Publications

Okamura, K. H., Cramer, M. A.*, Palafu, T.*, Helm, S., Dalisay, F., Primack, Z.*, Carreira Ching, D.*, Goshgarian-Miller, S.*, Liu, M.*, Chin, S. K., Marshall, S. M., Saladino, P. A.*, Kon, Z. K.*, Song, S. D.*, Yamane, R.*, Yoshizumi-Kim, N.*, Rapadas, C. C.*, & Okamoto, S. K. (2026). Hoʻouna Pono: A 20-year journey of designing, implementing, and sustaining prevention for rural, indigenous communities. Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 21(31), 1-14. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13011-026-00715-8

Song, S.*, Kon, Z.*, Stephens, T.*, Saladino, P.*, An, K.*, Carson, A.B.*, Okamura, K. H., Marshall, S. M., Chin, S. K., Kaholokula, J. K., Subica, A., Pokhrel, P., & Okamoto, S. K. (2025). Gendered Motivations for E-Cigarette Use Among Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Youth: A Relational–Cultural Perspective. Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health, 37(8), 705-711. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1010539525138414

Okamoto, S., Subica, A., Okamura, K.H., An, K.*, Song, S.*, Saladino, P.*, Carson, A.*, Kon, Z.*, Marshall, S. M., Chin, S. K., Kaholokula, J. K., Pagano, I., & Pokhrel, P. (2024). 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. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21111427

Marshall, S. M., Saladino, P. A.*, An, K. J.*, Song, S. D.*, Stephens, T. A.*, Carson, A. B.*, Chin, S. K., Okamura, K. H., Subica, A., Pokhrel, P., Kaholokula, J. K., & Okamoto , S. K. (2024) Adult familial influences on rural Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander youths’ e-cigarette use. Substance Use and Misuse, 59(14), 2047-2054. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/10826084.2024.2392540

Okamoto, S. K., Okamura, K. H., Marshall, S. M., Chin, S. K., Carson, A. B.*, An, K. J.*, Song, S. D.*, Saladino, P. A.*, Prado, G., & Kulis, S. S. (2024). 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, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/26334895241262823

Okamoto, S., Subica, A., An, K.*, Okamura, K. H., Song, S.*, Saladino, P.*, Carson, A.*, Stephens, T., Marshall, S. M., Chin, S. K., Wills, T., Kaholokula, J., & Pokhrel, P. (2024). Exploring Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander youths’ e-cigarette resistance strategies: Implications for health promotion and disease prevention. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 35(2), 692-706. DOI: https://muse.jhu.edu/article/928640

Okamura. K. H., Palafu, T.*, An, K.*, Marshall, S. M., Chin, S. K., Stern, K. A., Powell, B. J., Becker, S. J., Mandell, D. S., & Okamoto, S. K. (2024). “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, 793-807. DOI: 10.1007/s12310-024-09660-y

Okamura, K. H., Okamoto, S. K., Marshall, S. M., Chin, S. K., Garcia, P. M.*, Powell, B. J., Stern, K. A., Becker, S. J., & Mandell, D. S. (2022). Ho‘ouna Pono implementation: Applying concept mapping to a culturally-grounded substance abuse prevention curriculum in rural schools. Implementation Science Communications, 3(111), 1-6. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s43058-022-00359-2

Okamoto, S. K., Helm, S., Chin, S. K., Hata, J., Hata, E., & Okamura, K. H. (2020). The implementation of a culturally grounded, school-based, drug prevention curriculum in rural Hawaiʻi. Journal of Community Psychology, 48(4), 1085-1099. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/jcop.22222