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Showing 1 to 20 of 39 for “"Pacific Islanders"”.
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Identity Work of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders on Reddit: Traversals of Deliberation, Moderation, and Decolonization
… One such group is Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs), who are at the receiving end of stereotypes that often manifest in inaccurate public perceptions. The dissertation consists of three empirical studies that disentangle how AAPIs construct and express their identity in …
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An Investigation into Resilience and its Relationship with Sleep and Neighborhood Social Cohesion among Older Pacific Islanders in Southern California
… 21% of the population by the year 2030. Older Pacific Islanders (PIs) will experience a similar growth trajectory. By 2030, older PIs will account for 13.2% of the PI population, a two-fold increase from the 6.5% reported in 2010. Therefore, the overall well-being of older adults is a critical …
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The Influence of Community Cultural Wealth and Tauhi Va on the Navigation of Pacific Islanders in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)
… wealth and tauhi va on the navigation of Pacific Islanders (PIs) in STEM. The disaggregation of data on Asian American and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) attaining STEM bachelor's degrees revealed that PIs (16%) are represented half as much as Asian Americans (35%) (NCES, 2020). Under the AAPI …
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Maternal Prepregnancy Nutritional Status as a Key Link of Intergenerational Risk of Obesity and Chronic Disease in Childhood and Later Life among US Pacific Islanders: A Life Course Approach Study
… disease in childhood and later life among the US Pacific Islanders in Hawai‘i and the US-Affiliated Pacific Islands. In a population with a high burden of chronic disease, there is a huge knowledge gap on modifiable factors associated with obesity and chronic diseases. However, many studies in …
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EXAMINING STRUCTURAL RACISM AS A CAUSE OF HEALTH INEQUITIES AMONG PACIFIC ISLAND PEOPLES IN THE UNITED STATES AND AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND: AN EXPLORATORY COMPARATIVE CASE STUDY
<p>Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders (NHPI) in the United States are known to experience profound and persistent disparities across most indicators of socioeconomic status and health when compared to the majority population. Similarly, the Indigenous Māori and Pacific peoples in Aotearoa New …
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Sudden Fortune
… is representative of a significant community of Pacific Islanders currently living in America.
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Sudden Fortune
… is representative of a significant community of Pacific Islanders currently living in America.
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An archaeology of artisan identities and global relationships: Case studies of 19th and early 20th century weavers and carvers from Pohnpei and Kosrae, Micronesia
Pacific islanders have interacted for millennia. From the 16th century, foreigners arrived, and Islanders’ interconnectivity further increased. Archaeologists have fruitfully investigated such multicultural interactions by researching processes such as globalisation. However, as a descriptive …
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Race and Culture in the Early-Twentieth-Century United States and Colonial Hawaii
… for analyzing U.S. American representations of Pacific Islanders in public displays and in mass culture. I argue that existing analyses of American World’s Fairs and mass print culture typically overlook their pedagogical functions, and that the museum studies framework might offer a more …
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Mental Health Services for Asian Youths in the United States: A Structured Literature Review
… on mental health service use among Asian and Pacific Islanders (API) youth. The project aims to answer the following questions: (1) What type of services do API youths access to address their mental health needs? (2) To what extent are API youths utilizing these mental health services to …
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Confronting the Obstacles: African Americans' Quest for Higher Education
… a four-year institution falling behind Asian/Pacific Islanders (82%) and Whites (72%). However, the racial disparity that existed for African Americans, Native Americans, and Hispanics compared to Asians and Whites was relatively close ranging from 11% to 2% difference. These results mirrored …
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Evaluating the Impact of a Community-Based Diabetes Intervention on Monocyte Epigenomes of Native Hawaiians and Pacific Peoples
… disproportionally affects Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders. To reverse these disparities, the Partners in Care (PIC) community-based diabetes self-management intervention program was established to improve glycemic control. Little is known about the molecular mechanisms associated with the …
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The Incidence and Prevalance of Cervical Cancer in Vietnamese Women (1993-1995): A Analysis of SEER Reported Cases
… rate for invasive cervical cancer for Asian-Pacific Islanders is 6.71100,000 (including Vietnamese) compared to 5.0/100,000 for whites. However, the overall incidence rate for Vietnamese women is 21.4/100,000 compared to 10.4/100,000 for whites. Conclusions: Vietnamese race/ethnicity is …
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Identification of demographics and comorbidities associated with Vascular Hamartomas
… significant negative predictor. Blacks and Asian/Pacific Islanders were significantly less likely to have VH than whites. Female subjects were more likely to have VH than males and patients in the Northeast, Midwest, and West were significantly less likely to have VH than patients in the South. …
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Dr. Augustin Krämer: a German ethnologist in the Pacific
… a key figure among early ethnologists of the Pacific. As a Marinearzt (Navy Surgeon) and naturalist and later as an ethnologist, Krämer visited the region on a number of occasions. Between the mid-1890s and 1911, he participated and engaged in five different and far-reaching expeditions to the …
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THE BALIKBAYAN PROJECT - IMAGINING THE POSSIBILITY OF THE RETURN HOME: A YOUTH PARTICIPATORY ACTION RESEARCH PROJECT CENTERING VOICES OF QUEER FILIPINX YOUTH, THEIR IMAHINASYON, AND QUEER KAGALAKAN
… stories and knowledge of queer Asian American Pacific Islanders, namely queer Filipinx people.
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Enabling mathematical minds: how social class, ethnicity, and gender influence mathematics learning in New Zealand secondary schools
… on the one hand, and indigenous Māori and Pacific Islanders on the other, have been a national education policy priority for some time. Such is the degree of focus on ethnic inequalities that very little attention is devoted to sources of privilege and disadvantage related to socio-economic …
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Career Decision-Making of Higher Education Professionals of Philippine Descent: The Untold Stories of an Asian Pacific Islander Community
… to the stereotypes of Asian and Pacific Islanders (APIs) in higher education. The career pipeline in higher education has remained relatively homogeneous, especially at executive levels of administration. Statistics show that APIs make up less than 1% of all college presidents, of …
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