Hawaii Public Health Institute

HIPHI’s mission is to advance the health and wellness of the people and islands of Hawai‘i by: Expanding understanding of what creates health of people and place, embracing upstream social, cultural, and environmental factors; Fostering partnerships among public health, health care, and other diverse sectors to improve health and wellness; and Cultivating programs including education, advocacy, research, capacity building and training—to improve policies, systems, and the environments where people live, learn, work, age, and play. We serve as a resource to the community and provide a variety of health minded services that impact public health or population health.

HIPHI is a non-profit hub for health, bringing community-based organizations, government, academia, foundations and business together to improve the quality of life for the people of Hawai‘i. Building healthier communities requires collaboration on a variety of issues that impact health, including transportation, education, access to healthy food and economic opportunity. And collaboration is what we do best.We are dedicated to improving the health and quality of life of Hawai'i residents.