Kelley Withy
Biographic Data
| ID | 5147878 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kelley Withy |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kelley |
| FAMILY NAME | Withy |
| SIGNATURE | WITHY K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa |
| ORCID | 0009-0009-0670-861X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Palau
Background: The Republic of Palau is a small island nation with limited healthcare resources and a lack of onsite subspecialty medical care services such as orthopedic surgery, cardiology, and oncology. Palauans receive sub-specialty healthcare during medical missions from other countries or when they are referred off-island to surrounding countries by the Palau Medical Referral Program. The goal of this study is to identify patterns in costs, lo…
Assessing Health Disparities in Rural Hawaii Using the Hoshin Facilitation Method
Context: Health disparities between rural and urban communities are well documented. There are many suggested causes and many proposed solutions but no one‐size‐fits‐all answer. The most successful community interventions have been introduced by communities themselves. However, before communities invest in such interventions, each group must identify and prioritize their needs. Purpose: This article describes the Hoshin facilitation method as a p…
A Practical Framework for Evaluating a Culturally Tailored Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment Programme in Molokai, Hawaii
While programme evaluation data is still being collected, the authors have demonstrated a sound foundation for programme activities, and designed methodology for collecting meaningful data to measure programme effectiveness at changing important root causes of substance abuse in a rural Native Hawaiian community
Cultural Trauma, Hawaiian Spirituality, and Contemporary Health Status
This article postulates a causative relationship between history and health status for the native people of the Hawaiian archipelago. In the last 225-years the native people of Hawai’i have undergone a series of striking changes in the expression of their culture and health status. The relationship of historical, social, and health status changes can now be studied to determine possible effects on health arising from cultural transformation. Chan…
Cultural Trauma, Hawaiian Spirituality, and Contemporary Health Status
This article postulates a causative relationship between history and health status for the native people of the Hawaiian archipelago. In the last 225-years the native people of Hawai’i have undergone a series of striking changes in the expression of their culture and health status. The relationship of historical, social, and health status changes can now be studied to determine possible effects on health arising from cultural transformation. Chan…
A Practical Framework for Evaluating a Culturally Tailored Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment Programme in Molokai, Hawaii
While programme evaluation data is still being collected, the authors have demonstrated a sound foundation for programme activities, and designed methodology for collecting meaningful data to measure programme effectiveness at changing important root causes of substance abuse in a rural Native Hawaiian community
Cultural Trauma, Hawaiian Spirituality, and Contemporary Health Status
This article postulates a causative relationship between history and health status for the native people of the Hawaiian archipelago. In the last 225-years the native people of Hawai’i have undergone a series of striking changes in the expression of their culture and health status. The relationship of historical, social, and health status changes can now be studied to determine possible effects on health arising from cultural transformation. Chan…
Assessing Health Disparities in Rural Hawaii Using the Hoshin Facilitation Method
Context: Health disparities between rural and urban communities are well documented. There are many suggested causes and many proposed solutions but no one‐size‐fits‐all answer. The most successful community interventions have been introduced by communities themselves. However, before communities invest in such interventions, each group must identify and prioritize their needs. Purpose: This article describes the Hoshin facilitation method as a p…
A Practical Framework for Evaluating a Culturally Tailored Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment Programme in Molokai, Hawaii
While programme evaluation data is still being collected, the authors have demonstrated a sound foundation for programme activities, and designed methodology for collecting meaningful data to measure programme effectiveness at changing important root causes of substance abuse in a rural Native Hawaiian community
Palau
Background: The Republic of Palau is a small island nation with limited healthcare resources and a lack of onsite subspecialty medical care services such as orthopedic surgery, cardiology, and oncology. Palauans receive sub-specialty healthcare during medical missions from other countries or when they are referred off-island to surrounding countries by the Palau Medical Referral Program. The goal of this study is to identify patterns in costs, lo…
Medicine (4 works) · Environmental health (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Community Health and Development (2 works) · Medical education (2 works) · Nursing (2 works) · Population (2 works) · Public health (2 works) · Alternative medicine (1 work)