A new ordinance aimed at reducing underage drinking goes into effect on September 1 for the island of Maui. To help educate the community about the ordinance, the Maui Coalition for Drug-Free Youth launched a new website this month with…
In March 2021, Maui County Mayor Michael Victorino, Councilmember Tasha Kama, State Representative Troy Hashimoto, Lihikai School Principal Barbara Ouva Tavares, and nearly twenty community volunteers joined the project team to celebrate the project’s opening and assist with painting the…
Public art and road safety improvements coming to Papa Avenue and Māʻalo Street in March To beautify the area, encourage walking and biking, and improve road safety, the Hawaiʻi Public Health Institute’s Healthy Eating + Active Living Coalition, the Maui…
Aloha, my name is Katie Folio and it has been my privilege to act as the Community Coordinator for the Maui, Molokai, & Lānaʻi Coalition for a Tobacco-Free Hawaiʻi (Coalition), a program of the Hawaiʻi Public Health Institute (HIPHI), since…
After playing a decisive role in the passage of Maui’s first social host ordinance, Maui Nui Youth Council members continue to advocate for public health issues that affect their community. This time, youth focus is on ending the vaping epidemic…
As the world continues to be homebound, communities across Hawaiʻi are looking closer at how we protect everyone, especially our most vulnerable, while at home. Our homes have served as a safe environment protecting us from a global pandemic; while…
The Coalition for a Tobacco-Free Hawaiʻi (CTFH), a program of the Hawaiʻi Public Health Institute (HIPHI), has long recognized the need for smoke-free multi-unit housing policies to help protect the health of residents, visitors, and staff. With the current pandemic…
Led by Maui’s Healthy Eating + Active Living Coalition (HEAL) and Maui Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO), the Vision Zero Maui program is part of a nationwide movement that calls for safer streets for communities. The goal is to have zero…
If you could stop a teen from being injured in a car crash, beat up or sexually assaulted, would you? It’s an easy answer: we all would. We care deeply about our children, grandchildren, nieces and nephews, friends and neighbors.…
According to a recent survey conducted by the Maui, Molokai, Lāna’i Coalition for a Tobacco-Free Hawaiʻi, 95 percent of respondents, (Maui County residents) who live in multi-unit housing (multiple housing units contained within a building or buildings in a complex),…
On July 29, 2020, the long-awaited Maui Lani Roundabout was officially opened to the public, earlier than expected. Construction began at the intersection of Kamehameha Avenue and Maui Lani Parkway on April 27, 2020 and was then closed for continuous…
Exposure to secondhand smoke is dangerous, and there is no safe level of exposure. For people with underlying health conditions, exposure to secondhand smoke can even be life-threatening. So for non-smokers who live in multiunit housing complexes where secondhand smoke…