Research Letter

Disparities in Sexual Violence Among Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander Adolescents in Hawai‘i

JAMA Pediatrics 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2025.3165

September 15, 2025 at 11:00 AM EDT

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This cross-sectional study examines differences in rates of sexual violence experienced among Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander adolescents compared with adolescents from other racial and ethnic groups in Hawai‘i.

Corresponding Author: Meripa T. Godinet, PhD, Thompson School of Social Work meripa@hawaii.edu).

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