Spring 2023 has been an exciting season for HIPHI. Our HIPHI ‘ohana is growing with the addition of three new staff this quarter. Kealoha Madriaga joined our tobacco prevention and control team and healthy eating + active living teams, RoAnn…
Hawaiʻi Youth Food Council (HYFC) is thrilled to announce that we are hosting We Grow Hawaiʻi: A Youth Food Summit, a free, youth-led conference for youth, featuring food producers, policymakers, and statewide food system change makers, in late April. Please…
March 15, 2023 was Take Down Tobacco National Day of Action in Hawai‘i. While nearly 100 youth from across the state participated in a rally at the State Capitol, 20 students from East Hawai‘i hosted their own event to take…
Improving Access to, and around Parks through Walkability by creating the Kalena Park Healthy Half Mile.
In February 2023, youth from the Maui Nui Youth Council traveled to Washington, DC, to attend the Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America 2023’s National Youth Leadership Forum. The forum was designed to empower young people to become leaders in their…
Are you interested in learning more about policy, advocacy and the legislative process? The Maui Nui Food Alliance (MNFA) and the Hawaiʻi Public Health Institute (HIPHI) are hosting a policy training, mid-session legislative recap, and Q&A on Tuesday, March 28th…
The blue Biki bikes aren’t just for Honolulu. Hawaiʻi Island has its own bikeshare service called HIBIKE, or Hawaiʻi Island Bikeshare. HIBIKE is administered by the over 30-year-old nonprofit People for Active Transportation Hawaiʻi (PATH), with the support of the…
Tobacco-Free Kaua‘i (TFK) is making intentional strides to build our coalition of passionate community members, stakeholders and youth and invites you to join in and support the tobacco-free movement! TFK’s mission is to improve the health of the people of…
HIPHI is pleased to welcome several new staff members this spring.
WHAT’S NEW IN 2023: HAWAI‘I COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER ASSOCIATION 2022 has brought us great memories as we work diligently to build and establish our Hawai’i Community Health Worker Association (HICHW). We look forward to what 2023 has in store for…
A proposed bill to lower the per se blood alcohol concentration (BAC) level for alcohol-impaired driving from 0.08 to 0.05 sped through the Senate with overwhelming support, and its fate now rests in the House Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian…
Building on the success of the past legislative session, Hawai‘i Oral Health Coalition (HOHC) supports two measures aimed at increasing access to care and formally assessing the state of oral health in Hawai‘i. While the reinstatement of Medicaid dental coverage…