Asian American / Pacific Islander
Nurses Association, Inc.

Affiliation to National Coalition of Ethnic Minority Nurse Associations (NCEMNA)

NCEMNA is a unified force advocating for equity and justice in nursing and health care for ethnic minority populations. The Asian American / Pacific Islander Nurses is a proud affiliate of NCEMNA.

Call for Papers Extended Deadline – March 31, 2019

February 7, 2019

Special Issue: Transforming Health for Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders

Guest Editors:  Mary Frances Oneha, PhD; Nafanua Braginsky, PhD, DNP; Mahealani Suapaia, PhD; Kamomilani Wong, PhD

Co-Editor: Jillian Inouye, Ph.D., FAAN

This special issue will feature articles related to transforming health and policy for Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders. Researchers, educators, practitioners, policy makers, academics, graduate students, and administrators from all countries who are interested in disseminating new knowledge towards the improvement of health for Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders are welcome.

Please submit your manuscripts in the form of formal papers. For this special issue, we are particularly interested in the following:

Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander research, practice, policy, education as well as others on:

  • Culturally specific care that improves health and achieves equity.
  • Community and primary care practice innovations.
  • Comparative or state of the science review on the health status of specific Islander groups not otherwise reported.
  • Ideas on policy changes to improve the health and well-being of Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders.
  • Other related topics

Original and empirical studies using qualitative, quantitative, or mixed-methods are welcome. Asian/Pacific Island Nursing Journal is the only journal focused specifically on health and health care of and for this group. This journal publishes peer-reviewed articles that include, but are not limited to:

  • Methods, interventions, instrumentation, and educational techniques that are unique to this group.
  • Theoretical foundations that increase understanding of the unique response to changes in health and illness.
  • Bio psychosocial, spiritual, and ecological impacts on practice, education, and research.
  • Policy issues as a result of rigorous research outcomes.

For author guidelines, manuscript preparation, article processing charge and editorial contact information, click here.

The APIN Journal is indexed in DOAJ, EBSCO, and Scopus.