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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
July 2025, Volume 84, No. 7
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Guest Editors’ Message: Hawaiʻi’s Public Health Workforce
Tetine Sentell, PhD, Lola Irvin, MEd, Rebekah Rodericks, MSc, Jordan Marshall, MPH,May
Rose Dela Cruz, DrPH, Donna-Marie Palakiko, PhD, APRN, Jessica Yamauchi, MA, EMBA,
Laura Reichhardt, MS, AGPCNP-BC, FAAN, Camonia Graham-Tutt, PhD, Janet Berreman,
MD, MPH, Lance Ching, MPH, PhD, Kelley Withy, MD, PhD, Alden Henderson, MPH, PhD,
Simone Schmid, PhD, Eric Hurwitz, PhD, Jermy Domingo, DrPH
Hawaii J Health Soc Welf. 2025;84(7):74-77. https://doi.org/10.62547/RMGI1840
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Issue Overview: Public Health Workforce Development in Hawaiʻi: Building a Post Pandemic Future to Achieve Health Equity
Tetine Sentell, PhD, Lola Irvin, MEd, Rebekah Rodericks, MSc, Jordan Marshall, MPH
Hawaii J Health Soc Welf. 2025;84(7):78-84. https://doi.org/10.62547/TTGY5303
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Importance of Building the Public Health Workforce: Commentary by the Hawaiʻi Public Health Infrastructure Grant Workforce Director to Introduce the Special Issue on Public Health Workforce Development in Hawaiʻi Awareness as Native Hawaiians
Scott Murakami, MAcc, MBA, CWDP
Hawaii J Health Soc Welf. 2025;84(7):85-87. https://doi.org/10.62547/CWGK94522
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Quantifying the Public Health Workforce for Hawaiʻi: Current Data, Measurement Complexities, and Conceptual Frameworks for Next Steps
Tetine Sentell, PhD, Janet M. Berreman, MD, MPH, Laura Reichhardt, MS, APRN, FAAN,
Aimee Grace, MD, MPH, Jessica Yamauchi, MA, EMBA, Jordan Marshall, MPH, Kelley Withy,
MD
Hawaii J Health Soc Welf. 2025;84(7):88-96. https://doi.org/10.62547/HRNZ2940
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The Environmental Health Workforce in Hawaiʻi: Current Status and Recommendations for Improvement
Rosana Hernández Weldon, PhD, MPH, Catherine Pirkle, PhD, MSc
Hawaii J Health Soc Welf. 2025;84(7):97-106. https://doi.org/10.62547/WXTF9814
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Strategies for Building a Dementia-Capable Workforce in Hawaiʻi
Christy Nishita, PhD, Kevin Y. Kawamoto, LSW
Hawaii J Health Soc Welf. 2025;84(7):107-114. https://doi.org/10.62547/IYAX3749
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Social Work Workforce, Licensing, and Hawaiʻi: An Overview
Robin G. Arndt, MSW, LSW, Clifford S. Bersamira, PhD, AM, Theresa M. Kreif, MSW, LSW,
Rebecca L. Stotzer, PhD, MSW, MS
Hawaii J Health Soc Welf. 2025;84(7):115-120. https://doi.org/10.62547/VRSI2555
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Assuring the “Public” in “Public Health”: Developing Workforce Capacity, Diversity, and Connectedness at the Department of Public Health Sciences
Jeanelle Sugimoto-Matsuda, DrPH, Denise C. Nelson-Hurwitz, PhD, Jane J. Chung-Do, DrPH,
Mapuana C. K. Antonio, DrPH, Elizabeth McFarlane, PhD, Eric Hurwitz, PhD, Kathryn L. Braun,DrPH
Hawaii J Health Soc Welf. 2025;84(7):121-128. https://doi.org/10.62547/DJUU3671
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An Evaluation of the Native Hawaiian and Indigenous Health Summer Health Academy
Mapuana C. K. Antonio, DrPH, Yasmeen Latore, DNP, Samantha Keaulana, PhD, Ashlea
Gillon, MPH, PhD, Nicole Cristobal, PhD, Amber Granite, MPH, Silvera Erari, PhD, Pauline
Mcfall, MPH, PhD, M?healani Taitague-Laforga, BPH, Naneaokeola Siu, BPH, Ki‘ilaweau
Aweau, MPH, Daniel Gracia, BA, Jane J. Chung-Do, DrPH
Hawaii J Health Soc Welf. 2025;84(7):129-138. https://doi.org/10.62547/JVEP6407
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Building the Future of Public Health Workforce: Comprehensive Internship Program at Hawaiʻi Public Health Institute
Rie Kuhaulua, PsyD, MPH, Jessica Yamauchi, MA, EMBA
Hawaii J Health Soc Welf. 2025;84(7):139-142. https://doi.org/10.62547/FLOJ3448
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