Selected Publications

Hadley, M., Patil, U., Colvin, K. F., Sentell, T., Massey, P. M., Gallant, M., & Manganello, J. A. (2023). Exploring the impact of digital health literacy on COVID-19 behaviors in New York state college students during the COVID-19 pandemic. Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine Update, 4, 100126. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmpbup.2023.100126

Tagorda-Kama, M. A., Patil, U., Chung-Do, J. J., Kehl, L., Antonio, M. C. K., & Nelson-Hurwitz, D. C. (2023). Shaping undergraduate public health education through critical race theory: A case study. Frontiers in Public Health, 11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1192771

Burnside, J. S. W., Buchthal, O. V., & Patil, U. (2023). A Systematic Review of Antimicrobial Resistance During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Hawai’i Journal of Health & Social Welfare, 82(8), 188–193. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10407777/

Cacal, S. L., Nelson-Hurwitz, D. C., Chung-Do, J. J., Patil, U., & Miguel Acido, J. T. (2023). Ang Kalusugan at Kayamanan: The Health and Wealth of Hawai‘i Filipinos. Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action, 17(2), 181–191. https://doi.org/10.1353/cpr.2023.a900199

Phillips, M. M., Weldon, R., Maniar, A., Patil, U., Kostareva, U., Agner, J., Finn, J., & Sentell, T. (2022). Social networks, health information sharing, and pandemic perceptions among young adults in Hawai‘i during the COVID-19 pandemic. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192416833

Kehl, L., Patil, U., Tagorda, M., & Nelson-Hurwitz, D. C. (2022). The Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Service-Learning Experiences Among Undergraduate Public Health Students in Hawai‘i. Frontiers in Public Health, 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.771844

Nelson-Hurwitz, D. C., Tagorda, M., Patil, U., & Kehl, L. (2022). Improving Communication of Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Programs Through Visual Curriculum Mapping. Frontiers in Public Health, 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.770575

Kahili-Heede, M. K., Patil, U., Hillgren, K. J., Hishinuma, E., & Kasuya, R. (2022). Library instruction and Wikipedia: Investigating students’ perceived information literacy, lifelong learning, and social responsibility through Wikipedia editing. Journal of the Medical Library Association, 110(2), 174–184. https://doi.org/10.5195/jmla.2022.1291

Sentell, T., Patil, U., & Kostareva, U. (2021). Health Literate Hawai‘i: A Blueprint to Empower Health and Wellbeing. Hawai’i Journal of Health & Social Welfare, 80(10), 53–59.

Nelson-Hurwitz, D. C., Tagorda, M., Kehl, L., & Patil, U. (2021). What Can You Do With a Bachelor’s in Public Health? A Case Study of Graduate Outcomes From the University of Hawai‘i. Frontiers in Public Health, 9, 1129. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.661629

Patil, U., Kostareva, U., Hadley, M., Manganello, J. A., Okan, O., Dadaczynski, K., Massey, P. M., Agner, J., & Sentell, T. (2021). Health Literacy, Digital Health Literacy, and COVID-19 Pandemic Attitudes and Behaviors in U.S. College Students: Implications for Interventions. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(6), 3301. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18063301

Sentell, T., Foss-Durant, A., Patil, U., Taira, D., Paasche-Orlow, M., & Trinacty, C. (2021). Organizational Health Literacy: Opportunities for Patient-Centered Care in the Wake of COVID-19. Quality Management in Health Care, 30(1), 49-60. https://doi.org/10.1097/qmh.0000000000000279

Patil, U. (2020). Public Health at the Public Library: Preventive Health Programs Implemented in Large Public Libraries. SLIS Connecting, 9(1), 30. https://doi.org/10.18785/slis.0901.07