Study Finds Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander Youth Face Highest Rates of Sexual Violence in Hawaiʻi
A new UH Mānoa study found that Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander youth experience the highest rates of sexual violence in Hawaiʻi compared to their peers.
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Sources: Kauaʻi Now News, JAMA Pediatrics
A new University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa study published in JAMA Pediatrics found that Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander youth experience the highest rates of sexual violence in Hawaiʻi compared to their peers.
Data from the Hawaiʻi Department of Health’s Youth Risk Behavior Survey revealed alarming disparities: Nearly one in eight Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander girls (12.7%) reported being forced to have sex at some point in their lives. One in six Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander girls (16.7%) experienced unwanted sexual contact in the past 12 months of taking the survey, a rate higher than other racial or ethnic groups in Hawaiʻi.
The findings stress the urgent need for targeted, culturally grounded interventions.
💭 How can we as a lāhui confront these disparities and build systems of protection grounded in ʻike Hawaiʻi for our keiki?
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