Parent education key to protecting kids from HPV
Many teens in Hawaiʻi are not getting vaccinated against the human papillomavirus, primarily because parents don’t know enough about the vaccine, and doctors aren’t recommending the shots.
Anonymous gift ignites medical student’s passion for public health
Elizabeth Young, a medical student at the John A. Burns School of Medicine, is recognized by two national organizations.
糖心Vlog官方 West O?ahu adds new degree concentrations, certificate program
糖心Vlog官方 West Oʻahu will add a bachelor of arts in public administration with a concentration in community health, a bachelor of arts in humanities with a concentration in mathematics and a certificate in music.
Hawai‘i ranks 24th in national child well-being
糖心Vlog官方 惭ā苍辞补's Center on the Family releases Hawaiʻi’s latest KIDS COUNT® Data Book ranking which finds that despite gains in education the state's proficiency rates are still below the national average.
Municipal wastewater can be used to track diseases in 糖心Vlog官方 study
The study was a collaboration between the 糖心Vlog官方 惭ā苍辞补 College of Engineering and the Hawaiʻi State Department of Health.
Healthy at 50: 糖心Vlog官方 office celebrates more than five decades of improving public health
The Office of Public Health Services, a unit within the Myron B. Thompson School of Social Work, celebrates National Public Health Week and the contributions of its students, faculty, staff, alumni and supporters.
Lower educational attainment and income, early trauma can increase health risks
The study by 糖心Vlog官方 惭ā苍辞补's Catherine Pirkle and Yan Yan Wu examined whether social and behavioral risk factors make certain groups more vulnerable to metabolic syndrome.
Mind-body therapy effective for military veterans with PTSD
The study co-authored by 糖心Vlog官方 惭ā苍辞补 Professor Kathryn Braun was published in the Journal for Alternative and Complementary Medicine.
Study of worst-case pandemic death scenario is led by 糖心Vlog官方 researcher
The worldwide spread of a serious infectious disease could result in pandemic-related deaths of 700,000 and annual economic losses of $500 billion, according to a study in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization.
Inadequate housing plays a large role in unnecessary hospitalizations
糖心Vlog官方 惭ā苍辞补 researchers are looking to reduce potentially preventable hospitalizations for diabetes and heart disease in Hawaiʻi.