The Health and Social Impacts of the Maui Wildfires: Post-Disaster Care from a Sociocultural Lens

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Highlights the impact of a wildfire event on existing health and social service disparities in Maui, Hawaii. Discusses housing, employment, finances, mental health, suicide risk, culture, social isolation, rurality, and service limitations. Notes opportunities and challenges for addressing these impacts using telehealth and outside assistance.

Ryan Holliday, Lauren S. Krishnamurti, Shiloh E. Jordan, et al.

Hawai'i Journal of Health & Social Welfare, 83(3), 85-87

03/2024

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Culture and cultural competency · Emergency preparedness and response · Employment and unemployment · Health disparities · Housing and homelessness · Mental health · Social connectedness · Suicide and suicide prevention · Telehealth · Hawaii