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| | Update on Kanaka Maoli (indigenous Hawaiian) Health by Kekuni Blaisdell - Healthcare / In Motion Magazine |
 | | In 1990, the Kanaka Maoli juvenile arrest rate of 159 / 1,000 population was highest and greater than in 1980, 102 / 1,000 (10) In 1994, Kanaka Maoli comprised the largest proportion, 40.9% of prison inmates compared to other ethnicities (25). |
 | | Kanaka Maoli continue to test the hypothesis of causal societal factors in their ill health by revitalizing their traditional culture; and resisting further coercive assimilation, cultural conflict, despair and self-destructive foreign lifestyle ways (1, 28). |
 | | Kanaka Maoli and non-Kanaka Maoli in Ka Pae'aina restrict unlimited foreign population ingress with resulting social illnesses, such as excessive crowding, crime, substance abuse, automobile dependency and recklessness, consumerism, waste, depletion of natural resources, excessive commercial development, environmental degradation, soaring housing costs and homelessness (1,28). |
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