Study Finds Rising Stroke Rates Among Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders

Pae ʻĀina-wide
Source: The Cardiology Advisor

New research highlights a troubling increase in acute ischemic strokes among Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander populations, compared to other ethnic groups in the United States. These findings lend support to the need for parsing out information on race and ethnicity in health care databases, where Asian people and Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander people are usually combined into one large AANHPI group.

For Native Hawaiians, these findings are more than statistics: they speak to the urgent need for access to health care, early prevention, and resources that reach into our communities where these health disparities are most felt.

💭 What would a health system for kānaka ʻōiwi look like in addressing these disparities?

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