Shelley Muneoka

Biographic Data

ID4452719
NAMEShelley Muneoka
GIVEN NAMESShelley
FAMILY NAMEMuneoka
SIGNATUREMUNEOKA S
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS9
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT9
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2019
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX0

  • In our own voices and words: Creating English- and Hawaiian-language storybooks on dementia

    Open AccessJustin Kepo‘o Keli‘ipa‘akaua, Shelley Muneoka et al.ARTICLESSM - Mental Health2025

    Native Hawaiians are at a high risk for dementia, with Alzheimer’s disease being the sixth leading cause of death for Hawaiian and other Pacific Islanders at age 65+. Many Native Hawaiian elders reside with families, including youth, in multigenerational housing for cultural, economic, and health status reasons, and as such Native Hawaiian families often provide the majority of care to loved ones with dementia. However, few educational materials …

  • Sharing elders' stories through culturally resonant research: A narrative perspective on the Kūpuna Interview Project

    Open AccessRachel L Burrage, Chrisovolandou K Gronowski et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Community…2025References: 23

    This article provides a first‐person perspective on the Kūpuna Interview Project, a culturally resonant, community‐based, qualitative research project designed to examine the health experiences of Native Hawaiian elders. The voices included in this article are from two elder research participants, three representatives of a community partner organization, one university faculty member, and one student member of the research team, all of Native Ha…

  • Protocol for a Qualitative Study Exploring Perspectives of Native Hawaiian Elders to Improve Health Outcomes

    Open AccessKeilyn Leina‘ala Kawakami, Tarin T Tanji et al.ARTICLEProgress in community health…2025

    This paper introduces a 48-page guide for conducting qualitative interviews with Native Hawaiian elders. The guide was developed based on work with and for Native Hawaiian elders through a partnership between ALU LIKE, Inc., a community-based service provider, and Hā Kūpuna National Resource Center for Native Hawaiian Elders at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. Components of the guide include a brief history of research harms experienced by Nat…

  • Mai kāpae i ke a‘o a ka makua, aia he ola ma laila: Shifting Power through Hawaiian Language Reclamation

    Open AccessJustin Kepo‘o Keli‘ipa‘akaua, Shelley Muneoka et al.ARTICLEGenealogy2024References: 1

    Language loss hinders the expression of Indigenous Peoples and their unique worldviews, impairing the intergenerational transfer of knowledge. In Hawai'i, where a vast majority of the population was fluent and "universally literate" in 'Ōlelo Hawai'i from the mid to late 1800s, colonial impositions drastically reduced the number of fluent speakers to roughly 2000 by the 1970s. Efforts to revitalize the language since then have greatly increased t…

  • The Lives of Native Hawaiian Elders and Their Experiences With Healthcare: A Qualitative Analysis

    Open AccessKeilyn Leina‘ala Kawakami, Shelley Muneoka et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2022

    Native Hawaiians are proud and resilient people who have endured significant impacts from colonization. Despite being in a time of vibrant cultural revitalization, Native Hawaiians have a shorter life expectancy than other racial and ethnic groups in Hawai‘i. The primary aim of this paper was to share data from the first year of a 5-year study with Native Hawaiian kūpuna (elders) on their experiences with healthcare, along with barriers to access…

  • Physical Activity and Health Among Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander Older Adults

    Open AccessYeonjung Jane Lee, Kathryn L Braun et al.ARTICLEJournal of Aging and Health2021References: 5

    Objectives: Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander (NHPI) older adults often experience social disadvantages and poor health outcomes. Physical activity has been associated with better health in other racial groups, but limited studies have examined these associations in NHPI older adults. Methods: Using data from the 2014 Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander National Health Interview Survey ( n = 1,045), logistic regression models examined a…

  • The Value of Hawaiʻi 3: Hulihia, the Turning

    Open AccessKēhaunani Abad, Aina Iglesias et al.BOOKValue of Hawaiʻi 32020

    “Hulihia” refers to massive upheavals that change the landscape, overturn the normal, reverse the flow, and sweep away the prevailing or assumed. We live in such days. Pandemics. Threats to ʻāina. Political dysfunction, cultural appropriation, and disrespect. But also powerful surges toward sustainability, autonomy, and sovereignty. The first two volumes of The Value of Hawaiʻi ( Knowing the Past, Facing the Future and Ancestral Roots, Oceanic Vi…

  • Migration and resilience in Native Hawaiian elders

    Kathryn L Braun, Colette V Browne et al.ARTICLEJournal of Ethnic & Cultural…2020References: 6

    Using focused ethnography, Native Hawaiian elders living away from Hawai‘i for 30+ years were recruited through Hawaiian organizations and word-of-mouth and interviewed by teleconferencing on reasons for migrating, experiences on the Continent, and resilience. The 18 participants in 13 states left for college, work, and family. Many experienced racism, but all created community and cultivated aloha in their new homes. Most planned to stay on the …

  • Examining Long-Term Service and Support Needs and Preferences of Native Hawaiian Elders: A Mixed-Method Approach

    Open AccessColette V Browne, Kathryn L Braun et al.ARTICLEJournal of Aging and Health2019References: 10

    Objective: The Native Hawaiian population experiences numerous disparities in health and income. Using a mixed-method research (MMR) design, we summarize findings from three phases of an MMR approach used to uncover kūpuna (elder) long-term service and support (LTSS) needs and care preferences. Methods: Key informants in Hawaiian health were interviewed, secondary analyses of large state data sets were conducted, and kūpuna and "ohana (family) ca…