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‘Imi Hale Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles and Book Chapters
Aitaoto N, Ichiho H M. Assessing the health care system of services for non-communicable diseases in the U.S. affiliated Pacific Islands: A Pacific region perspective. Hawaii Journal of Medicine and Public Health, 2013: 72(9); 99-106. PMCID: PMC3689460
Barrett M, Soon, R, Whitaker AK, Takekawa S, Kaneshiro B. Awareness and knowledge of the intrauterine device in adolescents. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol, 2012: 25; 39-42. PMCID: PMC3388580
Conde FA, Wilburn AR, Chun L, Matsuura G, Chen JJ, Braun KL. Quality of life among breast cancer survivors treated with breast conserving therapy in Hawai`i. Journal of Cancer Survivorship,Submitted.
Halm, BM, Lai JF, Pagano I, Cooney W, Soon R, Franke AA. Vitamin D deficiency in cord plasma from multiethnic subjects living in the tropics. J Amer Coll of Nutrition, 2013: 32(4); 215-23.
Haynes SN, Kaholokula JK, O’Brien WH. Behavioral Assessment. In: R. Cautin & S.
Lilienfeld (Eds), Encyclopedia of Clinical Psychology. Wiley-Blackwell. In press.
Haynes SN, O’Brien WH, Kaholokula JK, Witteman C. Concepts of causality and clinical judgment: Applications in clinical assessment, clinical case formulation and the functional analysis. Journal of Unified Psychotherapy and Clinical Science, 2012: 1(1); 1-36.
Hernandez BY, Ka‘opua LS, Scanlan L, Ah Ching J, Kamemoto LE, Thompson PJ, Zhu X, Shvetsov YB, Tofaeono J, Tofaeono Williams V. Cervical and anal human papillomavirus infection in adult women in American Samoa. Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health, 2013: 25(1); 15-25. PMID 22652246.
Huffman S, Brucker R, Redd JT, Taualii M, Town CM, Castor ML, Tetrick CC, Forquera R, Buffington J. Integrating viral hepatitis screening and prevention services into an urban chemical dependency treatment facility for American Indians and Alaska Natives. Journal of Health Disparities Research and Practice, 2012: 5(1); 32-42. http://digitalcommons.library.unlv.edu/jhdrp/vol5/iss1/3 (40%)
Ichiho HM, Aitaoto N. Introduction and methods: Assessing the system of services for chronic diseases prevention and control in the U.S. affiliated Pacific Islands. Hawaii Journal of Medicine and Public Health, 2013: 72(9); 5-9. PMCID: PMC3689456
Ichiho HM, Roby, F., Ponausuia, E. S., & Aitaoto, N. Assessment of non-communicable diseases, diabetes and related risk factors in the Territory of American Samoa: A systems perspective. Hawaii Journal of Medicine and Public Health, 2013: 72(9); 10-18. PMCID: PMC3689461
Ichiho HM, Robles, B., & Aitaoto, N. Assessment of non-communicable diseases, diabetes and related risk factors in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands: A systems perspective. Hawaii Journal of Medicine and Public Health, 2013: 72(9); 19-29. PMCID: PMC3689462
Ichiho HM, Shomour, M., Marar, J., Lippwe, K., & Aitaoto, N. Assessment of non-communicable diseases, diabetes and related risk factors in the Federated States of Micronesia, State of Chuuk: A systems perspective. Hawaii Journal of Medicine and Public Health, 2013: 72(9); 30-38. PMCID: PMC3689454
Ichiho HM, Tolenoa, N., Taulung, L., Mongkeya, M., Lippwe K, & Aitaoto N. Assessment of non-communicable diseases, diabetes and related risk factors in the Federated States of Micronesia, State of Kosrae: A systems perspective. Hawaii Journal of Medicine and Public Health, 2013: 72(9); 39-48. PMCID:
PMC3689452
Ichiho HM, Anson, R.R., Keller, E,. Lippwe, K., & Aitaoto N. Assessment of non-communicable diseases, diabetes and related risk factors in the Federated States of Micronesia, State of Pohnpei: A systems perspective. Hawaii Journal of Medicine and Public Health. Hawaii Journal of Medicine and Public Health, 2013: 72(9); 49-56. PMCID: PMC3689464
Ichiho HM, Yurow J, Lippwe K, Aitaoto N. Assessment of non-communicable diseases, diabetes and related risk factors in the Federated States of Micronesia, State of Yap: A systems perspective. Hawaii Journal of Medicine and Public Health, 2013: 72(9); 57-67. PMCID: PMC3689458
Ichiho HM, Gillian, J.W., & Aitaoto, N. Assessment of non-communicable diseases, diabetes and related risk factors in the Territory of Guam: A systems perspective. Hawaii Journal of Medicine and Public Health, 2013: 72(9); 68-76. PMCID: PMC3689457
Ichiho HM, deBrum, I., Kedi, S., Langidrik, J., & Aitaoto N. Assessment of non-communicable diseases, diabetes and related risk factors in the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Majuro Atoll: A systems perspective. Hawaii Journal of Medicine and Public Health, 2013: 72(9); 78-86. PMCID: PMC3689459
Ichiho HM, Seremai, J., Trinidad, R., Paul, I., Langidrik, J., & Aitaoto N. Assessment of non-communicable diseases, diabetes and related risk factors in the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Kwajalein Atoll: A systems perspective. Hawaii Journal of Medicine and Public Health, 2013: 72(9); 87-97.
Ichiho HM, Demei R, Kuartei S, Aitaoto N. Assessment of non-communicable diseases, diabetes and related risk factors in the Republic of Palau: A systems perspective. Hawaii Journal of Medicine and Public Health, 2013: 72(9); 98-105. PMCID: PMC3689453
Juarez DT, Goo R, Tokumaru S, Sentell T, Davis JW, Mau MM. Association between sustained hemoglobin A1c control and health care costs. Am J Pharm Ben, 2013: 5(2); 59-64.
Juarez DT, Sentell T, Tokumaru S, Goo R, Davis JW, Mau MM. Factors associated with three years of poor or highly variable glycemic control among diabetic patients in Hawai‘i. Preventing Chronic Disease. 2012;9: 120065.
Kaholokula JK, Townsend CKM, Ige A, Sinclair KA, Mau MK, Leake A, Palakiko D-M, Yoshimura SR, Kekauoha P, Hughes C. Socio-demographic, behavioral, and biological variables related to weight loss in Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders. Obesity, 2013. 21, E196-E203. [Epub 2012 Sep 18]
Kaholokula JK, Stefan K, Mau MK, Nacapoy AH, Kingi TK, Grandinetti A. Association between perceived racism and physiological stress indices in Native Hawaiians. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 2012: 35(1); 27-37. [Epub 2011 Mar 1]. PMCID: PMC3125412
Kaholokula JK, Mau MK, Efird JT, Leake A, West M, Palakiko D-M, Yoshimura SR, Kekauoha BP, Rose C, Gomes H. A Family and Community Focused Lifestyle Program Prevents Weight Regain in Asian and Pacific Islanders: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial. Health Education & Behavior, 2012: 39(4); 386-395. [Epub 2011 May 6]
Kaholokula JK, Haynes SN. Behavioral Medicine/Health Psychology. In: R. Cautin & S.
Lilienfeld (Eds), Encyclopedia of Clinical Psychology. Wiley-Blackwell. In press.
Kaholokula JK, Townsend CT, Sinclair K, et al. The PILI ‘Ohana Project: A communityacademic partnership to eliminate obesity disparities in Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander communities. In: V.M. Brennan, S. Kumanyiki, & R.E. Zambrana, (Eds), Obesity Interventions in Underserved U.S. Communities: Evidence and Directions. Baltimore, MD: John Hopkins University Press. In press.
Ka‘opua LS, Petteruti A, Takushi RN, Spencer JH, Park SH, Diaz, TP, Kamakele SK, & Kukahiko KC. The lived experience of Native Hawaiians exiting prison and reentering the community. How do you really de-criminalize someone who’s consistently being called a criminal? Journal of Forensic Social Work, 2012: 2(2-3); 141-161.
Lee S, Oshiro M, Hsu L, Buchthal OV, Sentell T. Public Health Hotline: Neighborhoods and health in Hawai'i: Considering food accessibility and affordability. Hawaii J Med Public Health. 2012: 71(8); 232-7. PMCID: PMC3419825
Leslie JH, Braun KL, Novotny, R, Mokuau N. Factors affecting healthy eating and physical activity behaviors among multiethnic blue- and white-collar workers: Implications for worksite health promotion program planning. Hawai`i Journal of Medicine and Public Health, 2013: 72(9); 300-6.
Look MA, Kaholokula JK, Carvalho AF, Seto T, de Silva M. Developing a Culturally-Based Cardiac Rehabilitation Program: The HELA Study. Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action, 2012: 6(1); 103-110. PMCID: PMC3524268
Mayeno L., Kaholokula JK, Liu D, Asato LY, Tseng W. Health equity for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander children and youth: What's racism got to do with it? In: C.W. Hartman(Ed), America’s Growing Inequality: The Impact of Poverty & Race. Piscataway, NJ: TransAction Publishers. In press.
Rutman S, Taualii M, Ned D, Tetrick C. Reproductive health and sexual violence among urban American Indian and Alaska Native young women: Select findings from the National Survey of Family Growth (2002) Maternal and Child Health Journal, 2012, DOI 10.1007/s10995-012-1100-1.
Sentell TL, Unick G, Ahn HJ, Braun K Miyamura J, Shumway M. Rates and Illness Severity for Inpatient Psychiatric Hospitalizations among Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. Psychiatric Services, 2013: 64(11); 1095-102.
Sentell TL, Ahn HJ, Juarez DT, Tseng C-W, Chen JJ, Salvail FR, Miyamura J, Mau MM. Diabetes-Related Potentially Preventable Hospitalizations in Native Hawaiian, Chinese, Filipino, and Japanese Elderly Compared to Whites in Hawai’i. Preventing Chronic Disease, 2013: 10; E123.
Sentell T, Dela Cruz MR, Heo HH, Braun K. Health literacy, health communication challenges, and cancer screening among rural Native Hawaiian and Filipino Women.Journal of Cancer Education, 28(2); 325-34.
Sentell T, Braun K. Low health literacy, limited English proficiency, and health status in Asians, Latinos, and other racial/ethnic groups in California. Journal of Health Communication, 2012: 17 (Suppl 3); 82-99. PMCID: PMC3552496
Sentell T, He G, Gregg, EW, Schillinger, D. Racial/ethnic variation of prediabetes prevalence estimates in the United States under alternative definitions from 1988-2008. Ethnicity and Disease, 2012 (Autumn): 22(4); 451-8.
Sentell T. Adolescent-Rated Health and Intention to Attend College: Variation by Race/Ethnicity and Levels of Health Status. Race and Social Problems, 2012: 4(2); 112-120.
Sentell T. Implications For Reform: Survey Of California Adults Suggests Low Health Literacy Predicts Likelihood Of Being Uninsured. Health Affairs, 2012: 31(5); 1039-48.
Shiramizu B, Milne C, Terada K, Cassel K, Matsuno R, Killeen J, Liang C, Goodman M. A community-based approach to enhancing anal cancer screening in Hawaii’s HIV-infected ethnic minorities. Journal of AIDS Clinical Research, 2012: 3(6); 162. PMCID: PMC3614361
Sinclair KA, Makahi EK, Solatorio CS, Yoshimura SR, Townsend CKM, Kaholokula JK. Outcomes from a diabetes self-management intervention for Native Hawaiians and Pacific Peoples: Partners in Care. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 2013: 45(1); 24-32. [Epub 2012 Oct 20]
Taniguchi NK, Taualii M, Maddock J. A comparative analysis of indigenous research guidelines to inform genomic research in indigenous communities. The International Indigenous Policy Journal, 2012: 3(1): Article 6.
Taualii, MM, Quenga, JA, Samoa, RA. Understanding diversity among indigenous people: Conducting research with Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders. In Solomon (Editor). Conducting Health Research in Native American Communities. Washington DC: American Public Health Press, 2012. In Press.
Taualii M, Delormier T, Maddock J. A new and innovative public health specialization founded on traditional knowledge and social justice: Native Hawaiian and Indigenous Health. Hawai‘i Journal of Medicine & Public Health, 2013; 72(4), 143-5.
Usagawa T, Look M, de Silva M, Stickley C, Kaholokula JK, Seto T, Mau MK. Metabolic equivalent determination in the cultural dance of hula. International Journal of Sports Medicine. In press.