This is our official staff account at Hawai‘i Public Health Institute.
We want YOUR help to raise awareness about how ‘ulu (breadfruit) can make Hawai‘i more food secure, healthy, and sustainable! REVʻULUTION STUDENT ART CONTEST THEME: ‘Ulu’s Place in Hawai‘i: Past, Present & Future DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES: June 30, 2020 All PreK-12 students residing in Hawai‘i and enrolled in public, charter, private, or home schools are […]
Hawai‘i Farm to School Hui members held the first Hawai’i School Garden Talk Story online session on Friday, April 17th, 2020, and will be hosting a series of weekly online events in support of educators and school garden programs during school closures. Guest speaker presentations on each topic (details and dates below) will take place […]
Calling all Hawai‘i high school students (ages 13-18)! The Hawai‘i Youth Food Council wants to know, “Watchu Eatin’?” Enter this Youth Food Photo Contest by submitting your food photo and story for a chance to win great prizes! The contest theme is “Your Food Experience” and the deadline to enter is Thursday, April 30, 2020 […]
Kōkua Harvest, an island-wide food rescue project on Big Island, works towards eliminating food waste at its source: our farms and gardens. By being invited onto these properties, Kōkua Harvest has the ability to collect surplus produce for distribution through The Food Basket, Hawaiʻi Island’s Food Bank, and other community partners who ensure the produce […]
On a Sunday morning at Waihe‘e beach, eight teenagers and a man with a machete are pulling a tangled, bathtub-sized mess of trash and rope out of the bushes. Some of the wet ropes are as thick as the man’s leg, but his machete hacks them into smaller chunks for the kids to carry. Working […]
HHawaiʻi imports about 85 to 90 percent of its food to support a population of 1.35 million statewide, with just over 166,000 in Maui County. With an additional 3 million annual visitors on Maui alone, these numbers start becoming hard to comprehend. It is said that if there were an emergency and the ports were […]
Tobacco-Free Hawaiʻi Island (TFHI) Coalition members have been educating students, parents, school administrators and faculty, about the harms of Electronic Smoking Devices (ESD’s) for several years. With the tremendous youth use increase in Hawai’i Island middle schools and high schools, nicotine dependency, and the need for intervention, has increased. One of our West Hawaiʻi TFHI […]
NOTE: The state legislature has gone on hiatus as of March 16, 2020 in response to COVID-19. The recess will go on indefinitely until the state House and Senate leaders decide when the session should reconvene. The content in this article reflects updates prior to the COVID-19 social distancing policy HIPHI implemented for itself and […]
The Hawai‘i Oral Health Coalition (HOHC) has been hard at work for the first quarter expanding efforts to improve oral health in our state. With over 30 members from Kauaʻi, Oʻahu, Maui and Big Island, prevention, advocacy and access have been the key areas of focus for our members. The Prevention and Access Committee has […]
#GFK2020WSW And they’re off! Ten teams are on their way to making their workplaces healthier and happier through some healthy competition! Get Fit Kauaʻi just launched their semi-annual nine month Worksite Wellness (WSW) on Friday, February 21, 2020, a competition designed to encourage businesses and their employees to implement healthy practices in the workplace and create […]
As part of our fee for service portfolio, HIPHI provides relevant trainings for Hawaii’s public health workforce throughout the year. Recently, through a partnership between HIPHI and the Department of Health Family Health Services Division, HIPHI helped organize and support a 2-day training for the Hawai‘i Rural Health Clinic Network at the Grand Naniloa Hotel […]
2019 was a year of growth for Hawaiʻi Public Health Institute, and 2020 is proving no different. We’re happy to welcome new staff on Oʻahu, and Big Island. Chelsea Gonzales joined us as our Policy/Youth Council Assistant (Coalition for a Tobacco-Free Hawai’i) in February, and will be transitioning into our Statewide Underage Drinking Coalition Coordinator […]
