Consumer Health Resources

Breast Cancer Hawaii is a local Hawaii-based nonprofit that puts donations towards supporting Hawaii's breast cancer patients and survivors to connect them with the resources they need.

The Cancer Center at the Queen's Medical Center offers cancer care, from prevention to diagnosis and treatment, to survivorship.

The Breast and Cervical Control Program partners with 12 community clinics, hospitals and health care organizations across the state of Hawaii to offer free breast and cervical cancer screenings to eligible women, with a special focus on reaching Native Hawaiian and Filipino women.

Hawaii Cancer Care is a cancer treatment center that provides comprehensive medical care and support on Oahu.

Hawaii Healthy Aging Partnership (HAP) is a statewide public-private partnership that was established in 2003. They are dedicated to enhancing the citizens' health and well-being and offer evidence-based health promotion and disease prevention programs.

Cancer Centers of Hawaii Pacific Health (HPH) offers Breast Cancer Support Group for patients who are receiving breast cancer treatment and for breast cancer survivors.

Hui Malama Ola Na Oiwi is a nonprofit organization that serves as the Native Hawaiian Health Care System for Hawai'i island that provides medical, behavioral health, and community education services with the sole objective of improving access to quality healthcare, education, and services for the people of Hawaiʻi County. They offer information on how to do a breast self-exam and cancer support group.

Hā Kūpuna, the National Resource Center for Native Hawaiian Elders, is one of three National Resource Centers for Native Elders funded by the U.S. Administration on Aging (AoA). They aim to extend the lives of our beloved kupuna by enhancing their health (Native Hawaiian elders).

Kuleana Health is a Community First initiative that brings together a consortium of community health centers and community-based organizations who collectively develop, organize, and deliver a health literacy program that targets our most adversely impacted racial and ethnic minorities, rural communities as well as socially vulnerable populations.

From Hawaii State Department of Health

The Hawaii Department of Health is responsible for administering two distinct but related medical cannabis programs. Both are designed to ensure medical cannabis is accessible for Hawaii’s patients, while making patient safety and public safety its ultimate priorities.

The Clean Water Branch monitors 400 beaches in the state to ensure that ocean water is safe to swim in. Sign up to receive Brown Water Advisories and warnings for high levels of enterococci (fecal coliform bacteria).

The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC), is a federally funded program which provides Hawaii residents with nourishing supplemental foods, nutrition education, breastfeeding promotion and health and social service referrals. The participants of WIC are either pregnant, breastfeeding, or postpartum women, and infants and children under age five who meet income guidelines and have a medical or nutritional risk.