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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 the units of the University of Hawaiʻi (UH) College of Health Sciences and Social Welfare. This includes the John A. Burns School of Medicine, the Thompson School of Social Work & Public Health, the School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene, the UH Cancer Center, and the Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy. Read More

Current Issue

 

June 2026, Volume 85, No. 6

Download the HJHSW June PDF here

 

Guest Editor's Message: Bridging Innovation, Technique, and Outcomes in Modern Orthopaedics
Lorrin Lee, MD

Hawaii J Health Soc Welf. 2026;85(6):131. https://doi.org/10.62547/SGRO2478

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Common grappling submissions: A descriptive, illustrative and literature review of anatomic structures at risk and pathophysiology
Morgan E Hasegawa, MD; Julian B Rimm, MD, MS; Kyle M Ishikawa, MS; Kyle K Obana, MD; Joshua W Sy, DO; Jonathan C Horng, MD; Sean K Chan, MD; Jeffrey L Wake, DO; Matthew Cage, DO; James F Scoggin, MD; Scott N Crawford, MD

Hawaii J Health Soc Welf. 2026;85(6):132-141. https://doi.org/10.62547/RNVF9981

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Correlations of Alpha Angle on Preoperative Imaging with Intraoperative Fluoroscopy for the Evaluation of Cam Deformity: A Cross-Sectional Study
Jonathan C Horng, MD; Ryan T Nguyen, BS; Matthew M Burnham, MD; Caitlin M Tanji, BS; Julian B Rimm, MD, MS; Scott N Crawford, MD

Hawaii J Health Soc Welf. 2026;85(6):142-148.https://doi.org/10.62547/IJQG3259

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Death after Total Hip Arthroplasty in Patients with Compensated Heart Failure: Retrospective Cohort Study
Raj Amin, MD; Wade Banta, MD, MS; Ryan Guilbalt, MD; Neel Patel, BS; Sandesh Rao, MD; Michael Raad, MD; Matthew Best, MD; Derek Amanatullah, MD PhD

Hawaii J Health Soc Welf. 2026;85(6):149-155. https://doi.org/10.62547/QVJX4766

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Creating a “Box View” of Periprosthetic Distal Femur Fractures Using Three-Dimensional Image Processing
Andrew Fithian, MD; L. Henry Goodnough, MD, PhD; Malcolm DeBaun, MD; Wade Banta, MD, MS; Kimberly Hall, MD; Derek Amanatullah, MD, PhD; Julius Bishop, MD; Michael Gardner, MD

Hawaii J Health Soc Welf. 2026;85(6):156-162. https://doi.org/10.62547/HEBL7420

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An Ex Vivo Study Measuring the Effects of Circumferential and Near-Circumferential Closed Incisional Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Dressings on a Porcine Model
Morgan E Hasegawa, MD; John Livingstone, MD; Sean K Chan, MD; Julian B Rimm, MD, MS; Matthew Burnham, MD; Patrick Murray, MD

Hawaii J Health Soc Welf. 2026;85(6):163-168. https://doi.org/10.62547/YMDY4740

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A Metal-Associated Epithelioid Angiosarcoma: A Case Report and Literature Review
Sean Chan, MD; Jonathan Horng, MD; Morgan E Hasegawa, MD; Sean Saito, MD; Julian B Rimm, MD, MS; Koah Vierkoetter, MD; Morris Mitsunaga, MD

Hawaii J Health Soc Welf. 2026;85(6):169-173. https://doi.org/10.62547/MOZH2737

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Operatively Treated Pelvic Ring Fractures in Adult Patient with Osteogenesis Imperfecta after Traumatic Injury: A Case Report
Morgan E Hasegawa, MD; Chloe D Delos Reyes, MD; Julian B Rimm, MD, MS; Ryan J Bickley, MD; Tyler J Thorne, MD; Eugene A Toney, MD

Hawaii J Health Soc Welf. 2026;85(6):174-178. https://doi.org/10.62547/UCTI7575

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