The traumatic effects of colonization, particularly the forced disconnection from Hawaiʻi’s abundant ʻāina, which has led to complex, interconnected, health disparities seen today in Native Hawaiian communities and especially in the ʻōpio(youth), is the focus of new research from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Thompson School of Social Work & Public Health.

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.

Hawaiʻi healthcare workers surveyed in 2020 were primarily concerned about contracting COVID-19 at work and transmitting it to their families, according to a recently published University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa public health study.

Currently, nearly 100,000 kūpuna and others in Hawaiʻi are impacted by Alzheimer’s disease or another form of dementia. In Hawaiʻi, where multigenerational homes are common, many young people are living with older adults with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias.