Winter Update from our Executive Director
Season’s Greetings! We have much to be thankful for. We have been extremely busy this quarter with conferences, speaking engagements, working with an active youth council, community events and programmatic activities. This summer, we went into overtime to get Bill…
Hawaii’s Farm to School Movement
Hawaii’s farm to school movement is growing like green beans! Over the past decade, a collaborative grassroots network has driven the development of school learning gardens and school food improvements across the state. In 2010, the Hawai‘i Farm to School…
2018 HIPHI legislative priorities have been selected
The Coalition for a Tobacco-Free Hawaii and the Obesity Prevention Task Force have been gearing up for the 2018 Legislative Session over the past several months. After listening to the needs of our stakeholders, conducting research, and analyzing policies from…
Elected Official Survey Results Are In!
See them here. Every year, Hawai‘i Public Health Institute surveys elected officials or candidates running for office, depending on the year. The purpose of the survey is to determine where elected officials and candidates stand on various public health issues…
Video: Jessica on Island Voice
Jessica Yamauchi, our Executive Director, appears on today’s Island Voice program. Jump to 22 mins in to see her!
Employment Opportunity: ORISE Fellowship Opportunity
Are you interested in working for the CDC as an ORISE Fellow? This work assignment is located at the Honolulu Quarantine Station in the Daniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL Airport). It is a full-time fellowship position and you will…
E-cigarette leaves 17 year-old with second degree burns and broken teeth
This past October, Blake Chastain, a 17 year-old high school student had to be rushed to a nearby hospital by helicopter where doctors rushed to save his left eye, treat the second degree burns on his hand, and brace his…
Mo‘olelo of Mokauea
It’s been a whirlwind Fall for our Perspectives on Community Health field trips! We worked in the culinary gardens with Māla‘ai on Hawai‘i Island, learned about engaging youth in agriculture at Waimea High School on Kaua‘i and, most recently, visited…
Statewide Oral Health Strategic Planning Process Officially Begins
The Hawaiian Islands Oral Health Task Force has been instrumental in supporting oral health efforts since the completion of the last state oral health strategic plan in 2003. Now, the task force is moving forward to update the plan. HIPHI…
ho’ōla Day 2: Addressing the Opioid Epidemic
It’s day two at ho’ōla! This morning, we heard from Sam Quinones, author of Dreamland: The True Tale of America’s Opioid Epidemic. Mr. Quinones discussed how, beginning in the mid 1990s, marketing and car-salesman-like pharmaceutical reps turned OxyContin from a mostly non-addicting,…
We’re at ho’ōla: The Hawai‘i Health Care Conference (Day 1)
What a great day this is shaping up to be. We’re at the Dole Cannery with several hundred health care workers and public health professionals sharing and learning at ho’ōla: The Hawai‘i Health Care Conference. There is energy everywhere. Right…