation Team’s (HHET) collaborations with the Hawai‘i State Department of Health Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Division (HDOH CDPHPD)…

One in three hospitalized youth in Hawaiʻi had obesity, underscoring the need for greater attention to obesity in the inpatient setting and targeted interventions to reduce obesity among younger hospitalized patients. That’s according to a new study by University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and Hawaiʻi Department of Health…

According to a July SMS Community Poll, more than one in five Hawai‘i residents reported that the food they bought just didn’t last and they did not have money to get more. This number corresponds to national estimates using the same question in April 2020. When…

December 9, 2021 A $600,000 grant will help the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Office of Public Health Studies (OPHS) build on its efforts to strengthen communities against COVID-19 and reduce health disparities. The three-year grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…

October 15, 2021 It has been widely reported that COVID-19 disproportionately impacts several communities in Hawaiʻi, including Pacific Islanders and Filipinos. But less attention has been given to the role of chronic disease. High underlying rates of illnesses such as heart disease…

September 1, 2021 The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Office of Public Health Studies will receive more than $1.4 million in new funding to help fight the health disparities in Hawaiʻi highlighted or worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic. The funding is part of a $25 million…

February 26, 2021 | By Tetine Sentell, Catherine Pirkle The United States has been gutting public health for decades and we are all paying the price. In this pandemic, we have seen clearly how the health of individuals and communities are connected. We…