Selected Publications

Jensen-Doss A, Casline E, Woodard GS, Phillips DA, Lane E, Palafu T, Waye C, Ramirez V, Cheron DM, Okamura K.: Provider Use of, Attitudes Towards, and Self-efficacy with Key Measurement-based Care Practices in Youth Mental Health Treatment: A Multi-site Examination. Adm Policy Ment Health 52(1): 146-158, Jan 2025.

Casline E, Douglas S, van Sonsbeek M, Okamura K, Jensen-Doss A.: Measurement-Based Care as a Tool to Detect and Prevent Harm in Youth Psychotherapy. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology Nov 2024.

Okamoto SK, Subica AM, Okamura KH, An KJ, Song SD, Saladino PA, Carson AB, Kon ZK, Marshall SM, Chin SK, Kaholokula JK, Pagano I, Pokhrel P.: Exploring Youths' Offers to Use E-Cigarettes in Rural Hawai'i: A Test Development and Validation Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 21(11): 1427, Oct 2024.

Palafu T, Carreira Ching DL, Acosta VM, Okamoto SK, Okamura KH.: Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders' Identity and Housing Status: The Impact on Historical Trauma and Perceived Stress. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 21(9): 1249, Sep 2024.

Okamura K.H., Palafu T., Harris C.J., Crane M., Wislocki K., Galanti R., Osborne T.L., Reiser R.P., Sze J.A., & Persons J.B.: A Demonstration Project Using Professional List-serv and Twitter to Disseminate Research Findings in Mental Health to Practitioners. the Behavior Therapist 47(6): 278, Sep 2024 Notes: https://digitaleditions.sheridan.com/publication/?i=829997&p=2&view=issueViewer.

Okamura KH, Palafu T, An K, Marshall SM, Chin SK, Stern KA, Powell BJ, Becker SJ, Mandell DS, Okamoto SK.: "Allowing space for voice…all our voices:" Understanding Ho'ouna Pono implementation through educational leadership perspectives in rural Hawai'i schools. School Mental Health 16(3): 793-807, Sep 2024.

Marshall SM, Saladino PA, An KJ, Song SD, Stephens TA, Carson AB, Chin SK, Okamura KH, Subica AM, Pokhrel P, Kaholokula JK, Okamoto SK.: Adult Familial Influences on Rural Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Youths' E-Cigarette Use. Substance Use and Misuse 59(14): 2047-2054, Aug 2024.

Okamoto SK, Okamura KH, Marshall SM, Chin SK, Carson AB, An KJ, Song SD, Saladino PA, Prado G, Kulis SS.: Examining implementation determinants of a culturally grounded, school-based prevention curriculum in rural Hawai'i: A test development and validation study. Implementation Research and Practice 5: 26334895241262823, Jul 2024.

Okamura KH, Jackson D, Ching DLC, Suh DE, Hartsock TLR, Hee PJ, Shimabukuro SK.: 30 years of youth system of care lessons learned - a qualitative study of Hawai'i's partnership with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. BMC Health Services Research 24(1): 658, May 2024.

Okamoto SK, Subica AM, An KJ, Okamura KH, Song SD, Saladino PA, Carson AB, Stephens TA, Marshall SM, Chin SK, Wills TA, Kaholokula JK, Pokhrel P.: Exploring Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Youths' E-Cigarette Resistance Strategies: Implications for Tobacco Product Use Prevention. International Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved 35(2): 692-706, May 2024.