Kevin Cassel
Biographic Data
| ID | 5128728 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kevin Cassel |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kevin |
| FAMILY NAME | Cassel |
| SIGNATURE | CASSEL K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
A psychometric analysis of the adapted historical loss scale and historical loss associated symptoms scale among native Hawaiian adults
Objectives: The Historical Loss Scale (HLS) and Historical Loss Associated Symptoms Scale (HLASS) are standardized measures that have been accepted and previously validated among North American Indigenous communities and allow researchers to measure the impact of Historical Loss. Evidence of the psychometric properties of this instrument have not been assessed for Native Hawaiians, the Indigenous peoples of Hawai'i. The purpose of this study is t…
Knowledge and Attitudes of Guam Residents towards Cancer Clinical Trial Participation
(1) Background: Currently there are no cancer clinical trials in Guam, where CHamoru people suffer the highest rates of cancer mortality, and interest to do so is growing. This study investigated the knowledge and attitudes of Guam residents towards cancer clinical trial participation prior to implementation. (2) Methods: A telephone survey was developed, tested, and conducted among Guam resident adults, 18 years of age and older. Survey question…
Development of a Survey of Sunscreen Use and Attitudes among Adults in Two Coastal States, 2019
Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in the United States, and regular use of broad-spectrum sunscreens can prevent skin cancer. However, a new law in Hawaii that limits sunscreen choices due to the belief that some UV (ultraviolet) filters may damage coral reefs may reduce sunscreen use and increase skin-cancer risk. Because of this, there is a need for measurement tools to help understand consumer behavior and determinants of sunscreen…
No Ke Ola Pono o Nā Kāne: A Culturally Grounded Approach to Promote Health Improvement in Native Hawaiian Men
In Hawai’i, Native Hawaiian men (kāne) have the highest death rate from colon cancer among all ethnic groups. While screening can prevent 90% of these cancers, data show that >58% of kāne over age 50 have never been screened. Prior research has demonstrated that community-based social networks may help kāne adopt healthy behaviors such as cancer screening, however, few studies have activated such an approach. A cross-sectional study entitled No K…
Acculturation and Cancer Risk Behaviors among Pacific Islanders in Hawaii
Cancer prevention programs are greatly needed for PIs in HI. This study provides knowledge concerning the efficiency of RDS to recruit participants, and the role of culture in communications influencing cancer risk behaviors, which may be generalizable to migrant PIs in the United States
A Resilience Model of Adult Native Hawaiian Health Utilizing a Newly Multi-Dimensional Scale
Resilience has conventionally focused on an individual's ability to overcome adversity. Recent research expands on this definition, making resilience a multi-dimensional construct. Native Hawaiians experience health disparities compared to the general population of Hawai'i. Despite the pressing need to address health disparities, minimal research examines resilience factors that serve as buffers for adverse experiences of Native Hawaiians. The pu…
Research Capacity Strengthening in American Samoa: Fa’avaeina le Fa’atelega o le Tomai Sa’ili’ili i Amerika Samoa
Capacity-building partnerships are central to the sustainable development goals (SDGs), the UN’s blueprint for achieving global health equity. The UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues endorses the SDG and underscores the need for global partnerships that respect local leadership and culture. Innovations that weave or integrate Indigenous and Western knowledges are emphasised. These recommendations guided the INdigenous Samoan Partnership to In…
An examination of the relationship between discrimination, depression, and hypertension in Native Hawaiians
Native Hawaiians bear a disproportionate burden of hypertension. Discrimination and depression are potential hypertension risk factors. Although the relationship between discrimination and depression is well established, how these factors affect hypertension risk in indigenous populations remains unknown. We examined the relationship between discrimination, depression, and hypertension in adult Native Hawaiians. We hypothesized that greater frequ…
Protective Effect of Biculturalism for Health Amongst Minority Youth: The Case of Pacific Islander Migrant Youths in Hawai’i
This study investigates the mechanisms by which biculturalism impacts various health outcomes amongst youth migrants to Hawai’i who are from the US-Affiliated Pacific Islands jurisdictions. Using purposive sampling, 284 males and females (twelve to nineteen years old) of Pacific Islander ethnicities in Hawai’i completed a survey. Results from path analysis showed that biculturalism significantly and positively affected self-esteem that, in turn, …
Adapting a Skin Cancer Prevention Intervention for Multiethnic Adolescents
We uncovered a lack of knowledge about UVR exposure, tanning, and lifetime skin cancer risk among multiethnic high school students. We found that students' tanning attitudes may be influenced by self-perceptions regarding their own complexion, but were willing to modify their sun protection behaviors once informed about skin cancer risk
Social Network Characteristics, Social Support, and Cigarette Smoking among Asian/Pacific Islander Young Adults
Cigarette smoking may be one of the factors contributing to the high levels of cancer-related mortality experienced by certain Asian/Pacific Islander (A/PI) subgroups (e.g., Native Hawaiian). Given the collectivist cultural orientation attributed to A/PI groups, social strategies are recommended for substance abuse or smoking cessation treatment among A/PI. However, research examining how social network characteristics and social support relate t…
Biomarkers of Tobacco Smoke Exposure in Racial/Ethnic Groups at High Risk for Lung Cancer
Objectives. We examined biomarkers of tobacco smoke exposure among Native Hawaiians, Filipinos, and Whites, groups that have different lung cancer risk. Methods. We collected survey data and height, weight, saliva, and carbon monoxide (CO) levels from a sample of daily smokers aged 18–35 (n = 179). Mean measures of nicotine, cotinine, cotinine/cigarettes per day ratio, trans 3′ hydroxycotinine, the nicotine metabolite ratio (NMR), and expired CO …
Samoan Body and Soul: Adapting an Evidence-Based Obesity and Cancer Prevention Program
Obesity-associated chronic diseases persist in Samoan populations in the United States. Samoans and African Americans share cultural similarities such as church affiliation, perceptions of weight and body size, and obesity-related health risks. Adapting an effective energy balance intervention originally designed for African Americans-Body and Soul-might be useful in reducing obesity among U.S. Samoans. To determine potential attractiveness and a…
Using the Social-Ecological Model as a research and intervention framework to understand and mitigate obesogenic factors in Samoan populations
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study is to identify the relevant contributions and interactions of political, socioeconomic, cultural, and biological factors toward the increasing rates of obesity in Samoans. The constructs of the Social-Ecological Model of Health, which posit that there are multiple levels of influence on individual health behaviors, are used as a conceptual framework to synthesize the current research investigating obesity and …
Social Network Characteristics, Social Support, and Cigarette Smoking among Asian/Pacific Islander Young Adults
Cigarette smoking may be one of the factors contributing to the high levels of cancer-related mortality experienced by certain Asian/Pacific Islander (A/PI) subgroups (e.g., Native Hawaiian). Given the collectivist cultural orientation attributed to A/PI groups, social strategies are recommended for substance abuse or smoking cessation treatment among A/PI. However, research examining how social network characteristics and social support relate t…
Using the Social-Ecological Model as a research and intervention framework to understand and mitigate obesogenic factors in Samoan populations
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study is to identify the relevant contributions and interactions of political, socioeconomic, cultural, and biological factors toward the increasing rates of obesity in Samoans. The constructs of the Social-Ecological Model of Health, which posit that there are multiple levels of influence on individual health behaviors, are used as a conceptual framework to synthesize the current research investigating obesity and …
Samoan Body and Soul: Adapting an Evidence-Based Obesity and Cancer Prevention Program
Obesity-associated chronic diseases persist in Samoan populations in the United States. Samoans and African Americans share cultural similarities such as church affiliation, perceptions of weight and body size, and obesity-related health risks. Adapting an effective energy balance intervention originally designed for African Americans-Body and Soul-might be useful in reducing obesity among U.S. Samoans. To determine potential attractiveness and a…
Biomarkers of Tobacco Smoke Exposure in Racial/Ethnic Groups at High Risk for Lung Cancer
Objectives. We examined biomarkers of tobacco smoke exposure among Native Hawaiians, Filipinos, and Whites, groups that have different lung cancer risk. Methods. We collected survey data and height, weight, saliva, and carbon monoxide (CO) levels from a sample of daily smokers aged 18–35 (n = 179). Mean measures of nicotine, cotinine, cotinine/cigarettes per day ratio, trans 3′ hydroxycotinine, the nicotine metabolite ratio (NMR), and expired CO …
Social Network Characteristics, Social Support, and Cigarette Smoking among Asian/Pacific Islander Young Adults
Cigarette smoking may be one of the factors contributing to the high levels of cancer-related mortality experienced by certain Asian/Pacific Islander (A/PI) subgroups (e.g., Native Hawaiian). Given the collectivist cultural orientation attributed to A/PI groups, social strategies are recommended for substance abuse or smoking cessation treatment among A/PI. However, research examining how social network characteristics and social support relate t…
Adapting a Skin Cancer Prevention Intervention for Multiethnic Adolescents
We uncovered a lack of knowledge about UVR exposure, tanning, and lifetime skin cancer risk among multiethnic high school students. We found that students' tanning attitudes may be influenced by self-perceptions regarding their own complexion, but were willing to modify their sun protection behaviors once informed about skin cancer risk
An examination of the relationship between discrimination, depression, and hypertension in Native Hawaiians
Native Hawaiians bear a disproportionate burden of hypertension. Discrimination and depression are potential hypertension risk factors. Although the relationship between discrimination and depression is well established, how these factors affect hypertension risk in indigenous populations remains unknown. We examined the relationship between discrimination, depression, and hypertension in adult Native Hawaiians. We hypothesized that greater frequ…
Protective Effect of Biculturalism for Health Amongst Minority Youth: The Case of Pacific Islander Migrant Youths in Hawai’i
This study investigates the mechanisms by which biculturalism impacts various health outcomes amongst youth migrants to Hawai’i who are from the US-Affiliated Pacific Islands jurisdictions. Using purposive sampling, 284 males and females (twelve to nineteen years old) of Pacific Islander ethnicities in Hawai’i completed a survey. Results from path analysis showed that biculturalism significantly and positively affected self-esteem that, in turn, …
No Ke Ola Pono o Nā Kāne: A Culturally Grounded Approach to Promote Health Improvement in Native Hawaiian Men
In Hawai’i, Native Hawaiian men (kāne) have the highest death rate from colon cancer among all ethnic groups. While screening can prevent 90% of these cancers, data show that >58% of kāne over age 50 have never been screened. Prior research has demonstrated that community-based social networks may help kāne adopt healthy behaviors such as cancer screening, however, few studies have activated such an approach. A cross-sectional study entitled No K…
Acculturation and Cancer Risk Behaviors among Pacific Islanders in Hawaii
Cancer prevention programs are greatly needed for PIs in HI. This study provides knowledge concerning the efficiency of RDS to recruit participants, and the role of culture in communications influencing cancer risk behaviors, which may be generalizable to migrant PIs in the United States
A Resilience Model of Adult Native Hawaiian Health Utilizing a Newly Multi-Dimensional Scale
Resilience has conventionally focused on an individual's ability to overcome adversity. Recent research expands on this definition, making resilience a multi-dimensional construct. Native Hawaiians experience health disparities compared to the general population of Hawai'i. Despite the pressing need to address health disparities, minimal research examines resilience factors that serve as buffers for adverse experiences of Native Hawaiians. The pu…
Research Capacity Strengthening in American Samoa: Fa’avaeina le Fa’atelega o le Tomai Sa’ili’ili i Amerika Samoa
Capacity-building partnerships are central to the sustainable development goals (SDGs), the UN’s blueprint for achieving global health equity. The UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues endorses the SDG and underscores the need for global partnerships that respect local leadership and culture. Innovations that weave or integrate Indigenous and Western knowledges are emphasised. These recommendations guided the INdigenous Samoan Partnership to In…
Knowledge and Attitudes of Guam Residents towards Cancer Clinical Trial Participation
(1) Background: Currently there are no cancer clinical trials in Guam, where CHamoru people suffer the highest rates of cancer mortality, and interest to do so is growing. This study investigated the knowledge and attitudes of Guam residents towards cancer clinical trial participation prior to implementation. (2) Methods: A telephone survey was developed, tested, and conducted among Guam resident adults, 18 years of age and older. Survey question…
Development of a Survey of Sunscreen Use and Attitudes among Adults in Two Coastal States, 2019
Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in the United States, and regular use of broad-spectrum sunscreens can prevent skin cancer. However, a new law in Hawaii that limits sunscreen choices due to the belief that some UV (ultraviolet) filters may damage coral reefs may reduce sunscreen use and increase skin-cancer risk. Because of this, there is a need for measurement tools to help understand consumer behavior and determinants of sunscreen…
A psychometric analysis of the adapted historical loss scale and historical loss associated symptoms scale among native Hawaiian adults
Objectives: The Historical Loss Scale (HLS) and Historical Loss Associated Symptoms Scale (HLASS) are standardized measures that have been accepted and previously validated among North American Indigenous communities and allow researchers to measure the impact of Historical Loss. Evidence of the psychometric properties of this instrument have not been assessed for Native Hawaiians, the Indigenous peoples of Hawai'i. The purpose of this study is t…
Medicine (14 works) · Gerontology (9 works) · Environmental health (8 works) · Psychology (8 works) · Pacific islanders (7 works) · Cancer (6 works) · Demography (6 works) · Ethnic group (6 works) · Population (6 works) · Native Hawaiians (5 works)