SYSTEM
Ke Ola Mamo
Ke Ola Mamo (KOM) is the Native Hawaiian Health Care System for the island of Oahu. Ke Ola Mamo has an administrative site and four outreach/case management sites throughout the island of Oahu, providing availability and accessibility to health care service delivery programs. Its goal is to remove barriers to health care and improve the health status of Native Hawaiians on the island of Oahu. The mission is to improve the health status of Native Hawaiians, "empowering kanaka maoli to live longer, healthier, and more productive lives." KOM is a community based non-profit organization. Members of the Board serve as volunteers and are elected or nominated from their respective service districts: Koolauloa, Koolaupoko. Urban Honolulu, and Waianae.
Services
Ke Ola Mamo focuses on health promotion, health prevention, client assessment, enrollment, referral case management, transportation to and from physician visits and other enabling services. Outreach services are provided at the various sites. Clients are enrolled and assessed to determine health needs, which may include assistance with obtaining health insurance, referrals to Native Hawaiian practitioners, case management, transportation to and from physician visits and other enabling services. Staff conducts health education, promotion and prevention services through community based health fairs, clubs, organizations and civic groups, individuals and families especially among high-risk groups, island-wide. The outreach team also assists with collaborative case management under the supervision of the clinical team. Clinical services are provided by Registered Nurses. Services include: intense case management and monitoring of patient care plans; screening for glucose, total cholesterol, HDL, LDL, triglyceride; blood pressure; home visits, and appropriate referrals. The nurses also provide a higher level of health education on diabetes, cancer, and cardiovascular disease among high-risk populations. Health education is conducted, in groups or one-on-one, by clinical staff and outreach workers. Topics covered include: traditional healing, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, smoking cessation, asthma classes, cancer (breast/cervical), HIV/STD education, car seat safety, domestic violence, parenting skills, stress reduction, immunizations, nutrition (Hele Mai Ai), breast-feeding, fitness, pre-natal/child development, maternal fetal development, dental, safety and injury prevention.
Special Programs
Special programs like Malama I Na Lei Prenatal/Early childhood/Ka Hana A Ke Aloha, Alu Like Kupuna Program, Hooikaika No Waianae-Nutrition, Exercise, Health and Wellness Program, and Lei Anuenue HIV Education and Prevention Program are funded by other Federal, State and private resources. Special program activities are coordinated with the basic program in that staff of all programs work as collaborators in making cross-referrals and providing mutual support toward achievement of their respective goals and objectives.
Contact
Ke Ola Mamo
1505 Dillingham Boulevard, Room 205
Honolulu, HI 96817
Phone: (808) 848-8000
Fax: (808) 848-8001
Email: keolamamo@aol.com
Koolauloa Service District Kahuku Hospital
56-117 Pualalea Street
Kahuku, HI 96717
Koolaupoko Service District St. Matthew's Church
41-054 Ehukai Street
P.O. Box 0741
Waimanalo, HI 96795
Lei Anuenue HIV/AIDS Education & Prevention Program
1108 Fort Street Mall, Room 3
Honolulu, HI 96813
Waianae Service District 87-728
Farrington Highway, Unit F
Waianae, HI 96792 Waimanalo, HI 96795
Executive Director: Joelene Lono
Family Practice Physician: Kalamaoka`äina Niheu, MD
Human Resources Officer/Special Projects: Margaret Kalamau
Programs Administrator: Donna-Marie Palakiko, RN, MS
Administrative Assistant: Elizabeth Mersburgh
Website: www.keolamamo.org
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CLINICS
Kalihi-Palama Health Center
Overview
Kalihi-Palama Health Center (KPHC) opened in 1975 in response to community concerns about health services for low-income Native Hawaiians and an increasing immigrant and refugee population. Kalihi-Palama is a poor, inner city neighborhood of Honolulu with more than 47,000 inhabitants. Within the district's boundaries are seven public housing projects and a blend of low-income housing, industrial facilities, small businesses, and the border of Chinatown. Home to poor Native Hawaiians 50 years ago, today Kalihi-Palama is typically the first home for immigrants and refugees. Kalihi-Palama Health Center has six service sites. Begun at Kaumakapili Church, it more than doubled its patient capacity when it moved to a new modern facility on North King Street in 1994. Other KPHC sites are WIC, behavioral health, education, and administrative offices, Healthcare for Homeless Project at the Sumner Street Clinic, Safe Haven, River of Life Mission, and Island West Clinic.
Services
KPHC provides services in general medicine, family planning, health education, dental and optometry programs, case management, and mental health. KPHC staff is able to serve patients in multiple languages including Ilocano, Tagalog, Visayan, Vietnamese, Chinese, Korean, Samoan, Spanish, Laotian, and Tongan. It has partnered with the Institute of Human Services and River of Life Mission to deliver health care to the area's large homeless population, and with WIC to provide breastfeeding and nutrition counseling with food coupons to pregnant and post-partum women, infants, and children. KPHC is an active education site for the University of Hawaii's Schools of Nursing, Medicine, and Social Work. It also collaborates on research projects with other health centers and the Association of Asian and Pacific Community Health Organizations (AAPCHO).
Special Populations/Health Issues
Immigrants; migrants from the Freely Associated States; homeless persons; generally transient and uninsured population. The large immigrant population seen at KPHC has high rates of dental needs, low immunization rates, tuberculosis, hepatitis B exposure, and parasitic and skin diseases. Added to the low-income, uninsured factors this group also experiences high rates of substance abuse, family violence, mental health conditions, late or no prenatal care and low literacy. Due to the multi-ethnic immigrant nature of the service area, patients often combine traditional therapies with western treatment. The highest morbidity rates reported by KPHC are for hypertension, asthma, diabetes, and heart conditions.
Staffing
Kalihi-Palama Health Center has on its professional staff board-certified physicians in family practice, internal medicine, obstetrics/gynecology, pediatrics, and psychiatry; nurse practitioners; midwives; nurses; dentists; social workers; optometrists; case managers; dental assistants; and health educators.
Contact
Kalihi-Palama Health Center
915 North King Street (main clinic)
938E Austin Lane
Honolulu, HI 96817
Phone: (808) 845-8578
Website: www.healthhawaii.org
Administration River of Life Mission
101 Pauahi Street
Honolulu, HI 96817
Phone: (808) 848-1438
Fax: (808) 841-1265
Island West Clinic
607 North King Street
Honolulu, HI 96817
Phone: (808) 847-6254
Sumner Street Clinic
350 Sumner Street, Suite 101
Honolulu, HI 96817
Phone: (808) 531-6322
Kaaahi Street Clinic
546 Kaaahi Street
Honolulu, HI 96817
Phone: (808) 853-1700
WIC, Behavioral Health, Health Education
952 North King Street
Honolulu, HI 96817
Executive Director: Emanuel Kintu
Chief Operating Officer: Darrin Sato
Medical Director: Robert Koerner, MD
Chief Financial Officer: Monique van der Aa
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Kokua Kalihi Valley
Overview
Kokua Kalihi Valley (KKV) began in 1972 as a multi-denominational community effort to address the unmet health needs of Kalihi Valley's residents, a population of more than 25,000. Kalihi is often the first home for new immigrants and contains Oahu's two largest public housing projects. The health center recently moved to a brand new facility and maintains satellite clinics providing outreach and youth services in public housing projects at Kuhio Park Terrace, Kalihi Valley Homes, and Hauiki Hale.
Services
KKV provides a wide range of services including dental, medical, family planning, perinatal, mental health, youth recreation, outreach and social services, health education, STD and HIV screenings, and transportation. Translation services are available in twelve languages. KKV provides nutrition counseling through the WIC program, collaborates on research projects with AAPCHO and CDC, and participates in professional education and training programs with the University of Hawaii Schools of Medicine, Nursing, and Social Work.
Special Populations/Health Issues
Immigrants, migrants from the Freely Associated States. KKV treats the health conditions often seen in a new immigrant population: critical lack of dental care, poor nutrition, hypertension, exposure to hepatitis B, heart disease, and asthma. There are high rates of teenage pregnancy, drug and alcohol abuse, domestic violence and other mental health conditions, and inadequately immunized children.
Staffing
On KKV's professional staff are physicians specializing in pediatrics, obstetrics/ gynecology and family practice, medical assistants, nurse practitioners, nurses, an immunization coordinator, dentists and dental hygienists, social and outreach workers, nutritionists, case managers, psychiatrists, counselors, social workers and STD health educators. One Native Hawaiian Health Professions Scholarship recipient is fulfilling her service obligation there; two National Health Service Corps participants continue at KKV.
Contact
Kokua Kalihi Valley
2239 North School Street
Honolulu, HI 96819
Phone: (808) 848-0976
Fax: (808) 845-9036
Website: www.kkv.net
KKV Hauiki Hale
1574 Meyers Street
Honolulu, HI 96819
KKV Kuhio Park Terrace
1475 Linapuni Street, #A-175
Honolulu, HI 96819
KKV Kalihi Valley Homes
2243 Kalaunu Street
Honolulu, HI 96819
KKV Senior Resource Center
1846 Gulick Avenue
Honolulu, HI 96819
Executive Director and Dental Program Director: Dr. David Derauf
Clinical Director: Dr. Laura DeVilbiss
Finance Director: Allen Kanno
Quality Assurance and Elderly Program Coordinator: Valerie Yountz
Professional Education and Youth Services Coordinator: Janet Primiano
Health Education Director: Marina Sapolu
Maternal and Child Health Program: Moe Hla
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Ko‘olauloa Community Health & Wellness Center
Overview
Ko‘olauloa Community Health and Wellness Center (KCHWC), a private, non-profit, community-based Federally Qualified Health Center, was incorporated as a 501(c)(3) in October 2003. Prior to that, community members met for years discussing the needs and the lack of primary care services in the Ko’olauloa area. KCHWC opened its doors to patients on November 1, 2004.
Services
KCHWC provides acute care (injuries, infections, etc.), chronic care (management of high blood pressure, diabetes, asthma, etc.), physical exams (school, sports, work, women’s annual including pap, well baby and child care, etc.), immunizations, family planning (brochures, classes, contraceptives, STD screening, etc.), minor surgery (lacerations, skin biopsies, draining boils, etc.), mental health counseling, podiatry (foot care), Native Hawaiian Healing, home visits, case management, and eligibility/outreach services. Oral health (dental), nutrition, and substance abuse services will be offered in the near future.
Special Populations/Health Issues
Target populations include the poor, underinsured, uninsured, homeless, Native Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders, immigrants, agricultural workers, youth and the elderly. Native Hawaiians have the poorest heath statistics compared to other ethnic groups including the highest death rates of all, high disability rates secondary to stroke and cerebro-vascular conditions, high rates of hypertension, twice the obesity rates, the highest cancer mortality rates, extremely high rates of diabetes – more than 5 times more than non-Hawaiians between 19-35 years old. Other health concerns include obesity, diabetes, asthma, poor dental health, drug abuse, inadequate prenatal care and teen births.
Contact
Mailing Address (for both sites)
P.O. Box 395
Kahuku, HI 96731
Phone: (808) 293-9216
Fax: (808) 293-1171
Kahuku Site
56-565 Kamehameha Highway
Kahuku, HI 96731
Hau‘ula Site
54-316 Kamehameha Highway
Hau‘ula, HI 96717
Executive Director: Charles G. Braden, Jr.
Chief Financial Officer: Uyanga Batzogs
Medical Director: Miriam Chang. MD
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Waikiki Health Center
Overview
Waikiki Health Center (WHC) began as the Waikiki Ministry, which evolved into Waikiki Drug Clinic, and then in 1977 became a non-profit community health center. WHC provides primary medical care and social services statewide to residents and tourists regardless of age or economic status, including those who lack medical insurance, such as homeless individuals and families, prostitutes and their children, runaway and throwaway youths, and those with problems caused by mental illness and/or substance abuse.
Services
WHC provides medical care, family planning, STD/HIV education, non-traditional outreach services, community education, counseling, holiday activities, case management, and crisis counseling. WHC collaborates with Hale Kipa to run the Youth Outreach Project that provides outreach, healthcare, family planning, and social services to homeless and runaway teens. WHC's Friendly Neighbors program provides volunteer services to more than 100 isolated elders. WHC operates an island-wide Care-a-Van program that provides homeless clients primary care and social services, counseling and referrals, and supplies such as clothing, non-perishable food, and school supplies for children. Waikiki Health Center also provides low cost medical services in the award-winning Hoola Like outreach clinics on Oahu's Windward and North Shores.
Special Populations/Health Issues
Generally transient and uninsured population; homeless. Reflective of the population, the major issues are STD/HIV screening, prevention and counseling, pregnancy prevention, and the special problems of the homeless such as chemical dependency and mental illnesses. A growing number of Japanese nationals seek HIV testing. WHC also serves a large transgender population that has difficulty in a traditional medical environment.
Staffing
On its professional staff WHC has physicians, nurses and nurse practitioners, outreach and social service providers, and health educators.
Contact
Waikiki Health Center
277 Ohua Avenue
Honolulu, HI 96815
Phone: (808) 922-4787
Fax: (808) 922-4794
Website: www.waikikihc.org
Ho Ola Like
277 Ohua Avenue
Honolulu, HI 96815
Phone: (808) 922-4787 ext. 304 or 402
Y O Project (Youth Outreach Project)
277 Ohua Avenue
Honolulu, HI 96815
Phone: (808) 258-7794
Care-A-Van
421 Launiu Street
Honolulu, HI 96815
Phone: (808) 922-4790
Executive Director: Paul Strauss
Deputy Director: J.E. Potter Swartz
Medical Director: Elliot Kalauawa, M.D.
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Waimanalo Health Center
Overview
Waimanalo Health Center (WHC) started as a state Maternal, Infant & Child program in Waimanalo and, by 1992, evolved to incorporate as a private, non-profit community health center. WHC serves the significant number of low-income Native Hawaiians in Waimanalo and the population in need residing elsewhere in windward Oahu. Waimanalo is a rural location with high health and socio-economic risks.
Services
Waimanalo Health Center provides family medicine for all life cycles in culturally-sensitive and appropriate manner: prenatal care, pediatric and well baby care, family planning, immunizations, STD testing and counseling, cholesterol and diabetes screening, case management, and community outreach. In addition, WHC offers counseling and referrals for substance abuse, parenting, mental health, spouse and child abuse, strengthening family relationships, cultural health, and education programs. Waimanalo Health Center specializes in integrating Native Hawaiian cultural healing values and practices mixed with western medical practices.
Special Populations/Health Issues
Native Hawaiians. The concerns of Waimanalo Health Center mirror those for all Native Hawaiians: hypertension, asthma, diabetes, breast, cervical and prostate cancer, substance abuse, poor nutrition, and poor dental health.
Staffing
Waimanalo Health Center has on its professional staff physicians in family practice, pediatrics and internal medicine, registered nurses and nurse practitioners, a certified nurse midwife, outreach and social workers, and health educators. One Native Hawaiian Health Scholar is currently fulfilling a service obligation, while two other Native Hawaiian Health Scholars have completed their service obligations at WHC.
Contact
Waimanalo Health Center
41-1347 Kalanianaole Highway
Waimänalo, HI 96795
Phone: (808) 259-7948
Fax: (808) 259-6449
Website: www.waimanalohc.org
Executive Director: May Akamine, RN, MS.
Medical Director: Deane Hatakeyama, M.D.
Chief Financial Officer: David Kula
Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center
Overview
Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center (WCCHC) was established in 1972 to address the health needs of leeward Oahu¿s rural communities. In 1966, following the closing of a large sugar plantation which provided its own clinic, the community began a period of planning with the purpose of developing adequate health services for Waianae. With the absence of any medical care in the community and a rapidly growing population, Waianae was identified as having a poor health and disease profile. Through collaborative, community-based efforts, residents and several agencies took responsibility for the development of a program concept to address the health service needs for Waianae. The health center has grown to provide comprehensive primary care services through a main clinic in Waianae and four satellite clinics
Services
Waianae Coast Community Health Center offers family practice treatment as well as a range of other services, including 24-hour emergency care, specialty services (orthopedics, urology, ob-gyn, allergy, etc.), laboratory and radiology services, dental, preventive health, case management, outreach, family planning, a teen clinic, perinatal case management, Native Hawaiian healing (lomilomi, laau lapaau, hooponopono, and laau kahea) and integrated services, homeless outreach, adult day care, transportation, mental health treatment, substance abuse outreach and treatment, health career training, health professional training, and WIC services.
Special Populations/Health Issues
Native Hawaiians. With such a large proportion of the target population Native Hawaiian, the focus is on chronic diseases found to be high among Native Hawaiians: hypertension, heart disease, diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cancer, and asthma. In addition, there are extensive needs to address in the areas of mental illness, domestic abuse and family violence, substance abuse, motor vehicle injuries, and teenage pregnancies.
Staffing
WCCHC has on its professional staff physicians in family practice and internal medicine as well as specialists in allergies, general surgery, obstetrics/gynecology, orthopedics, pediatrics, podiatry, psychiatry, and urology. Other providers include nutritionists, nurses, substance abuse and mental health counselors, social workers, case managers, integrated health and Native Hawaiian traditional healers, and health educators. Five recipients of the Native Hawaiian Heath Professions Scholarship are working at WCCHC; two of whom have stayed after completing their service obligations.
Contact
Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center
86-260 Farrington Highway
Waianae, HI 96792
Phone: (808) 696-7081
Fax: (808) 696-7093
Website: www.wcchc.com
James and Abigail Campbell Clinic
87-2070 Farrington Highway
Waianae, HI 96792
Phone: (808) 668-2311
Waiola Clinic
86-120 Farrington Highway
Waianae, HI 96792
Phone: (808) 697-3133
Waipahu Clinic
(Rural Oahu Family Planning Project)
94-275 Mokuola Street, Room 200
Waipahu, HI 96797
Phone: (808) 675-0070
Kapolei Clinic
91-525 Farrington Highway, Suite 102
Kapolei, HI 96707
Phone: (808) 674-9352
Executive Director: Richard Bettini, MPH,MA
Medical Director: Ric Custodio, M.D.
Chief Financial Officer: James Chen
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