Tetine Sentell, PhD

Univerisity of Hawaii at Manoa
Office of Public Health Studies
1960 East-West Road, Biomed D104-G
Honolulu, HI
USA 96821
Email: tsentell@hawaii.edu

Biographical Sketch: Dr. Sentell is an Assistant Professor in Health Policy and Management in the Office of Public Health Studies at the University of Hawai’i at Manoa. Recent research focuses on racial/ethnic health disparities in Asian American and Pacific Islander populations. Dr. Sentell received a Ph.D. in Health Services and Policy Analysis from the University of California, Berkeley and was an NIMH postdoctoral fellow at the University of California, San Francisco.

Papers:
2047.0 Health literacy, health communication challenges, and cancer screening among rural Native Hawaiian and Filipino women 2068.0 Preventable hospitalizations for congestive heart failure in Native Hawaiian, Filipino, and Japanese adults compared to whites 4364.0 Perinatal outcomes among Pacific Islanders in Hawaii 4408.2 A multilevel analysis of community and individual health literacy to self-reported health status