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Tetine Lynn Sentell, PhD Assistant Professor, Health Policy and Management 1960 East West Road, Biomed D104G Honolulu, HI 96822 email: tsentell@hawaii.edu phone: (808) 956-5781 fax: (808) 956-5818

Academic Degrees
PhD (Health Services and Policy Analysis), University of California, Berkeley
MA (Political Science), University of California, Berkeley
MA (Experimental Psychology), Hollins University
BA (English Literature), Middlebury College

Courses Taught
PH 602: Introduction to US Health Care Services

Research Interests
The elimination of pervasive health inequity across race and ethnicity is a major goal of current US health research, practice, and policy. My research focuses on untangling the complex relationship between health disparities, education, literacy, and English language proficiency. I am especially interested in how these relationships operate in mental health care and chronic disease.

Selected Publications
Sentell T, Shumway M, & Snowden L. (2007). Access to mental health treatment by English language proficiency and race/ethnicity. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 22 (Suppl 2): 289-93.

Sentell T & Halpin H. (2006). The importance of adult literacy in understanding health disparities. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 21 (8): 852-856.

Howard D, Sentell T, & Gazmararian J. (2006). The impact of health literacy on socioeconomic and racial differences in health in an elderly population. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 857-861.

Shumway M, Sentell T, Unick GJ, & Bamberg W. (2004). Cognitive complexity of self-administered depression measures. Journal of Affective Disorders, 83: 191-198.

Shumway M & Sentell T. (2004). An examination of leading mental health journals for evidence to inform evidence-based practice. Psychiatric Services, 55: 649-653.

Sentell T & Shumway M. (2003). Low literacy and mental illness in a nationally representative sample. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 191(8): 549-52.

Sentell T & Ratcliff-Baird R. Literacy and comprehension of Beck Depression Inventory Response alternatives. (2003). Community Mental Health Journal, 39(4): 323-31.