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A LEX BIT TER Associate News Editor A new graduate degree in native Hawaiian and indigenous health has a group of public health students to thank for its launch this fall. The Native Hawaiian and indigenous health master’s degree, which will be offered as a specialization through the current public health studies program at the John A. Burns School of Medicine, was created because of student demand for a program focused on the specific health needs of Hawaiians and other indigenous people. “It’s a wonderful opportunity and a global initiative to try to bring indigenous health and wellness to the forefront,” said Maile Taualii, UH professor and specialization head for the new program.
MEETING NEEDS Taualii said that while the public health program has existed at Burns for a while, the idea for a separate Hawaiian or indigenous-degree track came about two years ago as a request from a group of students. “[They wanted to know] why there weren’t classes and people there to address the things that they thought they were going to school for– to serve Native Hawaiian communities,” she said. Jay Maddock, director of the Office of Public Health Studies, said he has seen similar demand from students for the program, such as a graduate student’s work about the incorporation of Hawaiian ethics and values into public health. “That got me thinking, ‘How can we do a better job involving indigenous health and Native Hawaiian health and reduce these major health disparities?’” Maddock said. Continued on page 2
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