Understanding Professional Medical Interpreters' Perspectives on Advancing Accurate and Culturally Informed Patient-Provider Communication for Filipinos in Hawai'i: Qualitative Analysis.

One in every eight persons in Hawai'i, USA, have limited English proficiency (LEP) and are entitled to free language assistance for federally funded services under Title IV of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. They also have the right to culturally and linguistically appropriate services (CLAS) provided by professional medical interpreters (PMIs). This study's goals were to uncover barriers and facilitators of CLAS from the perspective of PMIs.

Utilizing Filipino key informants to guide community outreach for cancer prevention in Hawai'i.

Objective/design: The University of Hawai'i Cancer Center works with academic and community partners to examine health disparities and inequities that persist among Pacific Island Populations through the Pacific Island Partnership for Cancer Health Equity (PIPCHE). The Partnership's Community Outreach Core (COC) assists and promotes cancer research and helps to ensure the integration of historically excluded community perspectives by utilizing community-engaged and culturally-grounded approaches to reduce cancer burdens. However, cancer health disparities among Filipinos demonstrate a need for cancer-control initiatives within this community.

Hapag Kainan: Dietary Consumption of Fat, Sugar, Fruits and Vegetables Among Filipino Americans.

The purpose of this study was to explore the relationships among the variables of the dietary consumption and the anthropometric measurements of Filipino Americans (FAs). The study sample consisted of 128 participants residing in the US who completed two questionnaires and biometric measurements. Strong positive correlations between the consumption of fat and sugar and body mass index (BM) among the participants were found.

Care delivery for Filipino Americans using the Neuman systems model.

Filipino Americans are at risk of coronary heart disease due to the presence of multiple cardiometabolic factors. Selecting a framework that addresses the factors leading to coronary heart disease is vital when providing care for this population. The Neuman systems model is a comprehensive and wholistic framework that offers an innovative method of viewing clients, their families, and the healthcare system across multiple dimensions.

Assessing physical activity and function in the Filipino older adults.

Unlabelled: This cross-sectional study was conducted to describe: the physical activity and function of 47 Filipinos (N = 47), 65+ years old living in Honolulu; and the relationship between these two variables. Data collected included an interview on demographics, health history, physical activity and function. Performance based physical function tests included handgrip, chair stands, balance, ten foot and six minutes walk.

Developing a statewide nursing consortium, island style.

This article describes the transformational changes in the scope and pedagogy of nursing education within a state university system through the development of the Hawaii Statewide Nursing Consortium (HSNC) curriculum. Modeled after the Oregon Consortium for Nursing Education, the HSNC used a community-based participatory approach to develop the curriculum to support all students within the state who are eligible to earn a baccalaureate degree. The curriculum was designed as a long-term solution to the anticipated shortage of nurses to care for Hawaii's diverse population.

Filipino older adults' beliefs about exercise activity.

Purpose: This study explored how the older traditional Filipino adults 65 years old and above living in Honolulu, Hawaii, describe their beliefs regarding exercise activity. The location of this research setting is unique because a blending of traditional Filipino culture exists within an acculturated social setting. The Filipino older adults who have relocated to this U.

Physical aspects of healthy aging: assessments of three measures of balance for studies in middle-aged and older adults.

Objectives. To investigate the reliability and correlations with age of the balance components of the EPESE, NHANES, and the Good Balance Platform System (GBPS) in a normal population of adults. Design.

A randomized controlled trial of calcium plus vitamin D supplementation and risk of benign proliferative breast disease.

Experimental evidence provides strong support for anti-carcinogenic effects of calcium and vitamin D with respect to breast cancer. Observational epidemiologic data also provide some support for inverse associations with risk. We tested the effect of calcium plus vitamin D supplementation on risk of benign proliferative breast disease, a condition which is associated with increased risk of breast cancer.

Performance-based measures of physical function for high-function populations.

Objectives: To improve and broaden the applicability of performance-based measures of function for use in clinical and research settings.

Design: Cross-sectional repeated-measures study.

Setting: Research clinic.