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About the Journal
ISSN 2641-5216 (Print), ISSN 2641-5224 (Online)
The Hawaiʻi Journal of Health & Social Welfare is a monthly peer-reviewed journal with the aim of advancing knowledge about health and social welfare, with a focus on the diverse peoples and unique environments of Hawaiʻi and the Pacific region.
The lead academic partners are six units of the University of Hawaiʻi (UH) College of Health Sciences and Social Welfare. This includes the John A. Burns School of Medicine, UH Public Health, the Myron B. Thompson School of Social Work, the School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene, the UH Cancer Center, and the Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy.
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Current Issue
February 2025, Volume 84, No. 2
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Severe Tooth Loss and Cardiovascular Disease Among Older Adults in Hawai‘i: A Cross-Sectional Study of Behavioral Risk
Factor Surveillance System Data from 2012 to 2020
Wei Zhang PhD; Yan Yan Wu PhD; Fran Woodworth MA; Deborah Mattheus PhD
Hawaii J Health Soc Welf. 2025;84(2):27-37.
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Availability of Locally Produced Foods in the Children’s Healthy Living Center’s Food Cost Survey for the United States Affiliated Region
Jean Butel PhD; Ashley Yamanaka PhD; Leslie Shallcross MS; Travis Fleming BS;
Patricia Coleman BS; Tanisha Aflague PhD; Rachel Novotny PhD
Hawaii J Health Soc Welf. 2025;84(2):38-44.
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SPOTLIGHT ON NURSING
Meeting Hawai‘i’s Mental Health Needs: The Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Program
Courtnee Nunokawa DNP, APRN, AGPCNP-BC, BCN; Christine Loui MSN, APRN, ACNS-BC,
PMHNP-BC; Lorrie Wong PhD, RN, CHSE-A, FAAN; Joanne R. Loos PhD
Hawaii J Health Soc Welf. 2025;84(2):45-47.
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