The Lāhainā Wildfires and 'Āina Connectedness in the Face of Climate Disasters

Kekoa Taparra; Jeremy Samuel Faust; Kauanoe Batangan

doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2024.3325

The Lāhainā Wildfires and 'Āina Connectedness in the Face of Climate Disasters

JAMA Intern Med. 2024 Oct 7. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2024.3325. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Kekoa Taparra¹, Jeremy Samuel Faust², Kauanoe Batangan³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiation Oncology, Stanford Health Care, Palo Alto, California.
² Brigham and Women's Hospital Department of Emergency Medicine, Mass General Brigham Division of Health Services Research, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
³ County of Maui, Office of Recovery, Health and Social Services Recovery Support Function, Wailuku, Hawai'i.

PMID: 39374007
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2024.3325

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Plain language summary

This Viewpoint examines the disaster response and climate health concepts following the 2023 Lāhainā wildfires in Maui through the perspective of Native Hawaiian leaders and health care workers.