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Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders go to great lengths to receive basic care for chronic diseases
The high prevalence of diabetes and other chronic diseases has become a given among families. But... more »
posted 03/25/22
In Hawaii, Pacific Islander communities went overlooked as pandemic grief spread
"As the virus spread and Pacific Islander advocates rushed to help their communities, several... more »
posted 04/22/21
Pandemic is disproportionately hurting Hawaii's Pacific Islander and Filipino communities
Despite Hawaii’s reputation as a racial paradise, the state is home to striking income... more »
posted 08/04/20

Anita Hofschneider's Work
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Project: Many Pacific Islander Patients Have To Move To Get Life-Saving Access To Dialysis
One in five Indigenous Chamorros in the Northern Mariana Islands has diabetes, and the demand for dialysis is growing. But the only dialysis centers are on the capital island of Saipan.
Project: The pandemic vastly expanded health care access in this US territory. That may end soon.
Patients who hadn’t sought health care in years flocked to clinics when a temporary pandemic program expanded Medicaid access to the commonwealth’s guest worker population.
Project: Pacific Islanders Have a Harder Time Getting Kidney Transplants Than Other Patients
Kidney failure afflicts Pacific Islanders at much higher rates, but for reasons that some say amount to discrimination, they don’t get transplants as often.