The Hawaiʻi Cancer Plan (HCP) 2030 is a ten-year strategic plan for collective action in cancer prevention and control across the state. The plan provides program leaders, policy makers, and researchers a vision, goals, strategies, and resources needed to reduce the burden of cancer across the state.

Cancer remains the second leading cause of death in our state and affects every individual, family and community. Certain populations, such as Native Hawaiians, Filipinos, Other Pacific Islanders, and those who are socioeconomically disadvantaged, continue to experience higher cancer rates and health disparities. Partners and stakeholders remain committed to planning, improving and expanding cancer prevention and treatment services, including the promotion of healthy lifestyle choices that can reduce cancer risks for all ethnic, geographic, and socioeconomic populations of Hawaiʻi.

Vision: No More Cancer.

• Identify and eliminate cancer disparities.
• Prevent future cancers by reducing exposure to known risk factors.
• Increase early detection to decrease late stage cancer.
• Provide all Hawaiʻi residents, including the most vulnerable and the medically underinsured populations, access to state-of-the-art cancer prevention, screening, and treatment.
• Improve the quality of life for survivors and loved ones battling the effects of cancer.

As a state that ranks second nationally in the number of diverse racial and ethnic groups, Hawaiʻi’s cancer leaders and advocates have prioritized engaging underserved groups to identify specific, cultural strategies that effectively reduce cancer risks. Subgroups disproportionately affected by cancer include Native Hawaiians, Filipinos, Other Pacific Islanders, and people who are socio-economically disadvantaged. These subgroups are more likely to lack insurance, encounter long distances to health services, or experience culturally inappropriate health care.²²

The HCP 2030 incorporates principles of the Social Ecological Model and is organized into four sector areas: Community Design and Access, Education, Health Care, and Worksite. The plan prioritizes goals, objectives, and strategies that lead to policy, systems, and environmental change. Objectives were developed using current data, best practices, and evidence-based science, and reflect one or more cross-cutting themes.

Education, Health Care, and Worksite. The plan prioritizes goals, objectives, and strategies that lead to policy, systems, and environmental change. Objectives were developed using current data, best practices, and evidence-based science, and reflect one or more cross-cutting themes.

The HCP 2030 is meant to be a living document that is reviewed and updated throughout the plan’s timeframe. Implementation of the plan will be a collective effort by individuals and organizations across the state.