Ueno said that the JNCI report is timely as May is Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. However, it does not change the UH Cancer Center's philosophy or general direction, since the center is already focused on serving the needs of the residents of Hawaiʻi ...
Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander Heritage MonthAANHPIdiversityinclusionprogrammingpartnershipsacademic librariesWith the absence of an Asian American Studies program at Eastern Washington University (EWU), the campus community has limited opportunities to learn about the diverse and complex ...
Research on adult populations shows that Native American/Alaska Native/Native Pacific Islander, and other indigenous peoples of the United States (from here forward referred to using the broad term “Native American”) experience high rates of physical, psychological, and sexual violence, often ranking...
K. 2014. Translating the Diabetes Prevention Program in Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander communities: the PILI 'Ohana Project. Transl Behav Med, 4, 149-59.Kaholokula, J.K.; Wilson, R.E.; Townsend, C.K.; Zhang, G.X.; Chen, J.; Yoshimura, S.R.; Dillard, A.;...
Our society and our economy demand so much of women—but they place a particular burden on Asian, Pacific Islander, Native Hawaiian, Black, Latina, Native American, and other women of color.And—almost 60 years after the Equal Pay Act—AAPI women working full-time, year-round still makejust...
As of the 2020 census, official terms used by the US federal government as identifiers for different Indigenous groups includeAmerican Indian,Alaska Native,Native Hawaiian, andPacific Islander. In all cases, many people also use—or prefer to primarily identify themselves with—more specific identifier...
. Census, when you mentionNative Americans, it includes all the groups of Alaska Natives and American Indians. Again, Native Hawaiians are not included in this term. Instead,Native Hawaiiansare included in a separate group the U.S. Census Bureau callsNative Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander....
experienced a higher prevalence of food insecurity (27%) than African American (21%), Asian American and Pacific Islander (6%), Hispanic (17%), and non-Hispanic White populations (9%) [13]. However, during the COVID-19 pandemic, food insecurity initially sharply increased throughout the U...
Translating the Diabetes Prevention Program in Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander communities: the PILI 'Ohana Project. Transl Behav Med 2014;4(2):149-59.Kaholokula JK, Wilson RE, Townsend CK, et al. Translating the diabetes prevention program in native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander communities...
The aim of this study was to investigate caregivers’ experiences of complementary feeding (CF) among the Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander (NHPI), and Filipino populations. Research focused on the timing of CF commencement, and the influence of