Library Guides: Cultural Competency in Healthcare: Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander (NHPI)

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The Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF)
APIAHF is the oldest and largest health advocacy organization working with AA (Asian Americans) and NHPI (Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders) communities across the nation, in the US Territories, and with the US‐affiliated Pacific jurisdictions. This site has an impressive list of data and reports on the AA and NHPI community.
Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations - Featured Resources
Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and other Pacific Islander (AA&NHOPI) community health centers (CHCs) generate demographic and health-related data that has often been non-existent for Asian American, Native Hawaiians, and other Pacific Islanders (AA&NHOPIs).
Department of Health and Human Services: Office of Minority Health: Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Profile
The Office of Minority Health is dedicated to improving the health of racial and ethnic minority populations through the development of health policies and programs that will help eliminate health disparities. OMH programs address disease prevention, health promotion, risk reduction, healthier lifestyle choices, use of health care services, and barriers to health care.
THE HEALING ELEMENTS: A Native Hawaiian Perspective
"Healing Elements: A Native Hawaiian Perspective is a module developed for undergraduate courses by Davianna Pōmaika‘i McGregor, PhD, professor and founding member of Ethnic Studies at the University of Hawai‘i, Māno. The module offers to college and university students, and their professors a way to explore the holistic nature of Native Hawaiian concepts and practices of health and well-being."
Health Conditions and Behaviors of Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Persons in the United States, 2014
Data From the Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander National Health Interview Survey
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"...this report fills this gap by presenting statistics on health conditions and behaviors for (a) the total NHPI population and the multiple- and single-race NHPI populations, in comparison with other federal race groups and the total U.S. population;
(b) single-race NHPI persons compared with multiple-race NHPI persons; and (c) detailed NHPI."
race groups in comparison with each other and
the total U.S. population"
Health of Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander non-Hispanic Population
Statistics and data about the Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander populations from the National Center for Health Statistics