Primary care is provided by nursing students and faculty as well as traditional Hawaiian healers.
Resulted in a quadrupling of immunizations, a doubling of physical examinations, and greater control of hypertension and diabetes. Economic dividends include reduced emergency room visits and hospital stays, decreased absences from schools, and prevention of communicable diseases. Forty-one Hawaii Pacific University nursing students have had their community and adult health nurse practitioner clinical experience at the clinics. The program ensures that health care services are made available to uninsured and underinsured clients on the Windward North Shore of the island of Oahu, Hawaii. While the project is targeted at serving native Hawaiians, many other ethnic groups are served as well.