{"id":173312,"date":"2023-02-28T11:06:24","date_gmt":"2023-02-28T21:06:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=173312"},"modified":"2023-03-15T10:30:57","modified_gmt":"2023-03-15T20:30:57","slug":"health-needs-nh-men-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2023\/02\/28\/health-needs-nh-men-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Health needs of Native Hawaiian men focus of <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> Cancer Center project"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><div class=\"responsive-video-wrap-post\"><figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe  id=\"_ytid_76435\"  width=\"620\" height=\"349\"  data-origwidth=\"620\" data-origheight=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VEiBqN79fIM?enablejsapi=1&origin=https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu&rel=0&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&disablekb=0&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"Health needs of Native Hawaiian men focus of UH Cancer Center project\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div>\n<p>A <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uhcancercenter.org\">University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Cancer Center <\/a>project, K\u016b Ola (&ldquo;upstanding and principled healthy living&rdquo;) works to support culturally-grounded services that promote the health, and well-being of Native Hawaiian men. A project goal is to expand, reaching more Native Hawaiian communities throughout the state. Another project goal is to encourage new Native Hawaiian researchers to ensure that methods used in health promotion are grounded in Hawaiian traditions and culture.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/manoa-cancer-center-omidyar-ku-ola-project-300x170.jpeg\" alt=\"post its on board answering question\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-173314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/manoa-cancer-center-omidyar-ku-ola-project-300x170.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/manoa-cancer-center-omidyar-ku-ola-project-130x74.jpeg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/manoa-cancer-center-omidyar-ku-ola-project.jpeg 672w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For more than a decade, the K\u016b Ola project has supported health promotion in Native Hawaiian men by holding k\u016bk\u0101k\u016bk\u0101 (discussion sessions) with k\u0101ne. The project has also captured the knowledge of kupuna k\u0101ne for posterity. K\u016b Ola is guided by the <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> Cancer Center\u2019s Native Hawaiian Community Advisory Board, a group of Native Hawaiian health professionals and community partners. <\/p>\n<p>High rates of chronic illnesses and behaviors often result in a higher risk of death for Native Hawaiians, particularly for Native Hawaiian men. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We recognize that many of the chronic health challenges Native Hawaiians face, especially men, are the result of systemic inequalities that lead them to forego doctor visits and healthcare priorities,&rdquo; said <strong>Claire K. Hughes<\/strong>, chair of the <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> Cancer Center\u2019s Native Hawaiian Community Advisory Board. &ldquo;Building upon the strengths of our community and incorporating Hawaiian practices and cultural values in health promotion can be effective in reducing chronic illness.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h2>Collaboration with communities<\/h2>\n<p>K\u016b Ola\u2019s leadership team is working to build collaboration with more Native Hawaiian communities. As a project launch, K\u016b Ola met with community organizations in Kona <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span>, in early February. The purpose of the meeting was to increase connections and identify strategies to address the health needs of Native Hawaiians in the West <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> community. The project plans to eventually meet with other community organizations statewide. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;K\u016b Ola will foster Native Hawaiian students interested in health and clinical care,&rdquo; said <strong>Kevin Cassel<\/strong>, principal investigator of the project. &ldquo;We\u2019re encouraging Native Hawaiian researchers to develop pilot health research projects.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Health disparity and access to health care are among the top priorities identified at the <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> Cancer Center,&rdquo; said <strong>Naoto Ueno,<\/strong> <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> Cancer Center director. &ldquo;This wonderful initiative will have a tremendous impact in continuing to address the health challenges of Native Hawaiians.&rdquo;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>K\u016b Ola works to support culturally-grounded services that promote the health, and well-being of Native Hawaiian men.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,12],"tags":[1363,242,169,9,56],"class_list":["post-173312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-research","category-video","tag-manoa-research","tag-native-hawaiian-health","tag-uh-cancer-center","tag-uh-manoa","tag-video-2","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173312"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173312\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":174096,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173312\/revisions\/174096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}