Pacific Health
Dialog: Pacific Peoples of New Zealand, Vol. 4, No. 2
Guest Editorials
Colin Tukuitonga, Page 004-005
Original Papers
The food choices of Samoan teenagers in Auckland: Big Mac combo
or pisupo and taro?
Nite Fuamatu, Page 006-010
Fruit, vegetable and cereal intake of Polynesian and European
women in Auckland
Sera Gonelevu, Elaine Rush, Manaia Laulu, Page 011-019
The Ola Fa’autauta Project: the process of developing a
church–based health programme
Boyd Swinburn, Henga Amosa, Colin Bell, Page 020-026
Nutrition knowledge and practices of Samoans in Auckland
Colin Bell, Henga Amosa, Boyd A. Swinburn, Page 026-033
Social interaction in Tongan and European families in New
Zealand: implications for health care
Helen Mavoa, Julie Park, Chris Pryce, Page 033-037
Postnatal distress among Pacific women in New Zealand
Roine Lealaiauloto, Geoff Bridgman, Page 038-041
Case Reports and Short Communications
Human amylin fibril-mediated killing of islet b-cells
‘Etuate L. Saafi, Page 042-044
Conference Reports and Papers
Health of Pacific peoples: problems and
solutions into the new millennium
Angela Calvert, Page 045-049
Commonwealth Regional Workshop and Pacific Island Association of
Non Government Organisations meeting
John La Roche, Page 050-055
From the Yanuca Declaration to the Rarotonga Agreement: verbiage
on Pacific health enroute to the 21st century
Sitaleki A. Finau, Page 056-058
Review Papers
The health of Pacific peoples in New Zealand up to the early
1990’s
Colin Tukuitonga, Sitaleki A. Finau, Page 059-067
Pacificans’ access to primary health care in New Zealand: a
review
Nicola Young, Page 068-075
Diabetes and its complications among Pacific people in New
Zealand
David Simmons, Page 075-079
Abortion and Pacific women in New Zealand
Heather Donald, Page 080-083
Child care and cot death
E.A.S. Nelson, Page 084-089
Hearing loss amongst Pacific children in New Zealand
Peter Crampton, Philip Weinstein, Page 090-095
Mental illness and Pacific people in New Zealand
Geoff Bridgman, Page 095-104
Major mental illness in the Pacific: a review
John S. Allen, Jennifer L. Laycock, Page 105-118
Reprint
Clinical aspects of ciguatera: an overview
Tilman A. Ruff, Richard J. Lewis, Page 119-127
Viewpoints and Perspectives
Towards a NZ–born Samoan identity: some reflections on "labels"
Melani Anae, Page 128-137
Dialogue not monologue: preventative eye care and research in
Vanuatu
Karen Scott–Hoy, Page 138-145
Managing the New Zealand Cot Death Study: lessons from between
the rock and a hard place
Caroline Everard, Page 146-152
The conference experiences of a new Pacific kid on the block
Nite Fuamatu, Page 153-154
Discussion Paper
Women for health: investing in gender and the family
Sitaleki A. Finau, Page 155-162
Pacific Health Institutions
Western Pacific HealthNet: the creation
Victor Yano, Page 163-164
Pacific Health Research Centre, Whitireia Community Polytechnic,
Wellington
Margaret Southwick, Page 165-165
History of HRC support for Pacific health
research
Jenny Rankine, Page 166-000
Journal Abstracts
Page 172-174
Letters to the Editor
Page 177-181
PHD Editor
S A Finau, Page 184
Pacific Health
Dialog: Medical Education and Health Reform,
Vol. 4, No. 1
Guest Editorials
J. I. Samisoni, P. Head, S. A. Finau, G. Dever, Page 005-008
Original Papers
Risk factors associated with preterm
deliveries in Pohnpei, 1995
S. Malsol, J. A. Flear, Page 009-013
Ke Ola O Hawaii - a community partnership for
health, and new challenges for faculty
G. Feletti, C. Lum, Page 014-021
Problem-based learning: its application to
medical rehabilitation research
M. H. Fitzgerald, D. A. Goebert, D. Tipene–Leach, G. Dever, Page
022-027
Perceptions of the social, cultural, and
psychological well–being in Palau
A. Futterman–Collier, K. Sadao, C. Otto, A. Polloi, Page 028-034
The influence of bed nets on Bancroftian
Filariasis in Buhutu Valley, Papua New Guinea
P. Sapak, G. Williams, Page 035-038
Efficacy of yeast-recombinant hepatitis B
vaccine in prevention of perinatal transmission in Saipan
A. M. Durand, H. Sabino Jr., F. Mahoney, I. Abraham, Page
039-042
Family planning and contraception in
Tongoleleka village, Kingdom of Tonga
H. Ivarature, Page 043-050
Community perceptions of Youth to Youth in
Health: a peer education program for primary health care,
Marshall Islands
K. L. Braun, D. Keju–Jonson, Page 051-056
Evaluating interagency collaboration in
disability programs in the Pacific Basin
K. Sadao, N. Robinson, P. Magrab, Page 057-065
Cancer in Guam: a review of death
certificates from 1971 to 1995
R. L. Haddock, C. L. Naval, Page 066-077
Obstetric emergencies and maternal deaths in
the Solomon Islands
C. Fallon, V. Johnston, K. Thomas, A. Larson, J. Pikacha, Page
078-080
Case Reports and Short Communications
The PBMA and telemedicine in the Pacific: the
first steps
V. Yano, S. A. Finau, G. Dever, D. A. Person, J. I. Samisoni, W.
Baravilala, J. Malani, Page 081-084
Blood lead levels among children in Pohnpei:
preliminary results
I. Vimoto, S. A. Finau, Page 085-087
Conference Reports and Papers
Dietary genocide: eating to an early death in
Micronesia
R. Jackson, Page 088-089
Medical education in the Pacific
J. I. Samisoni, Page 090-092
The role of medical associations
The Honourable Del Pangelinan, Page 093-093
The PBMOTP - towards an inspirational
accomplishment
E. K. Pretrick, Page 094-098
Pay attention to your education and work and
see how much you can add to life
V. M. Yano, Page 099-100
A dream fulfilled
J. Flear, Page 101-103
One of the most precious realities: the quiet
and private satisfaction of duty faithfully done
T. A. Rogers, Page 104-104
Internet medical education resources
B. J. Goldsmith, Page 105-105
Summary of the reports of the First, Second,
and Third Pacific conferences of Community Health in Medical
Education, 1991-1996
A. Sachs–Robertson, J. Flear, S. A. Finau, G. Dever, Page
106-110
Family planning in the Federated States of
Micronesia: past and present
E. K. Pretrick, Page 111-112
Training the Pacific surgeon
C. McRae, Page 113-115
Viewpoints and Perspectives
The health crisis in the US associated
Pacific islands: moving forward
A. Diaz, Page 116-129
Health reform in Trinidad and Tobago: lessons
for the Pacific islands?
J. Sancho, Page 130-137
Early experiences of the Health Planning Unit
in Fiji
J. Pepperall, G. Teskey, Page 138-142
Appropriate health workforce for sustainable
development in the Pacific
S. A. Finau, Page 143-153
Teenage pregnancies in the Pacific: a
Tongan’s perspective
S. F. Katoanga, Page 154-160
Challenges for Pacific nutritionists
J. Tunidau–Schultz, Page 161-165
Nutrition training: needs and priorities in
the Pacific
Meleófa Manolo, Page 166-171
The case for a Pacific public health
surveillance network
M. J. O’Leary, Page 172-176
Pacific Health Institutions
The Pacific medical education model:
introducing the process of innovation
G. Dever, S. A. Finau, R. Hunton, Page 177-190
Coordinating study skills in medical
education: the PBMOTP experience
D. Wyatt, Page 191-197
The evolution of community health training at
the PBMOTP
J. A. Flear, Page 198-202
Distance Education for health workers in
Micronesia
M. M. Fochtman, C. B. Allen, R. Gurusamy, Page 203-206
The Office of Pacific Health and Human
Services
J. Iser, Page 207-209
Journal Abstracts
Page 210-214
Letters to the Editor
Page 223-224 |