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Pacific Health
Dialog: Health System Research, Vol. 15, No. 2
Guest
Editorial
Eseta Finau, Page 5
Special Feature
Fiji National
Health Systems Research Workshop
By: Shareen Swastika Ali, Page 7-12
Original Papers
Fiji’s Health
Management Reforms (1999-2004) A Case Study
By: Audrey Aumua, Janice A. Lewis, Graham Roberts, Page 13-20
A double-blind
Clinical Safety Study of None-Fruit Juice
By: Brett J. West, C. Jarakae Jensen, Leland D. White, ‘Afa K.
Palu, Johannes Westendorf, Page 21-32
Cross-infection Potential of Impression compound
By: Arpana Devi, Page 33-38
Effectiveness
and efficiency of the two Trolley System as an infection Control
Mechanism in the Operating Theatre
By: Viliame Tuisawana, Page 39-44
Forty Six
Years of Health Financing in Fiji (1962-2008)
By: Dharam Lingam and Graham Roberts, Page 45-54
Health
Promoting Behavior Among Chronically Ill Pacifi c Islanders
Living with Non-Communicable Disease in Fiji, Nauru and Kiribati
By: Philip Szmedra, K.L. Sharma, Cathy L. Rozmus, Page 55-66
Suicide in
Tokelau Islands
By: Alapati Tavite and Silivia Tavite, Page 67-84
Conference Report
Fiji National
Health Systems Research Workshop: Program and Abstracts
From the Workshop Participants, Page 85-106
Viewpoints and Perspectives
The Pacific
Advisory Group: Some insights on its role in the Health Research
By: Nite Fuamatu , Jean Simpson , Anne Allan-Moetaua, Margaret
Southwick, Page 107-116
Does the
Granting of legal Privileges as an Indigenous People Help to
Reduce Health Disparities? Evidence from New Zealand and
Malaysia
By: Kai-Lit Phua PhD, Page 117-128
Nash: Genius
with Schizophrenia or Vice Versa?
By: Tevita Funaki, Page 129-138
Case Study and Short Communications
Pacific Health
Professional’s perspective on Midwifery Service in Aotearoa
By: Violani’Ilolahia (Lani) Wills, Page 139-142
Abstracts
Talanoa
Oceania 2008 Coference: “Mana, Vanua, Talanoa”
From Jione Havea, Page 143-150
Talanoa
Oceania 2009 Conference: "Lotru, Tapu, Tikanga"
From Nasili Vaka’uta, Page 151-158
Pasifika
Medical Association 2009 Conference: “Kaveinga Ora”
From ‘Oloka Vaha’i, Page 159-196
PHD Matters
Editorial
Assistant – Azima Mazid
Page 197
Editor –
Professor - Sitaleki A. Finau
Page 198
Obituary
Remembering
Dr. Terence A. Rogers
By: Ben Young and Gregory Dever, Page 201
Pacific Health
Dialog: Pacific Mental Health and Addictions, Vol. 15, No. 1
GUEST
EDITORIAL
Dr Monique Faleafa , Page 4-8
ORIGINAL PAPERS
Twelve-month
prevalence, severity, and treatment contact of mental disorders
in New Zealand born and migrant participants in Te Rau
Hinengaro: The New Zealand Mental Health Survey
J. Kokaua, D. Schaaf, S.A. Foliaki, J.E. Wells, Page 9-17
Exploration of
Pacific perspectives of Pacific models of mental health service
delivery in New Zealand
T. Suaalii-Sauni, A. Wheeler, E. Saafi, G. Robinson, F. Agnew,
H. Warren, M. Erick, T. Hingano, Page 18-27
Community
rehabilitation outcomes following Traumatic Brain Injury across
cultures
M. Faleafa, Page 28-35
Child
discipline and nurturing practices among a cohort of Pacific
mothers living in New Zealand.
E.T. Cowley-Malcolm, T.P. Fairbairn-Dunlop, J. Paterson, W. Gao,
M. Williams, Page 36-46
From Kava to
Lager - alcohol consumption and drinking patterns for older
adults of Pacific ethnic groups, and Europeans in the Diabetes
Heart and Health Study (DHAHS) 2002-2003, Auckland New Zealand
G. Sundborn, P.A Metcalf, D. Gentles, R. Scragg, D. Schaaf, L.
Dyall, P. Black, R. Jackson, Page 47-54
Two years on:
Gambling amongst Pacific mothers living in New Zealand
L.M. Perese, M.E. Bellringer, M.M. Williams, M.W. Abbott, Page
55-68
Mental health
well-being amongst fathers within the Pacific Island Families
Study
E. Tautolo, P.J. Schluter, G. Sundborn, Page 69-78
Twelve-month
prevalence’s of mental disorders and treatment contact among
Cook Islanders resident in New Zealand
J. Kokaua, J.E. Wells, Page 79-88
Walking apart
but towards the same goal? - The views and practices of Tongan
traditional healers and western-trained Tongan Mental Health
Staff
S.Vaka, M.W. Stewart, S.A. Foliaki, M. Tu’itahi, Page 89-95
The Social,
cultural and medicinal use of kava for twelve Tongan born men
living in Auckland, New Zealand
V. Nosa, M. Ofanoa, Page 96-105
Tau Fifine
Fiafia: The binge drinking behaviours of nine New Zealand born
Niuean women living in Auckland
J. Gray, V. Nosa, Page 104-112
DISCUSSION PAPERS
The interface
between cultural understandings: Negotiating new spaces for
Pacific mental health
K. Mila-Schaaf, M. Hudson, Page 113-119
Exploring the
‘cultural’ in cultural competencies in Pacific mental health
K. Samu, T. Suaalii-Sauni, Page 120-130
Development of
a mental health and addiction Pacific cultural practice
framework for the Auckland region
P. Parsonage, L. Siō, T.K. Mariner, N. Leger, Page 131-137
Development of
a child, adolescent and family mental health service for Pacific
young people in Aotearoa/New Zealand
A. Bush, F. Chapman, M. Drummond, T. Fagaloa, Page 138-147
A Samoan
perspective on infant mental health
P. Masoe, A. Bush, Page 148-155
Te Vaka
Atafaga: A Tokelau assessment model for supporting holistic
mental health practice with Tokelau people in Aotearoa, New
Zealand
K. Kupa, Page 156-163
The Popao
Model: A Pacific recovery and strength concept in mental health
M. Fotu, T. Tafa, Page 164-170
VIEWPOINTS AND PERSPECTIVES
Reflections of
a Practitioner: Purely a journey of the heart
S. Alefaio, Page 171-176
ORGANIZATIONAL NEWS AND INFORMATION
Mental Health
in the Pacific: The role of the Pacific Island Mental Health
Network
F. Hughes, Page 177
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