Developing culturally-responsive health promotion: insights from cultural experts.

Culturally-responsive health promotion initiatives are important to the creation of health equity for Indigenous and minority populations and these initiatives are complex and time-intensive to establish. The knowledge and resources of cultural experts are often pivotal in programs, yet there is minimal research on effective collaborations. The KāHOLO Project demonstrated strong success in the management of uncontrolled hypertension in the high-risk Indigenous population through a 6-month program based on the Hawaiian cultural dance of hula.

Neighborhood level facilitators and barriers to hypertension management: A Native Hawaiian perspective.

Native Hawaiians have a disproportionately high prevalence of hypertension, which is an important and modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD). To reduce CVD among Native Hawaiians, we must better understand facilitators and barriers to hypertension management (i.e.

Hawai'i Registered Dietitian Nutritionist 2019-2020 Workforce Assessment.

There is scant literature available on the Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN) workforce in the United States, but a review of healthcare systems suggests that implementation of RDNs in primary care settings may improve access to care, patient satisfaction, and quality of care. The Area Health Education Center (AHEC), in partnership with the Hawai'i Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (HAND), investigated 395 providers to evaluate the status of Hawai'i's RDN workforce. The research team utilized all available provider information and direct calling methodology to collect data from August 2019 to February 2020.

A descriptive study of Marshallese and Chuukese patients with diabetes in Hawai'i.

Diabetes is a growing epidemic in the United States with significant racial and ethnic health disparities among minorities. In Pacific Islanders, diabetes ranks as the fifth leading cause of death, higher than the national average. Despite this, little is known about diabetes in this population, and even less so in subpopulations such as Micronesians.