Malcolm Naea Chun

Health is a primary concern among Native Hawaiians. Despite the fact that early foreign accounts record the good health of the native population and the state of Hawai‘i is called the "healthy state," Native Hawaiians top the statistical data for modern diseases and chronic illness. Many have written and commented about this situation, and in Ola, Malcolm Naea Chun brings together the writings of early Native Hawaiian scholars and the eyewitness accounts of foreigners and missionaries to develop a historical perspective on this issue. He then uses his experience working in Hawaiian health at the Department of Health and as a translator of Native Hawaiian manuscripts on traditional Hawaiian medicine to examine the topics of diet and religion as they pertain to traditional well being. This book is one of eleven short volumes of the Ka Wana series, which is part of the Pihana Na Mamo Native Hawaiian Education Program.

Item Code: KW104
ISBN: ISBN-10 1-58351-046-X; ISBN-13 978-1-58351-046-9
Program: Ka Wana Series
Pages: 39, Year: 2008
Grade Level: K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13+
Illustration: yes
Audience: Student/Teacher
Binding Types: Soft Cover

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Published by Curriculum Research & Development Group, College of Education, University of Hawaii at Manoa

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