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PHD. 2002. Sep. Vol. 9 #2


Guam and Health Transition
in the Pacific



Issue Editors:
Dr. Roseann Jones (University of Guam)
Dr. Sitaleki A. Finau (Fiji School of Medicine)

Health Transition:
Dr. Lisa Henry
Dr. Leslie Butt
Title Author(s) pages
Guest Editorials
  Roseann Murphy Jones 176
Original Papers
Physical activity and nutritional status
of adolescents on Guam
Rachael T. LeonGuerrero, Randall L. Workman 177-185
A leptospirosis outbreak on Guam associated with an athletic event Robert L. Haddock, Jonathan W. Gilmore, Fernando Pimentel 186-189
Cholera control on Guam, 2000 Robert L. Haddock, Luong T. Truong, Tomas S.N. Aguon 190-192
Estimated intake and food sources of vitamin A, folate, vitamin C, vitamin E, calcium, iron, and zinc for Guamanian children aged 9 to 12 Rebecca S. Pobocik, Jennifer J. Richer 193-202
Missed immunisation opportunities among Tongan children in Auckland, New Zealand Daniel Mafi, Viliami M. Toafa, Cameron Grant 203-208
Smoking prevalence among young people in Papua New Guinea Gilbert Hiawalyer 209-213
A psychometric evaluation and cross-cultural validation of the 21 item Hopkins Symptom Checklist F. H. Walkey, H. S. Aghanwa, A. J. W. Taylor 214-218
Case Studies and Short Communications
Epidemiology of infants of diabetic mothers in indigent Micronesian population-Guam experience Pradeep Alur, Priya Kodiyanplakkal, Amanda Del Rosario, Sanjay Khubchandani,
Radha Alur, John J. Moore
219-221
Cancer on Guam, especially among Micronesians Robert L. Haddock, Cynthia L. Naval 222-224
The viral diarrhoea epidemic 2002 in the Marshall Islands: its impact on a small island pharmacy Andrew Harding 225-231
Review Papers
Highlights of findings from the 1999 Guam study of youth risk behaviors Randall L. Workman, Rachael T. Leon Guerrero, Thomas K. Pinhey, Michael P. Perez 233-236
Viewpoints and Perspectives
Communication in health care delivery in developing countries: which way out? Jide Olutimayin 237-241
From information jungle trails to superhighways for health caregivers in the Pacific Alice E. Hadley, Arlene Cohen 242-245
To go or not to go organic: what choice for Pacific island countries? Lafitai Fuatai, Cortney Stewart 246-250
Health Transitions in the Pacific
Introduction. Culture, change and well-being: health transitions in the Pacific Leslie Butt 251-253
Health transition among Pacificans: unpacking imperialism Sitaleki A. Finau, Iris L. Wainiqolo,
Giuseppe G. Cuboni
254-262
Living the health transition among the Chamorros of Guam Vicki Torsch 263-274
Health transitions, fast and nasty: the case of Marshallese exposure to nuclear radiation Nancy J. Pollock 275-282
The smokescreen of culture: AIDS and the indigenous in Papua, Indonesia Leslie Butt, Gerdha Numbery,
Jake Morin
283-289
Reconstruction and resistance: cultural responses to living the health transition in French Polynesia Lisa Henry 290-295
Producing what in the transition? Health messaging and cultural constructions of health in Tonga Heather Young Leslie 296-302
‘Atamai, fakakaukau and vale: ‘mind’, ‘thinking’ and ‘mental illness’ in Tonga ‘Okusitino Mâhina 303-308
Diet, health and the nutrition transition: some impacts of economic and socio-economic factors on food consumption patterns in the kingdom of Tonga Mike Evans, Robert C. Sinclair,
Caroline Fusimalohi, Viliami Liava’a
309-315
Conference Reports
Global Public Health Conference 2002: Issues
and Strategies for Hawai’i and the Pacific
Pratisha Budhiraja, Ann Davis 316-316
Pacific Health Institutions
Guam’s quest for improved haemophilia care Roselie V. Zabala, Judith R. Baker 3170-320
Listening to the community: a first step in adapting Diabetes Today to the Pacific Kathryn L. Braun, Rie L. Kuhaulua
Henry M. Ichiho, Nia T. Aitaoto
321-328
The UOG BSN program: successes and challenges Maria Isabel Salomon 329-332
Book Reviews
333-334
Abstracts
335-341
Letters to the Editor
342-343
PHD Editor
344


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