Hawaii Health Disparities Legislation

Listing Websites about Hawaii Health Disparities Legislation

Filter Type:

SB2031 - Hawaii State Legislature

(9 days ago) WEBSECTION 1. The legislature finds that health outcomes and well-being are not equal across Hawaii. Life expectancy is used internationally as a standard summary measure of population health and Hawaii is nationally ranked as having the highest life expectancy …

https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2022/bills/SB2031_.HTM

Category:  Health Show Health

Hirono, Colleagues Announce Health Equit Senator …

(9 days ago) WEBThe passage of this bill would have real implications to improve health outcomes and increase systems responses to health inequities made starkly clear by …

https://www.hirono.senate.gov/news/press-releases/hirono-colleagues-announce-health-equity-and-accountability-act-to-create-a-more-equitable-health-care-system

Category:  Health Show Health

2023 - Hawaii State Department of Health

(1 days ago) WEBcontinues to pave the way to reducing and eliminating health disparities. Health disparities are frequently linked to social, economic, environmental, and historical …

https://health.hawaii.gov/opppd/files/2022/12/2023-CDR-MMR-Legislative-Report.pdf

Category:  Health Show Health

SB899 - Hawaii State Legislature

(8 days ago) WEBIn 2014, the legislature codified a commitment to address health disparities throughout the State. Specifically, section 226-20(b)(7), Hawaii Revised Statutes, directs decision …

https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2021/bills/SB899_.HTM

Category:  Health Show Health

Hawaii Is Bringing Back Its Health Equity Office As …

(8 days ago) WEBIn April 2020, then-Hawaii Department of Health Director Bruce Anderson said he didn’t expect any racial disparities to emerge in Hawaii’s pandemic and …

https://www.civilbeat.org/2021/06/hawaii-is-bringing-back-its-health-equity-office-as-pandemic-highlights-disparities/

Category:  Health Show Health

The Healthy Hawai‘i Initiative: insights from two decades …

(3 days ago) WEBThe state has notable health disparities; compared to Whites, Native Hawaiians, the state of Hawai‘i passed Act 304, landmark legislation that mandated …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6995235/

Category:  Health Show Health

Connecting Cultural Values to Social Determinants of …

(7 days ago) WEBThis Snapshot of Innovation is made up of nine stations outlining a 10-year cross-sectoral research and community planning effort that successfully shaped …

https://academyhealth.org/publications/2020-07/connecting-cultural-values-social-determinants-health-hawaii

Category:  Health Show Health

Advancing Health Equity in Hawai‘i: Critical …

(3 days ago) WEBCOVID-19 related and community-informed health policies. This paper is followed by the work of Sentell et al describing the need for and benefits of improving health literacy in …

https://manoa.hawaii.edu/publichealth/sites/manoa.hawaii.edu.publichealth/files/downloads/cdpm_publication_30.pdf

Category:  Health Show Health

Challenges and Promise of Health Equity for Native Hawaiians

(7 days ago) WEBInnovative research with its broad goal of creating new knowledge is essential in the commitment to eliminate health disparities among Native Hawaiians. …

https://nam.edu/challenges-and-promise-of-health-equity-for-native-hawaiians/

Category:  Health Show Health

REPORT TO THE THIRTY- FIRST LEGISLATURE STATE OF HAWAIʻI

(1 days ago) WEBREPORT TO THE THIRTY- FIRST LEGISLATURE . STATE OF HAWAIʻI. 2021 . PURSUANT TO ACT 203, S.B. 2317, (SLH 2016 § AT 621- 622) REQUIRING THE …

https://health.hawaii.gov/opppd/files/2020/12/CDR-MMR-Legislative-Report-2021.pdf

Category:  Health Show Health

Advancing Health Equity in Hawai‘i: Critical Reflections on COVID …

(3 days ago) WEBThere is evidence that Other Pacific Islanders generally receive poorer quality of care than other groups in the state. 32–34 Thus, there is an urgent need to better understand how …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8538109/

Category:  Health Show Health

OHA helps pass important health bill

(8 days ago) WEBHONOLULU (June 30, 2014) – A bill signed into law today commits the state government to taking a comprehensive and modernized approach to eliminating critical health …

https://www.oha.org/news/new-law-commits-state-to-doing-more-to-close-native-hawaiian-health-gaps/

Category:  Health Show Health

Health Disparities Legislation - National Conference of State …

(8 days ago) WEBHealth Disparities Legislation Enacted 2020-2021; State Year Enacted Bill Number Description; Alabama: 2021. Hawaii: Hawaii Rev. Stat. § 321-1.5 …

https://www.ncsl.org/health/health-disparities-legislation

Category:  Health Show Health

Climate Change Threatens To Worsen Health Disparities In Hawaii

(8 days ago) WEBWarming Temperatures. Diana Felton, Hawaii’s state toxicologist, says some of the clearest health effects of climate change include deaths and injuries caused …

https://www.civilbeat.org/2021/10/climate-change-threatens-to-worsen-health-disparities-in-hawaii/

Category:  Health Show Health

Native Hawaiian Health Care Systems Program: Services, Funding, …

(2 days ago) WEBThe estimated 328,000 Native Hawaiians living in the state of Hawaii as of 2022 face significant health disparities compared to other populations in the state. The …

https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-24-106407

Category:  Health Show Health

Research on Hawaiʻi’s health disparities exposed in new FDA podcast

(Just Now) WEBUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Hilo faculty member shares insights on health disparities in Hawaiʻi on a new Food and Drug Administration podcast. Get Hawaii’s …

https://www.khon2.com/local-news/research-on-hawaiis-health-disparities-featured-in-new-fda-podcast/

Category:  Food Show Health

UH Hilo faculty shares research on Hawaiʻi health disparities on …

(9 days ago) WEBThat's one of the health disparities discussed recently by a University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo faculty member on a new FDA podcast. Deborah Taira, a professor in the …

https://www.hawaii.edu/news/article.php?aId=13254

Category:  Health Show Health

Ways to Eliminate Hawaiian Health Disparities HPU Online

(4 days ago) WEBA way to eliminate Hawaiian health disparities is to improve health equity, which means that a patient receives the same quality care as another patient, regardless …

https://online.hpu.edu/blog/ways-to-eliminate-health-disparities

Category:  Health Show Health

Disaggregating Data to Measure Racial Disparities in COVID-19 …

(1 days ago) WEBNative Hawaiian and Pacific Islander populations have been disproportionately affected by COVID-19 (1–3).Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and …

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7037a1.htm

Category:  Health Show Health

Hidden health disparities of Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander

(2 days ago) WEBNative Hawaiian and Pacific Islander health outcome data has been hidden for decades. Immigration status, insurance availability and language/cultural differences …

https://www.multicare.org/vitals/hidden-health-inequities-of-asian-communities-native-hawaiian-pacific-islander/

Category:  Health Show Health

Pharmacy professor aims to bridge health gaps in AANHPI …

(5 days ago) WEBReading time: 2 minutes Professor Deborah Taira is a health economist at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo’s Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy and has extensive …

https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2024/05/14/bridge-health-gaps-aanhpi-community/

Category:  Health Show Health

Hawaii legislature wraps up session - here's what passed and what …

(Just Now) WEBHawaii lawmakers recently wrapped up a legislative session with nearly 200 bills awaiting Democratic Governor Josh Green’s desk for signature. The new …

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2024/05/08/hawaii-legislature-ends-session/73261683007/

Category:  Health Show Health

Maui residents face health decline, access struggles after wildfires …

(5 days ago) WEBSignificant disparities in health insurance coverage were also found, with more than 13% of participants lacking insurance. Notably, nearly 38% of Hispanic …

https://www.mauinews.com/news/local-news/2024/05/maui-residents-face-health-decline-access-struggles-after-wildfires-in-a-new-uh-study/

Category:  Health Show Health

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE HAWAII PREPAID HEALTH CARE LAW

(8 days ago) WEBThe Prepaid Health Care Act requires Hawaii employers to provide health care coverage for eligible employees to insure protection against the high cost of medical and hospital …

https://labor.hawaii.gov/dcd/files/2013/01/PHC-highlights.pdf&gt

Category:  Medical Show Health

HB2728 HD1 - capitol.hawaii.gov

(3 days ago) WEBThe legislature also recognizes that the state health planning and development agency was established to administer state health planning and cost containment activities. The …

https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/HB2728_HD1_.HTM

Category:  Health Show Health

Combating Disparities in LGBTQI+ Health Care

(8 days ago) WEBThis course will examine the unmet health needs and unique health care disparities faced by LGBTQI+ people in the U.S. We will focus on the impacts of institutional …

https://www.nationalnursesunited.org/ce-classes/combating-disparities-lgbtqi-health-care

Category:  Course Show Health

AACR releases Cancer Disparities Progress Rep EurekAlert!

(8 days ago) WEBThe American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) today released its Cancer Disparities Progress Report 2024 . First published in 2020, this biennial report …

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1044676

Category:  Cancer Show Health

Environmental Working Group's Fire-Related Recommendations …

(1 days ago) WEBThe Hawaii Legislature largely ignored the recommendations that came from an environmental working group convened by the House to come up with policy changes …

https://www.civilbeat.org/2024/05/environmental-working-groups-fire-related-recommendations-die-in-legislature/

Category:  Health Show Health

Travel-Time Disparities in Access to Proton Beam Therapy for …

(8 days ago) WEBDifferences in health care literacy that correlate with education may affect a patients’ propensity to seek treatment regardless of geographic accessibility. 26 …

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2818955

Category:  Health Show Health

Navy Gets Partial Success in Pausing Hawaii Fuel Leak Claims

(3 days ago) WEBThe Navy was able to put on hold some claims in a lawsuit over spills from its fuel storage facility in Hawaii that allegedly polluted nearby water used by residents. The …

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-and-energy/navy-gets-partial-success-in-pausing-hawaii-fuel-leak-claims

Category:  Health Show Health

Filter Type: