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

Primack, Z.*, Chertavian, C.*, Palafu, T.*, Liu, M.*, Goshgarian-Miller, S.*, Deakin, A., Clement, M., Kaopuiki-Santos, K., Hartsock, T., & Okamura, K. H. (2025). Enhancing Resilience and Connection: SigBee® Implementation After the Maui Wildfires. Healthcare, 13(23), 3004. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare13233004

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

Casline, E., Douglas, S., van Sonsbeek, M., Okamura, K. H., & Jensen-Doss, A. (2024). Measurement-based care as a tool to detect and prevent harm in youth psychotherapy. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, 53, 655-668. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-024-01262-1

Primack, Z.*, Chertavian, C.*, Palafu, T.*, Liu, M.*, Goshgarian-Miller, S.*, Deakin, A., Clement, M., Kaopuiki-Santos, K., Hartsock, T., & Okamura, K. H. (2025). Enhancing Resilience and Connection: SigBee® Implementation After the Maui Wildfires. Healthcare, 13(23), 3004. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare13233004

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

Casline, E., Douglas, S., van Sonsbeek, M., Okamura, K. H., & Jensen-Doss, A. (2024). Measurement-based care as a tool to detect and prevent harm in youth psychotherapy. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, 53, 655-668. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-024-01262-1

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

Palafu, T.*, Carreira Ching, D. L.*, Acosta, V. M., Okamoto, S. K., & Okamura, K. H. (2024). Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander identity and housing status: The impact on historical trauma and perceived stress. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 21(9), 1249. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21091249

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. (2024). A demonstration project using professional listserv and Twitter to disseminate research findings to mental health practitioners. The Behavior Therapist, 47(6), 278-291.

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., Jackson, D., Carreira Ching, D. L.*, Suh, D. E.*, Hartsock, T. L. R., Hee, P. J., & Shimabukuro, S. K. (2024). 30 years of youth system of care lessons learned - A qualitative study of Hawaiʻi’s partnership with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. BMC Health Services Research, 24(658), 1-12. DOI: 10.1186/s12913-024-11114-9

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

Jensen-Doss, A., Casline, E., Woodard, G.S., Phillips, D.A., Lane, E., Palafu, T.*, Waye, C.*, Ramirez, V., Cheron, D.M., & Okamura, K. H. (2024). Provider use of, attitudes towards, and self-efficacy with key measurement-based care practices: A multi-site examination. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10488-024-01354-6

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

Maddox, B. B., Phan, M. L., Byeon, Y. V., Wolk, C. B., Stewart, R. E., Powell, B. J., Okamura, K. H., Pellecchia, M., Becker-Haimes, E. M., Asch, D. A., & Beidas, R. S. (2022). Short report: Metrics to evaluate implementation scientists in the USA: What matters most? Implementation Science Communications, 3, 75. DOI:0.1186/s43058-022-00323-0

Blake, R. A.*, Kim, R. E., & Okamura, K. H. (2022). Lexicon problems in mental health pre-service training: Defining, understanding, and implementing evidence-based practice and empirically-supported treatments. The Behavior Therapist, 45(6), 209-216.

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

Maddox, B. B., Phan, M. L., Byeon, Y. V., Wolk, C. B., Stewart, R. E., Powell, B. J., Okamura, K. H., Pellecchia, M., Becker-Haimes, E. M., Asch, D. A., & Beidas, R. S. (2022). Short report: Metrics to evaluate implementation scientists in the USA: What matters most? Implementation Science Communications, 3, 75. DOI:0.1186/s43058-022-00323-0

Blake, R. A.*, Kim, R. E., & Okamura, K. H. (2022). Lexicon problems in mental health pre-service training: Defining, understanding, and implementing evidence-based practice and empirically-supported treatments. The Behavior Therapist, 45(6), 209-216.

Okamura, K. H., Skriner, L. C., Becker-Haimes, E. M., Adams, D. R., Becker, S., Kratz, H. E., Jackson, K., Berkowitz, S., Zinny, A., Cliggitt, L., & Beidas, R. S. (2020). Perceptions of evidence-based treatment among consumers receiving Trauma Focused-Cognitive Behavior Therapy. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 29(6), 1712-1722. DOI: 10.1007/s10826-020-01708-2

Lawson, G., Moore, T. M., Okamura, K. H., Becker-Haimes, E. M., & Beidas, R. S. (2020). Knowledge of evidence-based services questionnaire: Development and validation of a short form. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 47, 581-596. DOI: 10.1007/s10488-020-01020-7

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

Regan, J., Okamura, K. H., Rodriguez, A., Benson, L., Orimoto, T. E., & Ward, A. (2020). Applying psychological science in government behavioral health settings – A Psychologist’s perspective. The Behavior Therapist, 43(6), 217-223.

Okamura, K. H., Becker-Haimes, E. M., Orimoto, T. E., & Park, A. L. (2020). Reflections on the 2019 ABCT Presidential Address: “Increasing the world’s therapeutic intelligence through strategic alignment of individuals, institutions, and industries.” The Behavior Therapist, 43(2), 52-54.

Becker-Haimes, E. M., Williams, N. J., Okamura, K. H., & Beidas, R. S. (2019). Interactions between clinician and organizational characteristics as predictors of evidence-based practice use. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 46, 701-712. DOI: 10.1007/s10488-019-00959-6

Okamura, K. H., Jackson D., & Nakamura, B. J. (2019). Therapist and youth predictors of specific practices derived from the evidence-base in community mental health. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 46(5), 609-619. DOI: 10.1007/s10488-019-00942-1

Okamura, K. H., Orimoto, T. E., Nakamura, B. J., Chang, B., Chorpita, B. F., & Beidas, R. S. (2019). A History of child and adolescent treatment through a distillation lens: Looking back to move forward. Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research, 47(1), 70-85. DOI: 10.1007/s11414-019-09659-3

Becker-Haimes, E. M., Okamura, K. H., Baldwin, C. D., Schmidt, C., Wahesh, E., & Beidas, R. S. (2019). Understanding the landscape of behavioral health pre-service training to inform evidence-based intervention implementation. (1), 68-70. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201800220

Okamura, K. H., Orimoto, T. E., Mah, A. C., Slavin, L. A., Rocco, S., Shimabukuro, S. K., Michels, M. S., & Nakamura, B. J. (2018). The Help Your Keiki website: Increasing youth and caregiver awareness of youth psychosocial mental health treatment. Hawaiʻi Journal of Medicine and Public Health, 77(8), 203-207.

Okamura, K. H., Hee, P. J., Jackson, D., & Nakamura, B. J. (2018). Furthering our understanding of therapist knowledge and attitudinal measurement in youth community mental health. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 45(5), 699-708. DOI: 10.1007/s10488-018-0854-1

Okamura, K. H., Wolk, C. L., Kang-Yi, C. D., Stewart, R., Rubin, R. M., Weaver, S., Evans, A. C., Cidav, Z., Beidas, R. S., & Mandell, D. S. (2018). The price per prospective consumer of providing therapist training and consultation in seven evidence-based treatments within a large public behavioral health system: An example cost-analysis metric. Frontiers in Public Health, 5(356), 1-8. DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2017.00356

Becker Haimes, E., Okamura, K. H., Benjamin Wolk, C., Rubin, R., Evans, A., & Beidas, R. (2017). Predictors of clinician use of exposure therapy in community mental health settings. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 49, 88-94. DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2017.04.002

Becker Haimes, E., Okamura, K. H., Benjamin Wolk, C., Rubin, R., Evans, A., & Beidas, R. (2017). Predictors of clinician use of exposure therapy in community mental health settings. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 49, 88-94. DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2017.04.002

Burgess, A. M., Chang, J., Nakamura, B. J., Izmirian, S. C., & Okamura, K. H. (2017). Evidence-based practice implementation within a theory of planned behavior framework. Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research, 44(4), 647-665. DOI: 10.1007/s11414-016-9523-x

Burgess, A. M., Okamura, K. H., Izmirian, S. C., & Nakamura, B. J. (2017). Therapist attitudes towards evidence-based practice: A joint factor analysis. Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research, 44(3), 414-427. DOI: 10.1007/s11414-016-9517-8

Stewart, R. E., Becker Haimes, E. M., Maddox, B. B., Okamura, K. H., Wolk, C. L., & Beidas, R. S. (2017). Test your implementation science IQ! The Behavior Therapist, 40(7), 238-240.

Okamura, K. H., Ebesutani, C., Bloom, R.*, Higa-McMillan, C. K., Nakamura, B. J. & Chorpita, B. F. (2016). Differences in internalizing symptoms across specific ethnic minority groups: An analysis across Chinese American, Filipino American, Japanese American, Native Hawaiian, and White youth. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 25(11), 3353-3366. DOI: 10.1007/s10826-016-0488-4

Okamura, K. H., Ebesutani, C., Bloom, R.*, Higa-McMillan, C. K., Nakamura, B. J. & Chorpita, B. F. (2016). Differences in internalizing symptoms across specific ethnic minority groups: An analysis across Chinese American, Filipino American, Japanese American, Native Hawaiian, and White youth. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 25(11), 3353-3366. DOI: 10.1007/s10826-016-0488-4

Okamura, K.H., Nakamura, B. J., Mueller, C., Hayashi, K., & Higa-McMillan, C. K. (2016). An exploratory factor analysis of the knowledge of evidence-based services questionnaire. Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research, 43(2), 214-232. DOI: 10.1007/s11414-013-9384-5

Nakamura, B. J. Selbo-Bruns, A., Okamura, K. H., Chang, J. P., Slavin, L., & Shimabukuro, S. (2014). Developing a systematic evaluation approach for training programs within a train-the-trainer model for youth cognitive behavior therapy. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 53, 10-19. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2013.12.001

Nakamura, B. J., Mueller, C. W., Higa-McMillan, C. K., Okamura, K. H., Chang, J. P., Slavin, L., & Shimabukuro, S. (2013) Engineering youth service system infrastructure: Hawaiʻi’s continued efforts at large-scale implementation through knowledge management strategies. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology. DOI: 10.1080/15374416.2013.812039

Price, M., Ebesutani, C., Higa-McMillan, C. K., Okamura, K. H., Nakamura, B. J., Chorpita, B. F., & Weisz, J. R. (2013). Symptom differentiation of anxiety and depression across youth development and clinic-referred/non-referred samples: An examination of competing factor structures of Child Behavior Checklist DSM-oriented scales. Development and Psychopathology, 25, 1005-1015. DOI: 10.1017/S0954579413000333

Ward, A., Regan, J., Chorpita, B., Rodriguez. A., Starace, N., Okamura, K. H., Daleiden, E., Bearman, S.K., Weisz, J, & the Research Network on Youth Mental Health. (2012). Tracking evidence-based practice with youth : Validity of the MATCH and standard manual consultation records. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 42(1), 44-55. DOI: 0.1080/15374416.2012.700505

Ebesutani, C. K., Okamura, K. H., Higa-McMillan, C. K., & Chorpita, B. F. (2011). A psychometric evaluation of the positive affect and negative affect schedule for children – parent report in a school sample. Psychological Assessment, 23(2), 406-416. DOI: 10.1037/a0022057

Nakamura, B. J., Higa-McMillan, C. K., Okamura, K. H., & Shimabukuro, S. (2011). Knowledge of and attitudes towards evidence-based practices in community child mental health practitioners. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 38(4), 287-300. DOI: 10.1007/s10488-011-0351-2

Chorpita, B. F., Daleiden, E. L., Ebesutani, C. E., Young, J., Becker, K. D., Nakamura, B. J., Phillips, L., Hershberger, A. M., Stumpf, R., Trent, L., Smith, R., Okamura, K. H., & Starace, N. K. (2011). Evidence based treatments for children and adolescents: An updated review of efficacy and clinical utility. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 18(2), 154-172. DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2850.2011.01247.x