THE SENATE                           S.C.R. NO.            197
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                    SENATE  CONCURRENT
                        RESOLUTION

  REQUESTING THAT THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI`I AT HILO ESTABLISH A
    DEGREE IN HEALTH, PHYSICAL EDUCATION, AND RECREATION THAT
    INCLUDES A TRANSCULTURAL HEALTH, FITNESS, AND WELLNESS
    CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF HEALTH AND WELLNESS FROM AN ASIAN,
    POLYNESIAN, AND WESTERN PERSPECTIVE.



 1        WHEREAS, wellness is a self-designed style of living that
 2   encourages the individual to achieve his or her highest
 3   potential; and
 4   
 5        WHEREAS, it is a life-long process in which the individual
 6   makes positive choices that affect health and well being; and
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 8        WHEREAS, wellness includes proper nutrition, nutritional
 9   analysis, counseling, and nutrition education classes, stress
10   control, weight control, exercise and fitness programs
11   including aerobic exercise, performance enhancement services
12   for athletes, and strength training; and
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14        WHEREAS, Hawaii's naturopathic medical traditions in
15   herbal medicine, relaxation therapy, and holistic healing are
16   valuable skills and resources; and
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18        WHEREAS, the North Hawai`i Hospital is a center that
19   actively pursues programs in traditional and alternative
20   medical treatment and Hilo Medical Center has plans to
21   integrate wellness programs and natural healing with current
22   practices; and
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24        WHEREAS, the University of Hawai`i at Hilo has the
25   opportunity to include a wellness program of exercise and
26   fitness programs, nutrition, and traditional and holistic
27   education programs for wellness and healing; and
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29        WHEREAS, the opportunity to develop a physical education
30   and health major to include a Bachelor of Science degree that
31   provides the knowledge of traditional Asian, Polynesian, and
32   Western practices will complement holistic health and wellness
33   programming and provide a unique opportunity for the University

 
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 1   of Hawai`i at Hilo to develop a niche in this area; and
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 3        WHEREAS, a first class, state-of-the-art wellness center
 4   for outreach, community education, and research would be
 5   available through such a program for the people of Hawai`i; now
 6   therefore,
 7   
 8        BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Twentieth Legislature
 9   of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 1999, the House of
10   Representatives concurring, that the University of Hawai`i at
11   Hilo is requested to establish a degree in health, physical
12   education, and recreation that includes a transcultural health,
13   fitness, and wellness center for the study of health and
14   wellness from an Asian, Polynesian, and Western perspective;
15   and
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17        BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the University of Hawai`i at
18   Hilo is requested to report to the Legislature twenty days
19   prior to the Regular Session of 2000 on its progress in
20   establishing such a degree in health, physical education, and
21   recreation; and
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23        BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this
24   Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the President of the
25   University of Hawai`i, the Chairperson of the Board of Regents,
26   the Chancellor of the University of Hawai`i at Hilo, and the
27   Director of the Hilo Medical Center.
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