Hawaiʻi young adults rely on social media for COVID-19, health info | University of Hawaiʻi System News
Nearly 100% of Hawaiʻi residents aged 18–35 utilized some form of social media as a resource for COVID-19-related information.
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Nearly 100% of Hawaiʻi residents aged 18–35 utilized some form of social media as a resource for COVID-19-related information.
(Photo credit: Joshua Hoehne via Unsplash) For many Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders with chronic health conditions, health interventions should include their family members or close friends, according to University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa public health research. The paper is published in Researchers led by Tetine Sentell, director of the Office of Public Health Studies in the Thompson School of Social Work & Public Health, interviewed 22 adult patients who were hospitalized at The Queen’s Medical Center. The researchers asked the patients about the people in their lives who the...