Obesity and diabetes in Pacific Islanders: the current burden and the need for urgent action

NL Hawley, ST McGarvey - Current diabetes reports, 2015 - Springer
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) now account for more than 36 million deaths each
year; many of which are premature. Pacific Islanders are some of the worst afflicted by …

Diabetes disparities and promising interventions to address diabetes in Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander populations

PA McElfish, RS Purvis, MK Esquivel, KA Sinclair… - Current Diabetes …, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review The Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (NHPI) population is
rapidly growing in the USA. NHPIs face significant health disparities and have a high …

Lessons from the frontline: leadership and governance experiences in the COVID-19 pandemic response across the Pacific region

G Phillips, M Kendino, CE Brolan, R Mitchell… - The Lancet Regional …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background Universal access to safe, effective emergency care (EC) during the COVID-19
pandemic has illustrated its centrality to healthcare systems. The 'Leadership and …

What is spirituality? Evidence from a New Zealand hospice study

R Egan, R MacLeod, C Jaye, R McGee, J Baxter… - Mortality, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Spirituality is increasingly understood to be important in healthcare provision, as seen in
policy, guidelines and practice across many Western healthcare systems. Definitions of …

[HTML][HTML] “We are doctors”: Drivers of animal health practices among Maasai pastoralists and implications for antimicrobial use and antimicrobial resistance

PE Mangesho, MA Caudell, ER Mwakapeje… - Preventive veterinary …, 2021 - Elsevier
Animal health service providers can play an important role in limiting drug resistance by
promoting responsible and prudent use of veterinary drugs. Recognizing this potential …

Health and illness perceptions

Y Benyamini - The Oxford handbook of health psychology, 2011 - books.google.com
This chapter describes the contents and structure of subjective perceptions of health and
illness, which are coherent theories in which individuals' health-related knowledge is …

[BOG][B] Faith and the pursuit of health: Cardiometabolic disorders in Samoa

J Hardin - 2018 - books.google.com
Faith and the Pursuit of Health explores how Pentecostal Christians manage chronic illness
in ways that sheds light on health disparities and social suffering in Samoa, a place where …

The relationship between culture, health conceptions, and health practices: A qualitative–quantitative approach

A Levesque, HZ Li - Journal of cross-cultural psychology, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
This study investigated cultural variations in health conceptions and practices using a quasi-
experimental design. A total of 60 participants, recruited from three cultural groups in …

Deconstructing type 2 diabetes self‐management of Australian Pacific Islander women: Using a community participatory research and talanoa approach

H Akbar, D Gallegos, D Anderson… - Health & social care in …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Community‐based participatory research using culturally appropriate talanoa approaches
provided the framework to explore diabetes self‐management of Australian Pacific Islander …

Pacific peoples, violence, and the power and control wheel

J Rankine, T Percival, E Finau… - Journal of …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
This qualitative project was the first to study values and practices about sexual assault
among migrant communities from the Cook Islands, Fiji, Niue, Samoa, Tokelau, Tonga, and …