Healthy Hawaiian Project 2022
What is the Healthy Hawaiian Project?
This study is interested in the following question: what makes Hawaiians healthy? We are looking to kūpuna, who are considered sources of knowledge within the Hawaiian community, to help answer this question. Drawing on Dr. Kekuni Blaisdell’s work https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11567247/, we use a strengths-based approach and predict that healthy outcomes among the Hawaiian community increases as civic engagement increases. We define civic engagement as regular participation in community events, workdays, or meetings.
To test our prediction, we are conducting focus groups of individuals who (1) self-identify as Hawaiian, (2) are 60 years or older, (3) reside in Hawaiʻi, and (4) are civically engaged. We welcome anyone that fits this description and are interested in answering questions about the community spaces they participate in and the impacts of this engagement on their health.
Who will be leading this research?
The principal investigator of this project is Dr. Ngoc Phan http://www.ngocphan.com/. She is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Hawaiʻi Pacific University https://www.hpu.edu/faculty/cla/ngoc-phan.html and the principal investigator of the 2019 Native Hawaiian Survey https://www.nhsurvey.org/. Catherine Jara is the Project Lead. She is a kanaka scholar and graduated with her Bachelor of Social Work from Hawaiʻi Pacific University in the spring. Dr. Lynette Cruz and Emilia Kandagawa are the cultural liaisons for the project and are instrumental in ensuring that this project aligns with cultural values.
What does participation in this project look like?
Prior to the focus groups, participants will be asked to read a consent form, which will describe confidential measures. Those who sign this form will be asked to fill out a demographic form and will receive the focus group questions to review.
On the day of the focus group, participants will be grouped with others with whom they regularly interact. We aim to have focus groups of 4 participants. One cultural liaison and the project lead will co-lead the groups. After the focus group, participants will be asked to sign a debriefing and payment form and will receive a $75 Foodland gift card for their time. Each focus group will be approximately 60 minutes, and we expect the total process to take approximately 75 minutes. Healthy drinks and food will be provided.
If you are interested in participating, email [email protected] with you answers to the following questions:
What is the Healthy Hawaiian Project?
This study is interested in the following question: what makes Hawaiians healthy? We are looking to kūpuna, who are considered sources of knowledge within the Hawaiian community, to help answer this question. Drawing on Dr. Kekuni Blaisdell’s work https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11567247/, we use a strengths-based approach and predict that healthy outcomes among the Hawaiian community increases as civic engagement increases. We define civic engagement as regular participation in community events, workdays, or meetings.
To test our prediction, we are conducting focus groups of individuals who (1) self-identify as Hawaiian, (2) are 60 years or older, (3) reside in Hawaiʻi, and (4) are civically engaged. We welcome anyone that fits this description and are interested in answering questions about the community spaces they participate in and the impacts of this engagement on their health.
Who will be leading this research?
The principal investigator of this project is Dr. Ngoc Phan http://www.ngocphan.com/. She is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Hawaiʻi Pacific University https://www.hpu.edu/faculty/cla/ngoc-phan.html and the principal investigator of the 2019 Native Hawaiian Survey https://www.nhsurvey.org/. Catherine Jara is the Project Lead. She is a kanaka scholar and graduated with her Bachelor of Social Work from Hawaiʻi Pacific University in the spring. Dr. Lynette Cruz and Emilia Kandagawa are the cultural liaisons for the project and are instrumental in ensuring that this project aligns with cultural values.
What does participation in this project look like?
Prior to the focus groups, participants will be asked to read a consent form, which will describe confidential measures. Those who sign this form will be asked to fill out a demographic form and will receive the focus group questions to review.
On the day of the focus group, participants will be grouped with others with whom they regularly interact. We aim to have focus groups of 4 participants. One cultural liaison and the project lead will co-lead the groups. After the focus group, participants will be asked to sign a debriefing and payment form and will receive a $75 Foodland gift card for their time. Each focus group will be approximately 60 minutes, and we expect the total process to take approximately 75 minutes. Healthy drinks and food will be provided.
If you are interested in participating, email [email protected] with you answers to the following questions:
- How would you like to be called?
- Are you kanaka?
- Are you a kupuna?
- If you are not a kanaka or a kupuna, would you still like to participate?
- What is your general availability in December 2022?