HHI Publications

Special Issue Journals Organized by HHIET

  • Hawai‘i Journal of Health & Social Welfare: “Roadmap to a healthier and more equitable Hawaiʻi: Solutions to root causes at the  intersections of chronic disease and COVID-19,” October 2021 (Special Issue: Supplement 2). Contributing HHIET team members: Saiki, K.N., Peltzer, N., McGurk, M.D., Pirkle, C.M., & Sentell, T. 
  • Hawai‘i Journal of Medicine & Public Health: “Community-Clinical Linkages Within Health Care in Hawai‘i,” June 2019 (Special Issue: Supplement 1). Contributing HHIET team members: Cacal, S., Stupplebeen, D., Quensell, M., Vu, N., Keliikoa, L.B., Pirkle, C.M., & Sentell, T. 

Nutrition

  1. Peltzer, N.K. Olson, K., Williams, S., Hansen-Smith, H., Elia, J., & McGurk, M.D. Exploring challenges and opportunities for breastfeeding in Hawai‘i during the COVID-19 pandemic. Hawai‘i Journal of  Health & Social Welfare, 2021, Oct; 80(10):21-27. (Summary)

  2. McGurk, M.D., Takeda, C.R., Murakami, J., La Chica, T., & Yamauchi, J. Sugar-sweetened beverage fee: A model to address health disparities in Hawai‘i. Hawai‘i Journal of  Health & Social Welfare, 2021, Oct; 80(10):62-64. (Summary

  3. McGurk, M.D., Cacal, S.L., Vu, U., Sentell,T., Beckelman,T., Lee, J.,Yang, A. & Pirkle, C.M. (2021). Baseline assessment of children’s meals and healthy beverage options prior to a state-level healthy default beverage (HDB) law. Journal of Healthy Eating and Active Living, 1(2), 53-63. (Summary)

  4. McGurk, M., Pirkle, C., Beckelman, T., Lee, J., Inoue, K., Yang, A., Hansen-Smith, H., & Sentell, T. (2021). Reinventing health promotion for healthy default beverage laws in the face of COVID-19. Global Health Promotion, 1757975920986696. (Summary)
  5. Beckelman, T., Sinclair-White, B., McGurk, M., Donohoe-Mather, C., Vu, U., Ching, L., . . . Keliikoa, L. (2020). Encouraging Adults to Choose Healthy Now: A Hawai‘i Convenience Store Intervention. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. (Summary)
  6. Buchthal, O.V., Wolff, G., Kittinger, D., Schaeffner, D., & Nelson-Hurwitz, D. (2018). Using spatial analysis to strategize promotion of EBT usage at farmers markets. Journal of Public Health Nutrition. 2018, Aug 29: 1-7. (Summary)
  7. Kahin, S. A., McGurk, M., Hansen-Smith, H., West, M., Li, R., & Lopez Melcher, C. (2017). Key program findings and insights from the baby-friendly Hawai‘i project. Journal of Human Lactation, 33(2), 409-414. (Summary)
  8. Buchthal, O.V., Foerster, S.B., Jacobs, L., Jernigan, J., Keller, K.J.M., LeGros, T., Neja-Riese, A., Odoms-Young, A., & Panken, S. (2016). Chapter 3 Sectors of influence. The supplemental nutrition assistance program education (SNAP-ED) evaluation framework: nutrition, physical activity, and obesity prevention indicators, 139-216. (Summary)
  9. Buchthal, O.V. & Maddock, J.E. (2015). Mapping the possibilities: using network analysis to identify opportunities for building partnerships with diverse low-income communities. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 47, 300-307. (Summary)
  10. Donohoe Mather, C. M. and McGurk, M. D. (2014). Promoting Healthy Snack and Beverage Choices in Hawai‘i Worksites: The Choose Healthy Now! Pilot Project. Hawai‘i Journal of Medicine & Public Health, Insights in Public Health, 73(11), 365-370. (Summary)
  11. Buchthal, O.V., Doff, A.L., Hsu, L.A., Silbanuz, A., Heinrich, K.M., & Maddock, J.E. (2011). Avoiding a knowledge gap in a multiethnic statewide social marketing campaign – is cultural tailoring sufficient? Journal of Health Communication, 16, 314-327. (Summary)
  12. Lee, R.E., Heinrich, K.M., Medina, A.V., Regan, G.R., Reese-Smith, J.Y., Jokura, Y. & Maddock, J.E. (2010). A picture of healthful food environments in two diverse urban cities. Environmental Health Insights, 4, 49-60. (Summary)
  13. Heinrich, K.M., Hsu, LJY, Johnson, C.B., Jokura, Y., Rider, M. & Maddock, J.E. (2008). Food security issues for low-income Hawaiʻi residents. Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health, 20 Supp 64-69. (Summary)

Physical Activity

  1. Keliikoa, L. B., Packard, M. Y., Hansen Smith, H., Kim, I. N., Akasaki, K. A., & Stupplebeen, D. A. (2018). Evaluation of a community wayfinding signage project in Hawai‘i: perspectives of pedestrians and bicyclists. Journal of Transport & Health, 11, 25–33. (Summary)
  2. Choy, L. B., Smith, H. H., Espiritu, J., Higa, E., Lee, T., & Maddock, J. (2015). Insights in Public Health: Initiating bicycle sharing in Hawai'i: lessons learned from a small pilot bike share program. Hawai'i journal of Medicine & Public Health: A Journal of Asia Pacific Medicine & Public Health, 74(10), 348-51. (Summary)
  3. Maddock, J.E., Ramirez, V., Heinrich, K.M., Zhang, M., & Brunner, I.M. (2012). A statewide observational assessment of the pedestrian and cycling environment in Hawaiʻi, 2010. Preventing Chronic Disease, 9: 110096. (Summary)
  4. Chung-Do, J., Davis, E.Lee, S., Jokura, Y., Choy, L., & Maddock, J. (2011). An observational study of physical activity in parks in Asian and Pacific Islander communities in urban Honolulu, Hawai‘i, 2009. Preventing Chronic Disease, 8(5). (Summary)
  5. Heinrich, K.M., Maddock, J.E. & Bauman, A. (2011) Exploring the relationship between physical activity knowledge, health outcomes expectancies and behavior. Journal of Physical Activity and Health 8, 404-409. (Summary)
  6. Choy, L.B., McGurk, M.D., Tamashiro, R., & Maddock, J.E. (2008). Increasing access to places for physical activity through a joint use agreement: A case study in urban Honolulu. Preventing Chronic Disease, 5(3). (Summary)
  7. Heinrich, K.M., Jokura, Y. & Maddock, J.E. (2008). Exercise self-efficacy and social norms as psychological predictors of exercise behavior. Athletic Insight, 10(2). (Summary)
  8. Tanaka, C.K., Richards, K.L., Takeuchi, L.S.L., Otani, M. & Maddock, J.E. (2005). Modifying the recess before lunch program: a pilot study in Kaneohe Elementary School. Californian Journal of Health Promotion, 3 (4), 1-7. (Summary)

Policy

  1. Peck K., Rodericks, R., Irvin L., Johnson L., Tamashiro, J., Ching L., Sentell T., & Pirkle C. (2020). Identifying best practices in implementation and enforcement of flavored tobacco product restrictions and bans: Lessons from experts. Tobacco Control. (Summary
  2. Agner J, Pirkle C, Irvin L, Maddock, JEBuchthal OV, Yamauchi J, Starr R, Sentell T. The Healthy Hawai‘i Initiative: Insights from two decades of building a culture of health in a multicultural state. BMC Public Health (Summary)
  3. Cacal, S. L., Spock, N., Quensell, M. L.Sentell, T. L., & Stupplebeen, D. A. (2019). Legislative definitions of community health workers: Examples from other states to inform Hawaii. Hawaii Journal of Medicine & Public Health, 78(6Suppl1): 23-29. (Summary)
  4. Irvin, LH., Johnson, L.., Yamauchi, J., Holmes, JR., Ching, LK., Starr, RR., Pirkle, CM., Sentell, TL. (2019). Insights in Public Health: Formative Factors for a Statewide Tobacco Control Advocacy Infrastructure: Insights from Hawaiʻi. Hawaiʻi Journal of Medicine and Public Health, 78(2):66-70. (Summary)
  5. Choy, L.B., Maddock, J.E., Brody, B., Richards, K. & Braun, K.L. (2016). Examining the role of a community coalition in facilitating policy and environmental changes to promote physical activity: the case of Get Fit Kauai. Translational Behavioral Medicine, 6, 638-647. (Summary)
  6. McGurk, M. and Maddock, J. (2016). Changes in policy maker attitudes toward active living communities issues in Hawai‘i, 2007-2013. Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 13, 1056-1062. (Summary)
  7. Maddock, J. E., McGurk, M., & Lee, T. (2015). Attitudes of policy makers in Hawai‘i towards public health and related issues before and after an economic recession in the United States. Frontiers, 3(146), 1-5. (Summary)
  8. Heinrich, K.M., Aki, N., Hansen-Smith H., Fenton M. & Maddock, J.E. (2011) A comprehensive multi-level approach for passing safe routes to school and complete streets policies in Hawai‘i. Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 8, S35-40. (Summary)
  9. Maddock, J.E., Reger-Nash, B., Heinrich, K., Leyden, K. & Bias, T. (2009). Priority of activity friendly community issues among key decision makers in Hawaiʻi. Journal of Physical Activity and Health,6, 386-390. (Summary)
  10. Heinrich, K.M., Johnson, C. B., Jokura, Y., Nett, B. & Maddock, J.E. (2008). A survey of policies and local ordinances supporting physical activity in Hawaiʻi’s counties. Preventing Chronic Disease, 5(1). (Summary)

Chronic Disease Prevention & Management

  1. Pirkle, C.M.Saiki, K.N., Yamauchi, J., & Irvin, L.H. Advancing Health Equity in Hawai'i: Critical Reflections on COVID-19, Chronic Conditions, and Health Disparities. Hawai‘i Journal of Health & Social Welfare, 2021;80(10 Suppl 2):3-5. (Summary)

  2. Keliikoa, L. B., Choi, S. Y., Beckelman, T., Chase-Brunelle, T., Cacal, S. L., Ching, L. K., Sentell, T. L., & Pirkle, C. M. (2021). Racial and ethnic disparities in obesity prevalence among children, adolescents, and young adults receiving inpatient care in Hawai‘i, 2015–2016. Preventive Medicine Reports, 24, 101542–. (Summary)

  3. Stupplebeen, D., Pirkle, C., Domingo, J.L., Nett, B., Sentell, T., & Keliikoa, L.B. Adaptions to the national diabetes prevention program lifestyle change curriculum by Hawai‘i Federally Qualified Health Centers: A qualitative descriptive Study. BMJ Open, 2020;10:e037577. (Summary

  4. Sentell T, Choi SY, Ching L, Keliikoa LB, Corriveau E, Pirkle CM. (2020). Prevalence of selected chronic conditions among children, adolescents, and young adults in acute care settings in the state of Hawai‘i. Preventing Chronic Disease. (Summary)
  5. Stupplebeen DAPirkle CMSentell TL, Nett BM, Ilagan LSK, Juan B, Medeiros J, Keliikoa LB. (2020). Self-measured blood pressure monitoring: A descriptive study of program implementation at 5 community health centers in Hawaiʻi. Preventing Chronic Disease. (Summary)
  6. Sinclair-White, B., Nett, B., Ilagan, L., Cacal, S.L., Vu, U., Ching, L.K., Pirkle, C.M., Keliikoa, L.B. (2020). Insights in Public Health: Development, Implementation, and Evaluation of the Prevent Diabetes, Hawai‘i Campaign. 79(3):86-90. (Summary)
  7. Sentell, T. L., Ching, L., Cacal, S. L, & Rowan, K. (2019). Community-clinical linkages within health care in Hawaii: History, innovation, and future directions. Hawaii Journal of Medicine & Public Health, 78(6Suppl1): 3-5. (Summary)
  8. Stupplebeen, D., Barnett-Sherrill, A. T., & Sentell, T. L. (2019). Community health workers in Hawaii: A scoping review and framework analysis of existing evidence. Hawaii Journal of Medicine & Public Health, 78(6Suppl1): 6-14. (Summary)
  9. Stupplebeen, D. A., Sentell, T. L.Pirkle, C. M., Juan, B., Barnett-Sherrill. A. T., Humphry, J. W., Yoshimura, S. R. Kieman, J., Hartz, C. P., & Keliikoa, L. B. (2019). Community health workers in action: Community-clinical linkages for diabetes prevention and hypertension management at 3 community health centers. Hawaii Journal of Medicine & Public Health, 78(6Suppl1): 15-22. (Summary)
  10. Trinacty, C. M., Lawall, E., Ashton, M., Taira, D., Seto, T. B., & Sentell, T. L. (2019). Adding social determinants in the electronic health record in clinical care in Hawaii: Supporting community-clinical linkages in patient care. Hawaii Journal of Medicine & Public Health, 78(6Suppl1): 46-51. (Summary)
  11. Pirkle, C. M.Vu, N. D., Ilagan, L. S. K., Cacal, S. L.Stupplebeen, D. A., & Nett, B. (2019). Greater community-clinical linkages and attention to patient life stage: Recommendations to improve diabetes self-management education in Hawaii. Hawaii Journal of Medicine & Public Health, 78(6Suppl1): 70-77. (Summary)
  12. Kim, J. K., Garrett, L., Latimer, R., Nishizaki, L. K., Kimura, J. A., Taira, D., & Sentell, T. (2019). Ke ku’una na’au: A native Hawaiian behavioral health initiative at the Queen’s medical center. Hawaii Journal of Medicine & Public Health, 78(6Suppl1): 83-89. (Summary)
  13. Irvin, L., & Sentell, T. L. (2019). Community-clinical linkages supported by the centers for disease control and prevention: The Hawaii department of health perspective. Hawaii Journal of Medicine & Public Health, 78(6Suppl1): 102-103. (Summary)
  14. Rodericks, R., Vu, U., Holmes, J. R., Ryan, J., Sentell, T., & Saka, S. (2018). Insights in Public Health: Data Highlights from the Hawai'i Youth Risk Behavior Survey: Links Between Academic Achievement and Health Behaviors. Hawai'i Journal of Medicine & Public Health, 77(11), 297–304. (Summary)
  15. Zhang, M., Rodericks, R., Lee, S., & Maddock, J. (2014). Public objections to environmental tobacco smoke among adults in Hawai‘i. Global Health Journal, 1, 29-36. (Summary)
  16. Maddock, J.E., Takeuchi, L., Nett, B., Tanaka, C., Irvin, L., Matsuoka, C. & Wood, B. (2006). Evaluation of a statewide program to reduce chronic disease: the Healthy Hawaiʻi Initiative, 2000-2004. Evaluation and Program Planning, 29, 293-300. (Summary)

Technical Evaluation Reports

  1. Healthy Hawai‘i Initiative Evaluation Team (2004-2017). Resource teacher deliverables: progress and monitoring reports. Twelve (12) evaluation reports submitted to the Hawai’i Department of Health and Hawai’i Department of Education from school year 2003-2004 to 2016-2017. (Summary)
  2. Naputi, F., & Rodericks, R. (August, 2017). Needs assessment survey results for health and PE resource teachers, 2016-2017 SY. Evaluation report submitted to the Hawai’i Department of Health and Hawai’i Department of Education. (Summary)
  3. Naputi, F., Hafoka, S., & Rodericks, R. (December, 2016). HHI professional development complex area report, 2015-2016. Fifteen (15) evaluation reports submitted to the Hawai’i Department of Health and Hawai’i Department of Education for the 15 Complex Areas. (Summary)
  4. Naputi, F., & Rodericks, R. (February, 2016). Hawai’i school wellness symposium report. Evaluation report submitted to the Hawai’i Department of Health and Hawai’i Department of Education. (Summary)
  5. Hafoka, S., Naputi, F., Lee, S., & Rodericks, R. (November, 2015). HHI professional development complex area report, 2014-2015. Fifteen (15) evaluation reports submitted to the Hawai’i Department of Health and Hawai’i Department of Education for the 15 Complex Areas. (Summary)
  6. Hafoka, S., Lee, S., & Rodericks, R. (September, 2015). PDE3 course survey results, 2014-15 SY. Nine (9) evaluation reports submitted to the Hawai’i Department of Health and Hawai’i Department of Education for the 9 different PDE3 courses. (Summary)
  7. Hafoka, S., Lee, S., & Rodericks, R. (September, 2015). HAHPERD: Hawaii Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, State health and physical education conference summary: let’s move with A.L.O.H.A., 2014-2015. Evaluation report submitted to the Hawai’i Department of Health and Hawai’i Department of Education. (Summary)
  8. Hafoka, S., Lee, S., & Rodericks, R. (February, 2015). Healthy bodies and strong minds: health and physical education district workshop, 2014-2015. Four (4) evaluation reports submitted to the Hawai’i Department of Health and Hawai’i Department of Education (workshops held on Kauai, Maui, Oahu, West Hawai’i). (Summary)
  9. Lee, S., & Rodericks, R. (October, 2014). PDE3 course survey results, 2013-14 SY. Nine (9) evaluation reports submitted to the Hawai’i Department of Health and Hawai’i Department of Education for the 9 different PDE3 courses. (Summary)
  10. Healthy Hawai‘i Initiative Evaluation Team (August 2012). Ten (10) health and physical education district workshop reports, 2011-2012. (Summary)

Note: HHIET members at the time of project participation are listed in bold.