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ArticleCommunity mental health journal2023

The Mental Health, Substance Use, Physical Health, and Mental Health Treatment Need of Community Individuals Experiencing Homelessness in Hawai'i.

Andrew M Subica, Daryl S Sampaga, Jana Ortiz-Misiaszek, Tammy K K Martin, Scott K Okamoto

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Article in Community mental health journal, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. What Is Known about Substance Use in Hawai'i: A Scoping Review.Hawai'i journal of health & social welfare · 2026
    Article
  2. Trauma and mental health in Pacific Islanders.The International journal of social psychiatry · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Andrew M SubicaDepartment of Social Medicine, Population, and Public Health, University of California, Riverside School of Medicine, 900 University Ave, 92521, Riverside, CA, USA. subica@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6424-7668
Daryl S SampagaOperation Sammy Muscular Dystrophy Hawai'i, Hilo, HI, USA.
Jana Ortiz-MisiaszekHawai'i State Rural Health Association, Hilo, HI, USA.
Tammy K K MartinSchool of Social Work, Hawai'i Pacific University, Honolulu, HI, USA.
Scott K OkamotoPopulation Sciences in the Pacific Program, University of Hawai'i Cancer Center, Honolulu, HI, USA.

Funding

Tracking and Evaluation CoreU54GM138062 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA · PI KAHOLOKULA, JOSEPH KEAWE'AIMOKU, PALAFOX, NEAL A. · 2021 to 2025
$15.5M
Intervention Development and Pilot Study to Prevent Untreated Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Opioid Use DisordersR34DA049989 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA RIVERSIDE · PI SUBICA, ANDREW MAKOTO · 2020 to 2022
$961k
Engaging Pacific Islanders in Mental Health Treatment ServicesR34MH122641 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA RIVERSIDE · PI SUBICA, ANDREW MAKOTO · 2020 to 2022
$723k
NIDA NIH HHS R34 DA049989NIGMS NIH HHS U54 GM138062NIMH NIH HHS R34 MH122641
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Limited research has examined the mental health of individuals experiencing homelessness in Hawai'i, which bears the nation's second highest homelessness rate. Mental health, substance use, treatment need, and health data were collected from 162 unhoused individuals in Hawai'i County by visiting community locations where they congregate (e.g., beaches, vacant buildings). 77% of participants were Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander (NH/PI) with participants demonstrating severe rates of mental and substance use disorders including 57% experiencing major depressive disorder (MDD), 56% experiencing generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), and 64%, 74%, and 12% experiencing alcohol, methamphetamine, and opioid use disorders, respectively-heightening overdose risk. Treatment need was high (62%) but health was poor (85% reporting fair/poor health), with MDD and GAD predicting reduced general health (p < 0.05). Study findings indicate Hawai'i unhoused individuals are disproportionately Indigenous NH/PI, enduring striking mental and physical health disparities that may be reduced by increasing access/utilization of community mental health programs/services.

Indexed as

Ill-Housed PersonsMajor Depressive DisorderSubstance-Related DisordersHawaiiHumansMental Healthcommunity-based participatory researchhomelessnessmental healthNative Hawaiian/Pacific Islandersubstance use

Identifiers

PMID36892628
PMCPMC9995740

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