Physical activity to benefit people with genetic risk of obesity June 10, 2020 UH News Researchers used data from participants across the U.S. and found interactions drive a person’s body mass index further up or down.
Healthy Hawaiʻi Initiative celebrates 20 years of lifting communities June 9, 2020 UH News Healthy Hawaiʻi Initiative was created in 2000 as a statewide effort to promote health-supporting environments through systems and policy change.
Public health professor makes mental health of UH community priority June 4, 2020 UH News Jeanelle Sugimoto-Matsuda is providing mental health resources to help keep the UH Mānoa campus community safe.
UH helps distribute PPE donations to behavioral health, homelessness providers May 26, 2020 UH News More than 13,000 surgical masks, among other items, have been donated to “resilience hubs,” on Oʻahu.
Public health students turn Medical Reserve Corps members May 26, 2020 UH News Students had the opportunity to volunteer with Oʻahu’s Medical Reserve Corps to complete their spring semester.
Resilience in Native Hawaiians may lead to better health May 26, 2020 UH News Researchers found that participants who scored higher on resilience also reported higher levels of general health.
Public health professor forecasts COVID-19 impacts for Hawaiʻi May 26, 2020 UH News Thomas Lee analyzes reams of data and gives state policy makers a picture of what the coming months may hold.
Strong relationships promote physical activity in older adults May 13, 2020 UH News Researchers found that individual and interpersonal factors had the greatest association with older adults being physically active.
Webinar series on COVID-19’s impact to vulnerable Hawaiʻi communities May 8, 2020 UH News The series provides information and resources to help people better serve five vulnerable communities in Hawaiʻi.
Social work students donate to UH relief fund April 28, 2020 UH News A UH Mānoa honor society made a $1,000 donation to the UH Foundation’s Urgent Student Relief Fund.