Office of Public Health Studies

A University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa faculty member explores ways that community-engaged research and service can improve Indigenous health while honoring the culture and norms of Indigenous communities in a new book.

For the past several years, students from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s Office of Public Health Studies (OPHS) and Mental Health America of Hawaiʻi (MHAH) have benefited from their ongoing relationship to positively impact local communities through

The vision of the Thompson School of Social Work & Public Health is achieving social justice and health equity for the people of Hawaiʻi and citizens in a changing world. We strive to achieve and support this goal in teaching, research, and service. 

The difficulties rural-dwelling Native Hawaiian kūpuna (elders) face when seeking healthcare is the focus of a new study conducted by the Thompson School of Social Work & Public Health at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.