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Adult Mental Health Division Addresses Smoking and Tobacco Use

Posted on May 12, 2015 in Ola Lokahi

People in Hawaii with behavioral health disorders are disproportionately burdened by the harmful effects of smoking and tobacco use. In collaboration with the University of California San Francisco, Smoking Cessation Leadership Center (SCLC), the Hawaii State Department of Health’s Adult Mental Health Division (AMHD) is addressing this issue and is holding free, all-day workshops titled, ...
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Hawaii Department of Health Grant Funds Telemedicine Program to Improve Access to Care for Stroke Victims

Posted on May 12, 2015 in Ola Lokahi

One in five Hawaii residents will have a stroke during his or her lifetime. In fact, stroke is the third leading cause of death in our state and the number one cause of chronic adult disability. Of people under age 65, only 20% are able to return to full time employment after a stroke and ...
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Learning From Our Past to Shape Our Future Florence Nightingale of Hawaii, Mabel Leilani Smyth

Posted on May 12, 2015 in Ola Lokahi

Contributed by: Joan A. Takamori, APRN, Chief of Public Health Nursing Branch (In honor of Nurses Day celebrated on May 6)   ”One can do more good for humanity by working among the people district nurses do, and naturally like to work among that class of people.” Mabel Leilani Smyth 1892-1936 Public Health Nursing is ...
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