Category: Chronic Diseases

Researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi are working to understand the challenges Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and Filipino adults face in joining prediabetes intervention programs. These groups face higher rates of prediabetes and type 2 diabetes compared to others. A…

The University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (UH) Healthy Hawai‘i Evaluation Team (HHET) has collaborated with the Hawai‘i State Department of Health (DOH) for over twenty years on the evaluation of public health initiatives in Hawai‘i. One of the key elements…

A recent paper published in the Hawai ‘i Journal of Health and Social Welfare highlights the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on Filipino adults. This paper was led by Graduate Research Assistants with HHET and initiated to support their professional…

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)…

Obesity rates among women in Latin America are particularly high (29% in 2016), and the region holds the second-highest rate of teen pregnancies in the world, with an estimated 18% of teen pregnancies among women under 20 years old, according…

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…