Guest Editors' Message: Hawai'i's Public Health Workforce

Affiliations

¹ Department of Public Health Sciences, Thompson School of Social Work & Public Health, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa.
² Hawai'i Department of Health Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Division.
³ Department of Public Health Sciences & Hawai'i Public Health Institute.
⁴ School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa.
⁵ Hawai'i Public Health Institute.
⁶ Hawai'i State Center for Nursing.
⁷ University of Hawai'i-West O'ahu.
⁸ Hawai'i Department of Health, Kaua'i District Health Office.
⁹ John A. Burns School of Medicine and Hawai'i/Pacific Basin Area Health Education.
¹⁰ Hawai'i Department of Health.
¹¹ Hawai'i Primary Care Association.

Editorial

Tetine Sentell et al. Hawaii J Health Soc Welf. 2025 Jul.

. 2025 Jul;84(7):74-76.

doi: 10.62547/RMGI1840.

¹ Department of Public Health Sciences, Thompson School of Social Work & Public Health, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa.
² Hawai'i Department of Health Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Division.
³ Department of Public Health Sciences & Hawai'i Public Health Institute.
⁴ School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa.
⁵ Hawai'i Public Health Institute.
⁶ Hawai'i State Center for Nursing.
⁷ University of Hawai'i-West O'ahu.
⁸ Hawai'i Department of Health, Kaua'i District Health Office.
⁹ John A. Burns School of Medicine and Hawai'i/Pacific Basin Area Health Education.
¹⁰ Hawai'i Department of Health.
¹¹ Hawai'i Primary Care Association.

No abstract available

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