Art and mental health in Samoa - Ryan B, Goding M, Fenner P, Percival S, Percival W, Latai L, Petaia L, Pulotu-Endemann FK, Parkin I, Tuitama G, Ng C.
OBJECTIVES: To pilot an art and mental health project with Samoan and Australian stakeholders. The aim of this project was to provide a voice through the medium of art for people experiencing mental illness, and to improve the public understanding in Samoa... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - November 8, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
USDA Announces $331 Million Investment for Clean Water Infrastructure in Rural Communities
The USDA is investing $331 million in 85 projects that will improve water and wastewater infrastructure in rural areas in 39 states and American Samoa. (Source: HSR Information Central)
Source: HSR Information Central - November 1, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Unseen, Unheard: Gender-Based Violence in Disasters; Asia-Pacific Case Studies
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. 09/20/2016 This 96-page report is part of a project to strengthen data collection methods, bolster advocacy, and fill the persistent information gap on how to best prevent and respond to gender-based violence during and after disasters. It features three case studies from countries in the Asia-Pacific region: Bangladesh, Samoa, and Myanmar. The report aims to aid all actors who work on disaster preparedness and response to better understand how to prevent and respond to gender-based violence during and after disasters. (PDF) (Source: Disaster Lit: Resource G...
Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - October 28, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Authors: The U.S. National Library of Medicine Source Type: news
Notes from the Field: Outbreak of Zika Virus Disease — American Samoa, 2016
(Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - October 20, 2016 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Title V MCH Block Grant Program, American Samoa, State Snapshot: FY 2016 Application / FY 2014 Annual Report
Executive Summary and high-level data from the Maternal and Child Health Block Grant Program. Includes contact information and amounts of funding by source and service level. -- Health Resources and Services Administration (Source: Rural publications via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Rural publications via the Rural Assistance Center - September 26, 2016 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
Maternal and Child Health Services Title V Block Grant--American Samoa: FY 2016 Application/FY 2014 Annual Report
A description of the status and activities of American Samoa's maternal and child health programs. Includes data on financial, program, and performance measures. -- Maternal and Child Health Bureau (Source: Rural publications via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Rural publications via the Rural Assistance Center - September 26, 2016 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
American Samoa Statistical Yearbook 2014
Provides information on historical and current economic and social characteristics for American Samoa. -- American Samoa Government (Source: Rural publications via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Rural publications via the Rural Assistance Center - September 19, 2016 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
Familial patterning and prevalence of male androphilia in Samoa - Semenyna SW, VanderLaan DP, Petterson LJ, Vasey PL.
Previous research established that male androphilia (i.e., sexual arousal and attraction to adult males) clusters in families. Some studies find that male androphilia clusters in both the paternal and maternal lines, while others find that it clusters only... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - September 9, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news
What Science Says About the Bathroom Debate
Want to see a living experiment in what happens when traditional gender lines are truly blurred? Forget North Carolina or Mississippi or any of the places in the U.S. where politicians have made the question of which person uses which bathroom an unlikely cultural flash point.
Take a look instead at Samoa—the tiny island nation that can teach the world’s most powerful democracy a thing or two about the basic business of human sexuality. Samoa, like the U.S. and every other country in the world, is home to plenty of men and plenty of women, but, unlike any other country in the world, it’s also home to the ...
Source: TIME.com: Top Science and Health Stories - May 19, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jeffrey Kluger Tags: Uncategorized Bathrooms Evolution human behavior Laws North Carolina Transgender Source Type: news
Is Samoa's Obesity Epidemic A Harbinger For Other Developing Nations?
Obesity and Type 2 diabetes are becoming more common all over the world. But the tiny Samoan islands now have the highest rates. An epidemiologist blames changes in diet brought on by globalization. (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - April 7, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Maanvi Singh Source Type: news
A public theology response to domestic violence in Samoa - Siu-Maliko MA.
Domestic violence is a serious social problem in Samoa. Some studies have suggested that nearly half of Samoan women have been subject to abuse by intimate partners or parents. The increase in cases of domestic violence in Samoa is slowly raising the publi... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 6, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Commentary Source Type: news
Globe's rising obesity, diabetes rates no surprise to Samoa researcher
(Brown University) As someone who has studied nutrition and health in Samoans over the last 40 years, Brown University public health researcher Stephen McGarvey provided data for new publications on the global trends in obesity and type 2 diabetes reported in The Lancet. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - April 6, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
United States and Territories National Tsunami Hazard Assessment: Historical Record and Sources for Waves-Update
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 12/2015This 38-page report updates the 2008 tsunami hazard assessment by incorporating both the new tsunami inundation data recorded through 2014 and studies completed since the earlier report. The results of the national assessment update are essentially the same as that in 2008, except for two changes in hazard levels. The first is the increase of the hazard level from Moderate to High for American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, and Guam. The second change in hazard levels is raising the level for the U.S. West Coast from High to High to Very High. (PDF) (Source: Dis...
Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - March 18, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Authors: The U.S. National Library of Medicine Source Type: news
SAMHSA Contacts: American Samoa
Lists American Samoa contacts for substance abuse and mental health programs. -- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (Source: Rural web sites and other tools via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Rural web sites and other tools via the Rural Assistance Center - March 7, 2016 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
Non-Traditional Shelter Case Studies
City of Los Angeles, Emergency Management Department. 12/31/2016This 41-page document captures pertinent information regarding the
historical use of non-traditional sheltering. It provides five case studies about disaster response and non-traditional sheltering in the Northridge Earthquake (1994); Hurricane Katrina (2005); California Wildfires (2007); Hurricane Ike (2008); and American Samoa Earthquake and Tsunami (2009). (PDF) (Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health)
Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - March 6, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Authors: The U.S. National Library of Medicine Source Type: news
