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PHD. 2001. Mar. Vol. 8 #1


The Health of Samoans
and other Pacificans



Issue Editors:
Dr. Jan Pryor,
Dr. Sitaleki A. Finau
Dr. Peggy Fairbairn-Dunlop
PHD. 2001. Mar. Vol. 8
#1
Title Author(s) pages
Guest Editorial
  Wame Baravilala 004-005
Original Papers
Striving for the best of both worlds: Samoan parenting in New Zealand Antoinette McCallin, Janis Paterson, Sarnia Butler, Esther Tumama Cowley 006-014
Attitudes regarding tuberculosis among Samoans Peter Leiataua AhChing, Merina Sapolu, Mili Samifua, Seiji Yamada 015-019
The pre-hospital experiences of Samoan families who have had a child admitted to hospital with pneumonia: a qualitative investigation Nicola Young 020-028
The commercialisation of kava in Vanuatu Anita Jowitt, Jenny Binihi 029-037
User charges and utilisation of obstetric services in the National Capital District, Papua New Guinea Amos L. Benjamin, Peter Sapak, Jack K. Purai 038-043
Staple food intake in a rural village in Verata, Fiji Elaine Rush, Robert Hedges, Bill Aalsbersberg, Dinacika Qionibaravi, Manaia Laulu 044-046
To be or not to be: recording Aboriginal identity on hospital records Mark Brough, Cindy Shannon, Melissa Haswell-Elkins 047-053
he prevalence of Vitamin A deficiency in 1994 on an atoll of the Marshall Islands and its relationship to locally grown food T. Joan Dickson, D. Daniel Hunt 054-058
Frequency of eating occasions reported by young New Zealand Polynesian and European women Taua Amosa, Elaine Rush, Lindsay Plank 059-065
Teenage pregnancies in the Rewa medical sub-division, Fiji Mohan Lal, Michael C. Asuzu, Mosese V. Salusalu, Naren Singh 066-070
Cesarean section deliveries in Fiji, 1986 to 1996 David L. Saunders, Sister S.L. Makutu 071-077
Traditional Tongan medicine and the role of traditional Tongan healers in New Zealand Viliami Toafa, Losa Moata’ane, Barbara E Guthrie 078-082
Anxiety, stress and coping strategies among University of South Pacific students Lafitai Fuatai, Frances Soon-Schuster 083-093
Cancer in Niue: analysis of a cancer register 1962-1985 Sitaleki A. Finau, Colin F Tukuitonga 094-098
Case Studies and Short Communications
Death from multi-resistant shigellosis in Fiji Islands Chris Watson 099-102
From policy to action: access to essential drugs for the treatment of hypertension in the Small Island States (SIS) of the South Pacific M.C.E. Bailey, A.A. Azam, G. Galea, A. Rotem 103-109
Epidemiological applications: a case report of a village epidemic of gastroenteritis M.C. Asuzu, N. Singh 110-114
The adverse effects of kava Ruci Kava 115-118
Obesity or large body size? A study in Wallis and Futuna Nancy J. Pollock 119-123
Review Papers
Young Pacifican suicide attempts: a review of emergency department medical records, Auckland, New Zealand Jemaima Tiatia, Carolyn Coggan 124-128
Differences in disease frequency between Europeans and Polynesians: directions for future research into genetic risk factors William Abbott, Robert Scragg, John Marbrook 129-156
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors in Samoa and American Samoa, 1990-95 Stephen T. McGarvey 157-162
Mäori women and menopause Beverley Lawton, Papaarangi Reid, Donna Cormack, Tony Dowell, Peter Stone 163-165
An analysis of vulnerability to HIV in Papua New Guinea Paul C.Y. Chen 166-175
Human infections with Angiostrongylus cantonensis William Alto, Patrick Lowry 176-182
Asthma in Pacificans in New Zealand and in the South Pacific Ate Moala, Neil Pearce 183-187
Hepatitis B virus genotypes: a South Pacific perspective. G.L. Harrison, Rosalind Murray-McIntosh, David Penny 188-192
Viewpoints and Perspectives
Counselling against all the odds: the Samoan way Frances Soon Schuster 193-199
Community mental health: avoided by some, neglected by others Roland F. Schultz 200-206
Health care in the freely Associated States in Micronesia: strategies beyond the Compacts Angela A. Tokuda, George P. Cernada, David K. Kurahara 207-212
Suicide in Samoa Terry Bourke 213-219
Conference Papers
Tetee atu le sasa ma le upu malosi: hold back your hands, and your harsh words Peggy Fairbairn-Dunlop 220-000
Journal Abstracts
000-000
Book Review
000-000
PHD Editor
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