Our mission
Ho'ōla Koa, "Healing Warriors" is improving health outcomes for the men in Hawai'i by providing health screenings in trusted community spaces.
Community Screening
Anonymous questions about your healthcare experiences. Takes 2 minutes. No names or contact info collected.
The numbers
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Disclaimer: The statistics above are drawn from national U.S. surveys and may not fully represent the experiences of men in Hawai'i. Data reflects self-reported responses and should be interpreted as general trends, not clinical findings. Ho'ōla Koa Men's Health does not endorse any third-party sources linked above.
Why Hawai'i needs this
Diabetes, hypertension, and kidney disease are disproportionately affecting communities across Hawai'i.
adults in Hawai'i living with diabetes, with another 39,000 estimated undiagnosed.
37% of Hawai'i adults — about 410,000 people — have prediabetes.
adults in Hawai'i have high blood pressure — and most have no symptoms at all.
Native Hawaiian men face cardiovascular death rates 4× higher when combined with diabetes.
estimated adults in Hawai'i with CKD. The state's kidney failure rate is 30% above the national level.
9 in 10 adults with CKD don't know they have it — and it often goes undetected until late.
Diabetes and hypertension are the two leading causes of kidney disease — and high blood pressure often shows no symptoms until damage is already done. That's why a quick blood pressure check matters — it takes only minutes and can catch problems years before symptoms appear.
Who's most affected
Native Hawaiian, Filipino, and Pacific Islander men face the highest rates of kidney disease and diabetes in Hawai'i. End-stage kidney disease is 9.5× more prevalent among Native Hawaiians than non-Hispanic whites, and 88% of Hawai'i's dialysis patients are of Asian or Pacific Islander ancestry. These are the communities our screenings are built for.
Sources: Hawai'i BRFSS (2022); National Kidney Foundation of Hawai'i; American Diabetes Association, Burden of Diabetes in Hawaii (2024); CDC Preventing Chronic Disease (2020); USRDS Annual Data Report.
Cost comparison
Preventative Screening
Blood pressure check. Takes only minutes. Know your numbers today.
Treating Unmanaged Hypertension
Average additional annual healthcare cost for adults with unmanaged high blood pressure — medications, visits, and procedures.
That's $13,795 over 5 years — before accounting for a heart attack or stroke.
What's happening around you
men do not get regular checkups — meaning half the men you work with are flying blind on their health numbers.
of men who have their first heart attack had undetected high blood pressure beforehand. No symptoms. No warning.
of first strokes occur in people with high blood pressure — most of whom didn't know they had it.
Sources: Cleveland Clinic MENtion It Survey (2019); American Heart Association; CDC.
Risk timeline
No symptoms. No signs. Just silent damage building up.
Feel fine
BP quietly rising. Zero symptoms.
Still no signs
Heart & arteries under strain. Still undetected.
Damage accumulates
Kidney strain, thickened walls, fatigue dismissed as "getting older."
Crisis point
Heart attack or stroke risk peaks. Men with hypertension at 50 live 5.1 fewer years on average.
Sources: Franco OH et al., Hypertension (2005); American Heart Association Heart Disease & Stroke Statistics 2024.
Targeting diabetes, hypertension, and kidney disease.
Free blood pressure check — the single most important number for preventing heart attack and stroke.
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