Collaborations
Hawaii 5210 Let's Go!
The 5-2-1-0 is a slogan that stands for a set of behaviors associated with healthy weight in children; 5 or more fruits and vegetables, no more than 2 hours of screen time, 1 hour or more of moderate to vigorous physical activity and almost no sweetened beverages each day. This slogan has now been used in more than 40% of healthy lifestyles social marketing campaigns for children.
An exciting and dynamic collaborative of healthcare and community organizations, lead by HICORE and NPAC, is developing a health promotion and social marketing campaign to intensively promote consistent messaging about healthy lifestyles in Hawaii using this slogan.
The Hawaiʻi Nutrition and Physical Activity Coalition (NPAC)
NPAC is a dynamic coalition of organizations and community members committed to promoting healthy lifestyles in Hawaiʻi by advocating for systemic changes in Hawaiʻi through policies and practices. In 2009 HICORE worked closely with NPAC to maximize efforts for both initiatives. The HICORE Director, Dr. May Okihiro, is the NPAC Healthcare Task-force Chair and a member of the Pioneering Healthy Communities Team.
HMSA Foundation
Hawaiʻi Medical Service Association Foundation
The HMSA Foundation was established in 1986 by the Hawaii Medical Service Association to stimulate research of issues that confront Hawai`iʼs health care industry. The Foundation is dedicated to improving health in Hawai`i through grantmaking, strategic initiatives, publications, and community-wide programs.
HMSA Foundation has funded HICORE through a 3-year grant and remains an active partner in the dissemination of HICORE activities to other departments within HMSA.
HICORE also provides research advisory support to the HMSA Foundation granting process.
American Academy of Pediatrics, Hawaii Chapter
The Chapter is a voluntary organization of over 200 pediatricians in Hawaii including members in private, group, military and academic practice, pediatricians-in-training and other non-pediatrician physicians interested in child health issues. AAP-Hawaii past-President, Dr. Galen Chock, is a member of the HICORE Advisory Committee and HICORE activities are regularly disseminated to the AAP-Hawaii membership.
Healthy Hawaii Initiative, Hawaii State Department of Health
The Healthy Hawaii Initiative (HHI) is the Hawaii State Department of Health (DOH) program responsible for running the Start Living Healthy campaign. HHI's structure is based on the social-ecological model to affect behavior change at multiple levels of society (individual, interpersonal, organizational, community, and societal).
Start Living Healthy is the statewide health promotion campaign. Funded through the Tobacco Settlement funds, this multimedia educational campaign, with partnerships in both the private and public sectors, provides the people of Hawaii with easy to understand information on healthy living.
HICORE and HHI currently have a joint project to disseminate a childhood obesity primary prevention program to Hawaiiʼs health centers.
University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine
The University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) trains physicians for Hawaii and the Pacific. Approximately 50% of practicing physicians in Hawaii are graduates of JABSOM or the Hawaii Residency Program.
Members of the UH JABSOM Departments of Native Hawaiian Health, Complimentary and Alternative Medicine and Public Health Studies are mof the HICORE Advisory Committee and very active in HICORE activities.
HICORE activities are regularly disseminated to UH JABSOM faculty and students.
Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children
Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children (KMCWC) plays a vital role in the health of Hawaiiʼs women, children and adolescents with specially-trained physicians, nurses and staff that uniquely care of children and young adults. It is the major training facility for the University of Hawaii JABSOM Pediatric and Obstetric/gynecology residency programs and the stateʼs only pediatric emergency room and pediatric intensive care units.
KMCMC supports HICOREʼs mission, helps to disseminate information on HICORE activities and provides the venues and IT support for many of its activities including HICOREʼs provider education series.
National Institutes of Health RTRN
National Institute of Health – Research Centers in Minority Institutions Translational Research Network
The NIH RTRN is the Research Centers for Minority Institutions (RCMI) Translational Research Network, a cooperative research network that facilitates translational research in health disparity areas. RTRN is building an environment in which researchers, investigators and members of the health community can collaborate to discover improved health outcomes for these groups.
Through sponsorship with Dr. Ric Yanagihara, an RCMI researcher and UH JABSOM Department of pediatrics faculty member, RTRN has provided HICORE access to their webcast infrastructure. RTRN also advertises and disseminates the seminar information to their large national network, provide technical assistance, record and house each seminar and post the recorded version on their national website.
NIH-Research Centers for Minority Institutions (RCMI)
The RCMI RTRN (Research Centers in Minority Institutions Translational Research Network), RTRN Data Technology Coordinating Center (DTCC): This NIH funded cooperative funds a network that facilitates translational research in health disparities. Through sponsorship with Dr. Ric Yanagihara, an RCMI researcher and UH JABSOM DOP faculty member, RTRN has provided HICORE access to their webcast infrastructure. In addition they have agreed to advertise and disseminate the seminar information to their large national network, provide technical assistance, record and house each seminar and post the recorded version on their national website.