Kamehameha Schools, Liliʻuokalani Trust, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs and Papa Ola Lōkahi are partnering for a comprehensive, statewide study of wellbeing in Hawaiʻi. The results will inform organizational planning and improve community services for Native Hawaiians.

Data collection for the 2022 ʻImi Pono Hawaiʻi Wellbeing Survey began on February 22 and will build on results from the partnership’s 2021 research. The latest findings from 2021 show close family and neighbor relationships, a strong sense of place, connections to environment, high levels of civic engagement and spirituality are key factors to community resilience in Hawaiʻi. However, uneven access to education and digital connectivity remain serious threats.

Those findings along with ‘Imi Pono briefs focused on COVID-19 Impacts, Strengths and Challenges to Native Hawaiian Wellbeing and ‘Ōiwi Leadership are available online, accompanied by a dashboard with results for all survey questions, at: www.ksbe.edu/research/imi_pono_hawaii_wellbeing_survey

Hawai‘i residents, 18 years or older, can take the survey at www.hawaiiwellbeingsurvey.com. The survey will close when research quotas are achieved. But the ‘Imi Pono partnership offers more than data.