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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Samoans"”.
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Health Literacy and Health Promotion Behaviors among Samoans
… Few studies examine this relationship among Samoans. This study used a cross-sectional correlational design to determine health literacy levels and their relationship to health promoting behaviors in a southern California Samoan population. Health literacy (Short form Test of Functional …
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Roles and responsibilities of chiefs in the village council of chiefs within a village in American Samoa
… <p>This study should be of interest to non-Samoans concerned with leadership; this group includes Western leaders, administrators, and researchers who study leadership. The study should also be of interest to Samoans who have been raised abroad and who may not be familiar with American Samoa …
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Breath hydrogen studies of lactose malabsorption in children resident in New Zealand, Cook Islands and Western Samoa
… in Europeans at Auckland and Rarotonga, and in Samoans at two locations in Auckland and two locations in Western Samoa. The prevalence of LM in Europeans was significantly (p<0.01) higher at Rarotonga than at Auckland. For Samoans, the prevalence of LM was significantly (p<0.01) higher in …
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Understanding Samoan discourses of Family Violence
… methodology, this research focused on Samoans who live in New Zealand’s largest city, Auckland, and explored how family violence has impacted their distinct experiences, as migrants in a new country, while growing up as Samoan New Zealanders, and as adults who had families of their own. …
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'Gāpatia i Fa’anoanoaga': An Art Installation Reflecting on Burden and Loss Through a Migrant Experience
… (the Samoan way or in the manner of the Samoans; according to Samoan customs and traditions) particularly the concept tautua aiga (tautua means functions or any service performed in order to support aiga or family) Conceptually my work addresses and brings forth for consideration the …
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A Study of the Academic Writing Problems of New Zealand-Born Samoan Students in Tertiary Institutions
… who identified as New Zealand-born Samoan. Since Samoans constitute half the Pacific Island population in New Zealand, New Zealand-born Samoan participants were chosen as being representative of this larger group. They were also chosen because they represented a group of New Zealanders identified …
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O le Soga'imiti: An embodiment of God in the Samoan male body
… in deity and spirits which to some degree, many Samoans still hold onto in their embodiment of God. A soga‘imiti is symbolic of the ultimate Samoan male: he is brave, fearless, has wisdom and knowledge, the provider and protector of his family, church, village and country. His tatau (tattoo) is a …
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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
The rising prevalence of obesity in women and its adverse effects on the health of their offspring may be a key link to intergenerational risk of obesity and chronic disease in childhood and later life among the US Pacific Islanders in Hawai‘i and the US-Affiliated Pacific Islands. In a population …