Taking a proactive approach by raising awareness, stimulating action, and impacting systems and circumstances that can affect the health of our community members
Empowering community members to practice a growth mindset by exploring opportunities within challenges
Building on individual and collective strengths and maximizing local assets to create resilience and forward momentum
Raising health literacy and self-efficacy with evidence-based methods to optimize physical, mental and social health
Practicing a wholistic approach to wellness, emphasizing 'skills over pills' for long-term solutions
Chronic conditions, such as diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, poor cholesterol, and obesity are the most prevalent and leading contributors to death in the world. Fortunately, they are also preventable health problems.
Where do the Hilo
, Puna, and Ka'u communities of East Hawaii Island
stand in terms of chronic conditions?
Below is a health snapshot of East Hawaii Island that helps us set priority areas and measure program outcomes.
(Source: 2019-2020 BRFSS)
Your donations support community-based programs to prevent chronic conditions in the Hilo, Puna and Ka'u Districts on East Hawaii Island.
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