Saturday, October 12, 2024
10/12/2024
This project is designed to mitigate and reduce suicide and suicide risks among Hawaii’s essential workers defined as farmers and first responders (paramedics and EMTs) by targeting the Social and Community Context and Health Care Access and Quality as the two Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) domains of Healthy People (HP2030) objective. The overarching aim is to create a sustainable collaborative network consisting of peer mentor network, community-based professional association network, and mental health network that is geographically, culturally and linguistically responsive to Hawaii’s diverse racial/ethnicity (e.g., Asian, Southeast Asian, Pacific Islander, Hispanic, Native Hawaiians, mixed-ethnic, etc.). Over a four-year period, the peer network will include 80 farmers and 40 first responders; 12 agricultural and first responders’ community-based organizations or professional-affiliated agencies; and at least 6 mental health care community-based associations and suicide prevention task forces. Activities include trainings, workshops, and educational resource development to increase mental health literacy, decrease stigma and isolation, and to build social cohesion and social capital; these activities are undergirded by Native Hawaiian cultural and place-based perspectives and traditional practices supportive of integrative health and wellbeing. The rationale underlining all project endeavors and engagement is connectedness and relationship building.
HHS’ Tracking Accountability in Government Grants System (TAGGS) website provides access to detailed descriptions of grants, loans, aggregated direct payments and other types of financial assistance awarded by the HHS Operating Divisions (OPDIVs) and the Office of the Secretary Staff Divisions (STAFFDIVs).
