Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 35, Number 5, 1 May 2018 — Haumea [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Haumea

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Transforming the Health of Native Hawaiian Women and Empowering Wāhine Well-Being

Haumea examines issues impacting Hawaiian wāhine health

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs will release a new report on the heahh status of Hawaiian wāhine this month, coinciding with Mother's Day, National Women's Health Week and Asian/ Pacific American Heritage month. Haumea: Transfoiming the Heahh of Native Hawaiian Women anā Empowering Wāhine Well-Being examines issues that impact Hawaiian females from keiki to kūpuna: mental and emotional well-being, suicide, physical heahh. chronic diseases. maternal and neaiui, emoiiie uiseases, maieinai aiiu

child heahh, intimate partner violence, incarceration, eeonomie wellness, poverty rates, underrepresented occupations, gender

wage gaps and more. The report also recommends policies and programs aimed at elevating wāhine well-being. OHA will share Haumea throughout the pae 'āina and the report will be free to download at www.oha.org/wahineheahh after May 4. Eaeh section of the report focuses on a different aspect of wāhine well-

being - some highlights from our research are shared here. Below is an excerpt from the report, focus- i ing on women in prison. Native A

Hawaiian women make up nearly 44 percent of the female prison population in Hawai'i, and renresent more than 62 anu iepiesein muie iuaii uz

percent of the population in "close" security prisons. ■

Nai'a Lewis, owner of Mosaic Murals™ used a creative process to enhanee collaboration, eom ®munication and wellness for organizations. After being drawn tbe mural is broken up inli squares whieh Ihen are colored by various individuals, and assembled back togetber after eom plelion. ■ Artwork by Nai'a iewis; Color courtesy ofthe women ofthe Office of Hawaiian Affair

Haumea. ■ Coverart: Courtesy Stacey teong Design