Publications - Kula No Nā Poʻe Hawaiʻi | Kula No Nā Poʻe Hawaiʻi

Jackson, A. M., Dillard, A., Kekauoha, B. P., Austin, M. M., Balaz, P., Lee, E. K., Dutro, N., Mayeda, P., Dutro, A. K., O’Sullivan, K., Lewis, J. P., Okamoto, S. K., Hepburn, K., & Weaver, R. H. (2025). Caring for loved ones as community: Supporting caregivers of Native Hawaiians living with dementia. SSM - Mental Health, 8, 100483. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmmh.2025.100483
Ing, C. T., Kama, K. A., Kenney, M., Dolin, B., Marshall, S. M., Hester, G., ... & Dillard, A. Y. (2024). Abstract P140: Using Group Model-Building to Understand and Address Type 2 Diabetes in Native Hawaiian Communities. Circulation, 149(Suppl_1), AP140-AP140. https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/circ.149.suppl_1.P140
Ing, C.T., Ahn, H.J., Antonio, M.C., Dillard, A.Y., Kekauoha, B.P., Cassel, K., Abrigo, S., Kauhane, M., Halzel, M.S. and Kaholokula, J.K., 2024. Peer Reviewed: Neighborhood-Level Stressors and Individual-Level Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Native Hawaiians: a Cross-Sectional Study. Preventing Chronic Disease, 21. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10870997/
Jackson, A., Dillard, A., Kekauoha, P., Balaz, P. I., Dutro, N., Lee, K. I., ... & Weaver, R. (2023). The cultural adaptation process of the Savvy Caregiver program with the Native Hawaiian community. Alzheimer's & Dementia, 19, e072806. https://alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/alz.072806
Akaka, G., Daniels, S., Davis, K., Dillard, A., Farrar, K., Goebert, D., Howard, J., Kaio, C., Makahi, E., Inada, M., Oneha, M., & Purdy, M. (2023). Prioritizing Connection and Centering on Community: Take Your Shoes Off and Don't Put Your Feet on the Furniture. Hawai'i journal of health & social welfare, 82(10 Suppl 1), 10–13. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37901672/
Quintiliani, L.M., Kamaka, M., Henault, L., Antonio, M.C., Sentell, T., Spencer, K., Akaka, G., laea Honda, L.K., Hanakeawe, D., Dillard, A. and Kekauoha, B.P., 2023. I kua na'u" Let me carry out your last wishes" Clinical trial protocol to promote advance care planning among native Hawaiian populations. Contemporary Clinical Trials, 135, p.107365. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37884121/
Torris-Hedlund, M. A., Dillard, A., Marshall, S. M., & Kekauoha, P. (2022). Assessing Community Needs and Feedback: Using Photovoice to Gather Community Perspective. Journal of Indigenous Research, 10(2022), 8. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1179&context=kicjir
Marshall, S.M., Balaz, P., Martin, T., Dillard, A., Kim, S., Kekauoha, B.P., (2021) Juvenile Prostitutes or Juvenile Victims: Shifting the Narrative and Ending the Silence. Urban Social Work: Social Justice: Issues, Challenges and Solutions. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/353197693_Shifting_the_Narrative_and_Ending_the_Silence_Juvenile_Prostitutes_or_Juvenile_Victims
Vakalahi, H., Dillard, A., Marshall, M., Martin, T., Kim, S., Balaz, P., & Kekauoha, P. ('Ike Mana) (2021). Foreword. In Nesmith, A., Schmitz, C.L., Machado-Escudero, Y., Billiot, S., Forbes, R.A., Powers, M., Buckhoy, N., Lawrence, L., & Sloan, L.M. The Intersection of Environmental Justice, Climate Change, Community, and the Ecology of Life. Springer Nature Switzerland AG Publishing.
Antonio, M. C. K., Hishinuma, E. S., Ing, C. T., Hamagami, F., Dillard, A., Kekauoha, B. P., Solatorio, C., Cassel, K., Braun, K. L., & Kaholokula, J. K. (2020). A Resilience Model of Adult Native Hawaiian Health Utilizing a Newly Multi-Dimensional Scale. Behavioral Medicine, 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1080/08964289.2020.1758610
Titcomb, C. H., Dillard, A. Y. & Maskarinec, G. G (2019). I Ulu Ka Lala O Ke Kumu: A Descriptive Study of Childrearing Traditions Recalled by Native Hawaiian Elders. Hūlili, 11– 2(2019). https://www.researchgate.net/publication/343588442_I_Ulu_no_ka_Lala_i_ke_Kumu_A_Descriptive_Study_of_Child-Rearing_Traditions_Recalled_by_Native_Hawaiian_Elders
Dillard, A., & Kekauoha, B. P. (2019). Understanding Caregivers of Native Hawaiian Kūpuna with Age-Related Memory Loss on One Hawaiian Homestead. Journal of Health Disparities Research and Practice, 12(5, Article 16), 37–39. https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/jhdrp/vol12/iss5/16/
Agres, R., Dillard, A., Joseph, K., Enos, N., Kakesako, B., Kekauoha, B. P., … Umemoto, K. (2019). Sustaining University-Community Partnerships in Indigenous Communities: Five Lessons from Papakōlea. AAPI Nexus Journal: Policy, Practice, and Community, 16(1–2), 35–63. https://www.aapinexus.org/2019/09/23/sustaining-university-community-partnerships/
Kaholokula, Joseph K, Mabellos, T. M., Choi, S. Y., Seto, T. B., Wills, T., de Silva, M., Dillard, A., … Vegas, J. K. (2019). Abstract P3054: A Cultural Dance Program Proves Efficacious for Hypertension Control: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Hypertension, 74(Suppl_1), AP3054– AP3054. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33677520/
Townsend, C., Antonio, M., Ahn, H. J., Cassel, K., Dillard, A., Kekauoha, B. P., & Kaholokula, J. K. (2019). An examination of the relationship between discrimination, depression, and hypertension in Native Hawaiians. Asian American Journal of Psychology, 10(3), 249. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7678754/
Dillard, A. Y. (2018). Understanding Caregivers of Native Hawaiian Kūpuna with Age-Related Memory Loss on One Hawaiian Homestead. (Dissertation, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa). https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/items/691b1195-8d77-4fa9-9e4e-806ebbbcca5b
Dillard, A. Y., Carpenter, D., Mau, E. F., & Kekauoha, B. P. (2014). Case report from the field: Integrating Hawaiian and Western healing arts in Papakōlea. Hawai'i Journal of Medicine & Public Health : A Journal of Asia Pacific Medicine & Public Health, 73(12 Suppl 3), 26–28. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4271349/
Cassel, K., Townsen-Ing, C., Antonio, M., Dillard, A., Kekauoha, P., & Kaholokula, J. K. (2017). The Papakōlea Hawaiian Homestead Community Health Survey. 51, S395–S396. Springer 233 Spring St, New York, NY 10013 USA. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/319325649_The_Papakolea_Hawaiian_Homestead_Community_Health_Survey
Ka'opua, L. S. I., Tamang, S., Dillard, A., & Kekauoha, B. P. (2017). Decolonizing knowledge development in health research cultural safety through the lens of Hawaiian Homestead residents. Journal of Indigenous Social Development Volume, 5(2). https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/jisd/article/view/58467
Antonio, M. C., Ahn, H. J., Ing, C. T., Dillard, A., Cassel, K., Kekauoha, B. P., & Kaholokula, J.K. (2016). Self-Reported Experiences of Discrimination and Depression in Native Hawaiians. Hawai'i Journal of Medicine & Public Health : A Journal of Asia Pacific Medicine & Public Health, 75(9), 266–272. Retrieved from PubMed. (27688952). https://europepmc.org/article/pmc/5030789
Delafield, R., Hermosura, A. N., Ing, C. T., Hughes, C. K., Palakiko, D.M., Dillard, A., … Kaholokula, J. K. (2016). A Community-Based Participatory Research Guided Model for the Dissemination of Evidence-Based Interventions. Progress in Community Health Partnerships : Research, Education, and Action, 10(4), 585–595. https://doi.org/10.1353/cpr.2016.0067
Grieb, S. D., Delafield, R., Dillard, A., & Kekauoha, B. (Puni). (2016). Podcast Interview Transcript. cpr Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action, 10(4), 597–602. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/312261314_Podcast_Interview_Transcript
Townsend-Ing, C. T., Zhang, G., Dillard, A., Yoshimura, S. R., Hughes, C., Palakiko, D.-M., … Kaholokula, J. K. (2016). Social Support Groups in the Maintenance of Glycemic Control after Community-Based Intervention. Journal of Diabetes Research, 2016, 7913258–7913258. https://doi.org/10.1155/2016/7913258
Townsend, C., Dillard, A., Hosoda, K. K., Maskarinec, G. G., Maunakea, A. K., Yoshimura, S. R., Kaholokula, J. K. (2015). Community-Based Participatory Research Integrates Behavioral and Biological Research to Achieve Health Equity for Native Hawaiians. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 13(1), ijerph13010004–ijerph13010004. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph13010004
Kaholokula, Joseph Keawe'aimoku, Kekauoha, P., Dillard, A., Yoshimura, S., Palakiko, D.-M., Hughes, C., & Townsend, C. K. (2014). The PILI 'Ohana Project: A Community-Academic Partnership to Achieve Metabolic Health Equity in Hawai'i. Hawai'i Journal of Medicine & Public Health, 73(12 Suppl 3), 29. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25535599/
Kaholokula, Joseph Keawe'aimoku, Townsend, C., Sinclair, K., Palakiko, D.-M., Mahiki, E., Yoshimura, S. R., Dillard, A., … Solatorio, C. (2014). The PILI' Ohana Project: A community-academic partnership to eliminate obesity disparities in Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander communities. In Obesity Interventions in Underserved Communities: Evidence and Directions (pp. 313–324). Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4271354/
Kaholokula, J K, Wilson, R. E., Townsend, C. K. M., Zhang, G. X., Chen, J., Yoshimura, S. R., Dillard, A., … Mau, M. K. (2013). Translating the Diabetes Prevention Program in Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander communities: The PILI' Ohana Project. Translational Behavioral Medicine, 4(2), 149–159. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13142-013-0244-x
Kaholokula, J. K., Mau, M. K., Efird, J. T., Leake, A., West, M., Palakiko, D.-M., Dillard, A., … Gomes, H. (2012). A family and community-focused lifestyle program prevents weight regain in Pacific Islanders: A pilot randomized controlled trial. Health Education & Behavior, 39(4), 386– 395. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3154977/
Nacapoy, A. H., Kaholokula, J. K., West, M. R., Dillard, A. Y., Leake, A., Kekauoha, B. P., Dillard, A … Mau, M. K. (2008). Partnerships to address obesity disparities in Hawai'i: The PILI' Ohana Project. Hawai'i Medical Journal, 67(9), 237. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2585997/