Items where Year is 2008

Alexeyeff, Kalissa (2008) Globalizing drag in the Cook Islands: Friction, repulsion, and abjection. The Contemporary Pacific. pp. 143-161.

Barclay, Lesley (2008) Woman and midwives: position, problems and potential. Midwifery, 24 (1). pp. 13-21.

Bogad�ttir, R (2008) Islands of globesity: A study on human health, unequal exchange, and humanenvironmental relations in Samoa. "Unpublished MA thesis. Lund: Human Ecology Division, Lund University".

Bogad�ttir, Ragnhei_ur (2008) Islands of Globesity: A Study on Human Health, Unequal Exchange, and Human-Environmental Relations in Samoa. Report from a Minor Field Study in Samoa, May-June 2007.

Brown, Richard PC (2008) Remittances and development in the Pacific: Effects on human development in Fiji and Tonga. "Bangkok, ESCAP, EGM Meeting on Migration and Development".

COdE, OF (2008) FIJI GENERAL PRACTITIONER. Journal of The Fiji College of General Practitioners, 16 (1).

Carapetis, Jonathan R, Hardy, Myra, Fakakovikaetau, Toakase, Taib, Rohayati, Wilkinson, Lyn, Penny, Daniel J and Steer, Andrew C (2008) Evaluation of a screening protocol using auscultation and portable echocardiography to detect asymptomatic rheumatic heart disease in Tongan schoolchildren. Nature clinical practice Cardiovascular medicine, 5 (7). pp. 411-417.

Cliffe, Susan J, Tabrizi, Sepehr and Sullivan, Elizabeth A (2008) Chlamydia in the Pacific region, the silent epidemic. Sexually transmitted diseases. pp. 801-806.

Colagiuri, Stephen, Palu, Taniela, Viali, Satupaitea, Hussain, Zafiml and Colagiuri, Ruth (2008) The epidemiology of diabetes in Pacific Island populations. The epidemiology of diabetes mellitus.

Connell, John (2008) The global health care chain: from the Pacific to the world.

Corsi, Allison, Englberger, Lois, Flores, Rafael, Lorens, Adelino and Fitzgerald, Maureen H (2008) A participatory assessment of dietary patterns and food behavior in Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia. Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 17 (2). pp. 309-316.

Dachs, Gabi U, Currie, Margaret J, McKenzie, Fiona, Jeffreys, Mona, Cox, Brian, Foliaki, Sunia, Le Marchand, Lo�c and Robinson, Bridget A (2008) Cancer disparities in indigenous Polynesian populations: M_ori, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific people. The lancet oncology, 9 (5). pp. 473-484.

Ellis, Tania, Imrie, Allison, Katz, Alan R and Effler, Paul V (2008) Underrecognition of leptospirosis during a dengue fever outbreak in Hawaii, 2001--2002. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, 8 (4). pp. 541-548.

Ellsberg, Mary, Jansen, Henrica AFM, Heise, Lori, Watts, Charlotte H and Garcia-Moreno, Claudia (2008) Intimate partner violence and women's physical and mental health in the WHO multi-country study on women's health and domestic violence: an observational study. The lancet, 371 (9619). pp. 1165-1172.

Elstad, E, Tusiofo, C, Rosen, RK and McGarvey, ST (2008) Living with ma�i suka: individual, familial, cultural, and The opinions expressed by authors contributing to this journal do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the US Department of Health and Human Services, the Public Health Service, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or the authors� affiliated institutions. Use of trade names is for identification only and does not imply endorsement by any of the groups named above. environmental stress among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and their caregivers in American Samoa. Prev Chronic Dis, 5 (3).

Elstad, Emily, Tusiofo, Corabelle, Rosen, Rochelle K and McGarvey, Stephen T (2008) Peer Reviewed: Living With Ma�i Suka: Individual, Familial, Cultural, and Environmental Stress Among Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Their Caregivers in American Samoa. Preventing chronic disease, 5 (3).

Englberger, L and Lorens, A (2008) Let's Go Local Initiative in Pohnpei, Micronesia for Promoting Underutilized Crops. "International Symposium on Underutilized Plants for Food Security, Nutrition, Income and Sustainable Development 806". pp. 229-234.

Errington, Frederick and Gewertz, Deborah (2008) Pacific Island gastrologies: following the flaps. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 14 (3). pp. 590-608.

Feary, Sascha (2008) Nauru-Opportunity in loss. Pacific Conservation Biology, 14 (4). pp. 238-239.

Foster, Kim, Usher, Kim, Baker, John A, Gadai, Sainimere and Ali, Samsun (2008) Mental health workers' attitudes toward mental illness in Fiji. "Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing, The", 25 (3). pp. 72-79.

Gibson, John, McKenzie, David and Rohorua, Halahingano (2008) How pro-poor is the selection of seasonal migrant workers from Tonga under New Zealand's Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE) Program?

Grewcock, Mike (2008) Systems of exclusion: The Rudd government and the ?nd?f the Pacific solution. Current Issues in Criminal Justice, 19 (3). pp. 363-368.

Henderson, Lyn N and Tulloch, Jim (2008) Incentives for retaining and motivating health workers in Pacific and Asian countries. Human resources for health, 6 (1).

Irwin, Jude (2008) (Dis) counted stories: Domestic violence and lesbians. Qualitative Social Work, 7 (2). pp. 199-215.

J?rgensen, Marit Eika and Christensen, Dirk Lund (2008) Ethnicity and obesity: why are some people more vulnerable. Int Diabetes Monit, 20 (5). p. 9.

Jerety, Johnety (2008) Primary health care: Fiji's broken dream: primary health care programmes have faltered across much of Fiji due a shortage of health workers and funds among other factors. Senior health official Dr Jona Senilagakali recently returned to the village selected to launch primary health care in the island nation in 1978. Johnety Jerety, who accompanied him, reports. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 86 (3). pp. 166-168.

Kaufer, Laura Allison Iler (2008) Evaluation of a traditional food for health intervention in Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia.

Kemmer, TM, Novotny, R and Ah Ping, I (2008) Iron deficiency and anemia: disparity exists between children in American Samoa and children living within the US. European journal of clinical nutrition, 62 (6). pp. 754-760.

Kimball, Ann Marie, Moore, Melinda, French, Howard Matthew, Arima, Yuzo, Ungchusak, Kumnuan, Wibulpolprasert, Suwit, Taylor, Terence, Touch, Sok and Leventhal, Alex (2008) Regional infectious disease surveillance networks and their potential to facilitate the implementation of the international health regulations. Medical Clinics of North America, 92 (6). pp. 1459-1471.

Kirk, Sara FL, Cockbain, Andrew J and Beazley, James (2008) Obesity in Tonga: A cross-sectional comparative study of perceptions of body size and beliefs about obesity in lay people and nurses. Obesity research & clinical practice, 2 (1). pp. 35-41.

Lal, Vivek (2008) Relationship of Sugarcane Pollen and Risk of Hospital Admission with Acute Exacerbation of Asthma at Labasa Hospital Emergency Room. Other thesis, College of Medicine Nursing and Health Science.

Lambdin, Barrot, Schmaedick, Mark A and Burkot, Thomas R (2008) Utilization of domestic and natural containers by Aedes oceanicus in American Samoa. Journal of medical entomology, 45 (4). pp. 758-762.

Lanciotti, Robert S, Kosoy, Olga L, Laven, Janeen J, Velez, Jason O, Lambert, Amy J, Johnson, Alison J, Stanfield, Stephanie M and Duffy, Mark R (2008) Genetic and serologic properties of Zika virus associated with an epidemic, Yap State, Micronesia, 2007. Emerging infectious diseases, 14 (8). p. 1232.

Lane, Jeffrey P (2008) The need for effective licensure laws for mid-level health care providers in countries facing chronic physician shortages: a case study of the Marshall Islands' health assistants. Pac. Rim L. & Pol'y J., 17. p. 767.

Lane, Jeffrey P and Law, Pacific Rim (2008) [17PacRimLPolyJ767] The Need for Effective Licensure Laws for Mid-Level Health Care Providers in Countries Facing Chronic Physician Shortages: A Case Study of the Marshall Islands� Health Assistants.

Lee, Crystal Man Ying, Huxley, Rachel R, Woodward, Mark, Zimmet, Paul, Shaw, Jonathan, Cho, Nam H, Kim, Hyung Rae, Viali, Satu, Tominaga, Makoto and Vistisen, Dorte (2008) Comparisons of metabolic syndrome definitions in four populations of the Asia-Pacific region. Metabolic syndrome and related disorders, 6 (1). pp. 37-46.

Lee, Roberta and Balick, Michael J (2008) Palms, people, and health. Explore, 4 (1). pp. 59-62.

Liang, Jennifer L, King, Jonathan D, Ichimori, Kazuyo, Handzel, Thomas, Pa�au, Molisamoa and Lammie, Patrick J (2008) Impact of five annual rounds of mass drug administration with diethylcarbamazine and albendazole on Wuchereria bancrofti infection in American Samoa. The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 78 (6). pp. 924-928.

Lindsay, David John (2008) Exploring the roles of nurse practitioners in Fiji: A critical social theory perspective.

MOORE, MELINDA, CHAN, EDWARD W, LURIE, NICOLE, SCHAEFER, AGNES GEREBEN, VOGENBECK, DANIELLE M and ZAMBRANO, JOHN A (2008) Strategies to improve global influenza surveillance: A decision tool for policymakers. Improving Global Influenza Surveillance, 8 (186).

Magnussen, Lois, Shoultz, Jan, Hansen, Kay, Sapolu, Merina and Samifua, Mili (2008) Intimate partner violence: Perceptions of Samoan women. Journal of Community Health, 33 (6). pp. 389-394.

Maron, Nicole and Connell, John (2008) Back to Nukunuku: Employment, identity and return migration in Tonga. Asia Pacific Viewpoint, 49 (2). pp. 168-184.

Matoto, Dr.Veisinia (2008) THE LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE ON DIABETES MELLITUS AMONG HEALTH WORKERS IN TON6A. Masters thesis, Fiji National University.

Mavoa, Helen M and McCabe, Marita (2008) Sociocultural factors relating to Tongans' and Indigenous Fijians' patterns of eating, physical activity and body size. Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 17 (3).

McLeod, Melissa, Kelly, Heath, Wilson, Nick and Baker, Michael G (2008) Border control measures in the influenza pandemic plans of six South Pacific nations: a critical review. NZ Med J, 121 (1278). pp. 62-72.

McMillan, Karen E (2008) Access to condoms and their use among young people in Tonga and Vanuatu.

McMullin, Juliet M, Taumoepeau, Leafa, Talakai, Melelani, Kivalu, Felisita and Hubbell, F Allan (2008) Tongan perceptions of cancer. Cancer Detection and Prevention, 32 (1). pp. 29-36.

Meads, Sarah (2008) Trade, Medicines & Human Rights: Protecting Access to Medicines in Fiji & the Pacific.

Metai, Eita Taketau (2008) Samoa: Sanitation and Drainage Project Supplementary Loan.

Moyle, Brendan J and Evans, Mike (2008) Economic development options for island states: The case of whale-watching. Shima: The international Journal of Research into island cultures, 2 (1). pp. 41-58.

Mua, Mike (2008) Evaluation of the case prevalence of Extended Spectrum Beta Lactamase- producing Isolates at the Colonial War Memorial Hospital: Risk Factors and Impact on Clinical Outcomes. Masters thesis, College of Medicine Nursing and Health Science.

Naik, Rupesh I (2008) An Assessment of Local Food Production in Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia, 2007.

Nakhate, Sandeep, Walker, Maria and Walker, Jonathan (2008) Using basic technology to screen for diabetic retinopathy in Fiji. Community Eye Health, 21 (66). p. 33.

Nand, Miss Parvesh (2008) How Many Shoulder Views Do We Need, Is Anteroposterior View of Shoulder enough as a Routine View at Labasa Hospital setting (FIJI). Other thesis, Fiji School of Medicine.

Nather, Aziz and Wu, Pang Hung (2008) Diabetes mellitus and its complications: a global problem. Diabetic Foot Problems.

Negin, Joel (2008) Australia and New Zealand's contribution to Pacific Island health worker brain drain. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 32 (6). pp. 507-511.

Newton, Azania Fusimalohi (2008) Sanitation and wastewater management in Tonga.

Patterson, Robert Maurice Charles (2008) From development to sustainable development in the Cook Islands.

Peshut, Peter J, Morrison, R John and Brooks, Barbara A (2008) Arsenic speciation in marine fish and shellfish from American Samoa. Chemosphere, 71 (3). pp. 484-492.

Peterson, Martin (2008) The moral importance of selecting people randomly. Bioethics, 22 (6). pp. 321-327.

Pohnpei, NCD (2008) risk factors STEPS report. "Palikir, Pohnpei: Federated States of Micronesia, Department of Health and Social Affairs".

Pollock, Nancy J (2008) Review of Traditional Medicine of the Marshall Islands: The Women, the Plants, the Treatments, by Irene J Taafaki, Maria Kabua Fowler, and Randolph R Thaman.

Pollock, Nancy J (2008) Traditional Medicine of the Marshall Islands: The Women, the Plants, the Treatments.

Ramke, Jacqueline, Du Toit, R�n�e, Palagyi, Anna, Williams, Carmel and Brian, Garry (2008) Public sector refraction and spectacle dispensing in low_resource countries of the Western Pacific. Clinical & experimental ophthalmology, 36 (4). pp. 339-347.

Rokoduru, Avelina (2008) 'Your Life is in Your Hands': Women Workers in Fiji's Tax Free Zone: a Rights Approach. 978-972-05-2222-5.

Rosen, Rochelle K, DePue, Judith and McGarvey, Stephen T (2008) Overweight and diabetes in American Samoa: the cultural translation of research into health care practice. Medicine and Health/Rhode Island, 91 (12). pp. 372-377.

Rosenbloom, Joshua I, Kaluski, Dorit Nitzan and Berry, Elliot M (2008) A global nutritional index. Food and nutrition bulletin, 29 (4). pp. 266-277.

Sborgi, Ilaria (2008) �Home� in Samoa: RL Stevenson and the South Pacific. The House of Fiction as the House of Life: Representations of the House from Richardson to Woolf. pp. 150-155.

Sheikh, M, MacIntyre, CR and Perera, Suvendrini (2008) Preventive detention: the ethical ground where politics and health meet. Focus on asylum seekers in Australia. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 62 (6). pp. 480-483.

Singh, Pritinesh IPK, Carapetis, Jonathan R, Buadromo, Eka M, Samberkar, Prashant N and Steer, Andrew C (2008) The high burden of rheumatic heart disease found on autopsy in Fiji. Cardiology in the Young, 18 (1). pp. 62-69.

Smith, Ben J, Phongsavan, Philayrath, Bampton, Dale, Peacocke, Genevieve, Gilmete, Mercedes, Havea, Drew, Chey, Tien and Bauman, Adrian E (2008) Intentional injury reported by young people in the Federated States of Micronesia, Kingdom of Tonga and Vanuatu. BMC Public Health, 8 (1).

Smith, William James (2008) The place of rural, remote and least_wealthy small islands in international water development: the nexus of geography�technology sustainability in Chuuk State, Federated States of Micronesia. Geographical Journal, 174 (3). pp. 251-268.

Snowdon, Wendy, Schultz, Jimaima and Swinburn, Boyd (2008) Problem and solution trees: a practical approach for identifying potential interventions to improve population nutrition. Health promotion international, 23 (4). pp. 345-353.

Steer, AC, Jenney, AJW, Oppedisano, F, Batzloff, MR, Hartas, J, Passmore, J, Russell, FM, Kado, JHH and Carapetis, Jonathan R (2008) High burden of invasive _-haemolytic streptococcal infections in Fiji. Epidemiology & Infection, 136 (5). pp. 621-627.

Taufa, Inoke, Fotu, Kalesita, Cama, Tilema, Moodie, Marj and Swinburn, Boyd (2008) Building community capacity to prevent adolescent obesity in Tonga�2 case studies. Pasifika Medical Association Conference: Pacific Obesity Prevention in Communities.

Taule'alo, Sina Fuatino (2008) Monitoring animal disease and productivity in Samoa: a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Veterinary Studies at Massey University.

Tebano, Temakei (2008) A preliminary identification of cyanophyta/cyanobacteria in the brackish milkfish ponds of Marakei, Nikunau and Kiritimati Atolls, Republic of Kiribati. The South Pacific Journal of Natural and Applied Sciences, 26 (1). pp. 62-67.

Thaman, RR, Hassall, DC and Takeda, S (2008) The Vegetation and Flora of Nauru: Current Status, Cultural Importance and Suggestions for Conservation, Restoration, Rehabilitation, Agroforestry and Food, Health and Economic Security.

Throop, C Jason (2008) On the problem of empathy: The case of Yap, Federated States of Micronesia. Ethos, 36 (4). pp. 402-426.

Toit, R�n�e Du, Ramke, Jacqueline, Palagyi, Anna and Brian, Garry (2008) Spectacles in Fiji: need, acquisition, use and willingness to pay. Clinical and Experimental Optometry, 91 (6). pp. 538-544.

Tu�itahi, Kaveinga (2008) A New Vision for the Health Sector in Tonga: Change and Capacity Development Strategies.

Tu�itahi, Kaveinga (2008) Pacific Choice: A New Vision for the Health Sector in Tonga.

Utter, Jennifer, Faeamani, Gavin, Malakellis, Mary, Vanualailai, Nola, Kremer, Peter, Scragg, Robert and Swinburn, Boyd (2008) Lifestyle and obesity in South Pacific youth: baseline results from the Pacific Obesity Prevention in Communities (OPIC) project in New Zealand, Fiji, Tonga and Australia. Lifestyle and obesity in South Pacific youth: baseline results from the Pacific Obesity Prevention in Communities (OPIC) project in New Zealand, Fiji, Tonga and Australia.

VAUT, MIEUX (2008) Dengue Surveillance & Response. Prevention is better than cure, 28. pp. 3-10. ISSN 1029-3396

Voigt_Graf, Carmen (2008) Migration and transnational families in Fiji: comparing two ethnic groups. International Migration, 46 (4). pp. 15-40.

Waqatakirewa, Lepani (2008) Reproductive Health Commodity Security Status Assessment Report: Kingdom of Tonga.

Washington, Charles H, Singer, Lauren M, McCaig, Tauta, Tikoduadua, Lisi, Ali, Sophaganine T, Fong, James, Luveni, Jiko, Kyaw-Myint, Thane O, Watson, Stuart and Russell, Fiona (2008) The prevalence of HIV infection in women attending antenatal clinics in Fiji. Papua New Guinea Medical Journal, 51 (01-Feb). pp. 56-59.

World Health Organization (2008) Global leprosy situation, beginning of 2008. Weekly Epidemiological Record= Relev� �pid�miologique hebdomadaire, 83 (33). pp. 293-300.

World Health Organization (2008) Meeting of the Working Group on the Pacific Human Resources for Health Alliance (PHRHA), Nadi, Fiji, 30 June-2 July 2008: report.

World Health Organization (2008) Pacific physical activity guidelines for adults: Framework for accelerating the communication of physical activity guidelines.

World Health Organization (2008) Sanitation, hygiene and drinking-water in the Pacific Island countries: converting commitment into action.

World Health Organization (2008) School policy framework: implementation of the WHO global strategy on diet, physical activity and health.

World Health Organization (2008) Second Meeting of the WHO Pacific Islands Mental Health Network, Nadi, Fiji, 9-11 September 2008: meeting report.

World Health Organization (2008) WHO Meeting on User Fee Impact on Access and Equity and Lessons Learnt for the Pacific, Nadi, Fiji, 3-5 June 2008: meeting report.

World Health Organization (WHO) (2008) Samoa NCD Risk Factors STEPS report 2002. Apia: WHO.

�berg, Karolina, Sun, Guangyun, Smelser, Diane, Indugula, Subba Rao, Tsai, Hui-Ju, Steele, Matthew S, Tuitele, John, Deka, Ranjan, McGarvey, Stephen T and Weeks, Daniel E (2008) Applying novel genome-wide linkage strategies to search for loci influencing type 2 diabetes and adult height in American Samoa. Human biology, 80 (2). p. 99.