A historical and contemporary review of the contextualization and social determinants of health of Micronesian migrants in the United States. (Special Issue: The impact of COVID-19 on the health and social welfare of the people of Hawai'i.)
Hawaii Journal of Medicine and Public Health
; 80(9 Suppl. 1):88-101, 2021.
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in English
| GIM | ID: covidwho-1812966
ABSTRACT
Hawai'i's Pacific Islander (PI) population has suffered a higher burden of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infections, hospitalizations, and deaths compared to other groups in the state. The Hawai'i Emergency Management Agency Community Care Outreach Unit conducted an assessment across the state to gain an understanding of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the health and social welfare of households. Survey data was collected from individuals across the state during a period of 3 weeks (August 12-September 5, 2020). The following are resulting recommendations from the Pacific Island community to mitigate the impact and disparities of the pandemic as immediate and medium-term structural requests (1) ensure that Pacific Island communities are proactively represented in state and county committees that develop health interventions to ensure that relevant language and culturally tailored communications and strategies are included, (2) provide consistent funding and community centered support to ensure consistent COVID-19 impact services for the Pacific Island families, (3) enhance the capacity of PI health care navigators and interpreters through increased funding and program support, and (4) engage state policy makers immediately to understand and address the systemic structural barriers to health care and social services for Pacific Islanders in Hawai'i. These recommendations were developed to address the generational inequities and disparities that exist for Pacific islanders in Hawai'i which were exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
coronavirus disease 2019; viral diseases; public health; health services; pandemics; health care; human diseases; reviews; health determinants; disparity; household surveys; Pacific Islanders; man; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; USA; Hawaii; Homo; Hominidae; primates; mammals; vertebrates; Chordata; animals; eukaryotes; Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus; Betacoronavirus; Coronavirinae; Coronaviridae; Nidovirales; positive-sense ssRNA Viruses; ssRNA Viruses; RNA Viruses; viruses; APEC countries; high income countries; North America; America; OECD Countries; very high Human Development Index countries; Pacific States of USA; Western States of USA; Polynesia; Oceania; Pacific Islands; SARS-CoV-2; United States of America; viral infections
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English
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Hawaii Journal of Medicine and Public Health
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2021
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