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Dr. Song Yi Park will conduct the study. Park is a professor and co-investigator of the Multiethnic Cohort Study, the largest study of more than 215,000 residents in Hawaiʻi and Los Angeles.
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The recent murder-suicide of a family in Mānoa weighs heavy on our collective minds. What causes people to reach their breaking point? The Conversation reached out to Kumi Macdonald, the executive director of NAMI Hawaii, to learn more.
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Honolulu Mayor Blangiardi discusses public safety on Oʻahu and other top priorities; NAMI Hawaii shares what people can do to avoid reaching their breaking point; Pacific Biodiesel talks about expanding to Kauaʻi; and HPR's Cassie Ordonio shares what FestPAC 2024 means to Pacific island communities
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The state Department of Health opened a new Behavioral Health Crisis Center in Iwilei to help those having a mental health crisis. The center is meant to treat people instead of sending them to a hospital emergency room or into the criminal justice system.
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Mānoa Valley Theatre's "Dear Evan Hansen" production will premiere tonight. It's the first time the play will be performed by any theater in the nation outside of the Broadway shows and national tour.
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House Bill 1774 would create the Silver Alert Program within the Department of Law Enforcement to help find missing older adults with cognitive impairments or developmental disabilities.
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Health equity and behavioral health are among the priorities for federal officials in this phase of Maui wildfire recovery. The Conversation talked to Jeffrey Reynoso, the Region 9 director for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
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Hawaiʻi correctional officers say they get less support than inmates for the stressors they experience at jails. That was one of the findings from recent surveys of current and former correctional officers at the Oʻahu Community Correctional Center.
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The State Consumer Protector shares ways to stay protected against holiday scams; we discuss an emerging mental health crisis among boys and men; and we share the call of the java sparrow in today's Manu Minute
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Health advocates are pushing for a bill in the upcoming legislative session that would implement an alert system to help locate older adults with cognitive impairment or dementia. HPR's Cassie Ordonio reports that as Hawaiʻi's aging population increases, keeping track of loved ones has been a challenge for a growing number of local families.