The book highlights the historic and groundbreaking work by doctors, researchers, and healthcare providers to improve the health and well-being of Native Hawaiians. Through program descriptions, essays, personal reflections and research the authors share insights in medical education, clinical care, and community engagement. Mauli means life, heart, spirit, our essential nature. Ola means well-being, healthy. “Ho’i hou ka mauli ola” or bring back the state of vibrant health is the primary objective and the collective professional and personal commitment of the contributors. Most authors are af ... More

The book highlights the historic and groundbreaking work by doctors, researchers, and healthcare providers to improve the health and well-being of Native Hawaiians. Through program descriptions, essays, personal reflections and research the authors share insights in medical education, clinical care, and community engagement. Mauli means life, heart, spirit, our essential nature. Ola means well-being, healthy. “Ho’i hou ka mauli ola” or bring back the state of vibrant health is the primary objective and the collective professional and personal commitment of the contributors. Most authors are affiliated with the Department of Native Hawaiian Health in the John A. Burns School of Medicine at the University of Hawai'i and represent varied disciplines, strategies, and innovative projects at work to find solutions to health problems, cures to diseases, improvements to the quality of healthcare available to the Hawaiian and Pacific communities, and efforts to grow new doctors and researchers.