Rising From Ruin-Revitalizing Native Hawaiian Health

Kekoa Taparra; Nikki Kalani Apana

doi:10.1001/jama.2023.21427

Rising From Ruin-Revitalizing Native Hawaiian Health

JAMA. 2023 Dec 5;330(21):2051-2052. doi: 10.1001/jama.2023.21427.

Authors

Kekoa Taparra¹, Nikki Kalani Apana²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California.
² UCSF School of Medicine, San Francisco, California.

PMID: 37930729
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2023.21427

No abstract available

Plain language summary

This Viewpoint offers insight into the health effects of the recent fires in Hawaiʻi and what culturally conscious approaches are needed to ensure the health of Native Hawaiians going forward.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Hawaii
Health Equity*
Health Services, Indigenous
Humans
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander*