ROUND TABLE 17 | DAY 2 | 10:45am-11:45am | BALLROOM I

| DR. RANDALL AKEE (Native Hawaiian, Taino), Chair, American Indian Studies, UCLA; Assistant Professor, Department of Public Policy, UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs &

| DR. PĀLAMA LEE, Director, Research and Evaluation, Lili’uokalani Trust &

| DR. BRANDON LEDWARD, Principal Strategist, Kamehameha Schools &

| NINA MURROW, Clinical Data Analyst, The Queen’s Health System &

| KEITH MAKALE’A GUTIERREZ, Manager, Research Program, The Office of Hawaiian Affairs &

| WENDY KEKAHIO, Strategy Consultant, Kamehameha Schools &

| DR. SAMANTHA KEAULANA-SCOTT, Director of Data, Research & Evaluation, Papa Ola Lōkahi 

Indigenous communities have deep cultural, spiritual, and ancestral connections to our lands, traditional practices, and ways of life. At its core, Indigenous wellbeing is commensurate with our ability to live in harmony with the environment, draw strength from our spirituality, maintain our cultural identities, and exercise self-determination over our lives and resources.
 
Presently, data on Native Hawaiian wellbeing are drawn primarily from sources funded by federal and state governments and are thereby based on the assumption that success defined from a White or Euro-American viewpoint represents the best outcomes for all groups. To generate more meaningful information from a Kanaka Maoli perspective, Kamehameha Schools, Liliʻuokalani Trust, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Papa Ola Lokahi, and The Queen’s Health System partnered to utilize Kūkulu Kumuhana–a wellbeing framework built on the principles of Ea, ʻĀina Momona, Pilina, Waiwai, ʻŌiwi and Ke Akua Mana–to refine and administer the ‘Imi Pono Survey.
 
The ‘Imi Pono Hawai‘i Wellbeing Survey strives to tell a more complete story of wellbeing among Native Hawaiians and Hawai‘i residents, one that emphasizes place, relationships, interconnections, and context. The survey constructs draw from our experience as researchers, evaluators, and advocates working alongside Native Hawaiian communities to reclaim knowledge and address social inequalities.
 
In this presentation, we will discuss (1) the Kūkulu Kumuhana Framework and it’s application through the ʻImi Pono survey, (2) the constructs and questions included in the ʻImi Pono instrument, and (3) how ʻImi Pono publications are structured, designed, and shared in order to place these data and findings in the hands of Native Hawaiian communities.