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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. Read More

Current Issue

 

October 2025, Volume 84, No. 10

 

Download the HJHSW October PDF here

 

Disparities in 2020 Life Expectancy by Race and Ethnicity in Hawai‘i
Yan Yan Wu, PhD; Lance Ching, PhD, MPH; Claire Prieto, MPH; Michael M Phillips, PhD; Kathryn L Braun, DrPH

Hawaii J Health Soc Welf. 2025;84(10):207-213. https://doi.org/10.62547/RVCW6114
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Mobile COVID-19 Vaccination Clinics Reach Disadvantaged Populations and Increase Vaccination Rates
Rachel Pai, BS; Andrea Siu, MPH; Monte Elias, MD; Andras Bratincsak, MD, PhD

Hawaii J Health Soc Welf. 2025;84(10):214-219. https://doi.org/10.62547/NFBV9827
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SOCIAL WORK IN ACTION
The Impacts of Incarceration on Health and Wellbeing in Hawai‘i and Pathways to Decarceration
Cameron W. Rasmussen, Ph.D; Lorinda Riley, SJD

Hawaii J Health Soc Welf. 2025;84(10):220-224. https://doi.org/10.62547/WGHC1522

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