Hawaii’s children are increasingly affected by housing instability and parental job insecurity, ranking the state among the worst in the nation for economic well-being, according to the 2025 KIDS ...

Hawaii island lawmakers Friday announced they secured the funding during the legislative session that wrapped up in May. The ...

High workloads, time constraints, misalignment of financial incentives and individuals’ health literacy are among the chief ...

To scale palliative care, states should engage community members in serious illness coalitions, design standards for ...

Solving the problem is seen as an important step in helping recruit and retain much-needed workers on the Garden Island.

Three years since surveys began, the University of Hawaii has found that the state’s numerous health care challenges continue ...

Barriers to health care : Many reported barriers to physical ... and has since evolved into one of Hawaii’s largest surveys tracking health equity. The first report, published in June 2022 ...

The report found that the number of people who missed out on needed mental health care rose from ... stems from systemic barriers. To tackle these issues, the report says Hawaii needs to focus ...

A visit to the hospital can already be a stressful event for many. For those in the Seattle Latino community, language and cultural barriers present in the healthcare system can make the process even ...

Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, joined U.S. Rep ... “Too many members of our communities face economic, cultural, and language barriers preventing them from accessing critical mental health care and these ...

LGBTQ+ individuals face significant postpartum healthcare barriers, including higher primary and specialist care use, cost-related nonadherence, and delayed care. Despite similar health insurance ...