Long-Term Impact of a Community Health Worker Intervention on Diabetes Control in American Samoa
(Source: CDC Preventing Chronic Disease)
Source: CDC Preventing Chronic Disease - October 23, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
At the Mercy of Mother Nature (and of Policies of Larger Nations)
The Vienna Convention for Protection of the Ozone Layer this month celebrates 30 years of environmental protection, including the establishment of the Montreal Protocol, which has successfully phased down hundreds of chemicals harmful to the ozone layer and to global climate. The one remaining challenge, the management of the powerful greenhouse gases called HFCs, is finally being negotiated after several years of calls for action by the Federated States of Micronesia and fellow island nations. Phasing down HFCs under the Montreal Protocol is essential to global climate-change mitigation this century and would enhance int...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - September 21, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Pacific peoples, violence, and the power and control wheel - Rankine J, Percival T, Finau E, Hope LT, Kingi P, Peteru MC, Powell E, Robati-Mani R, Selu E.
This qualitative project was the first to study values and practices about sexual assault among migrant communities from the Cook Islands, Fiji, Niue, Samoa, Tokelau, Tonga, and Tuvalu in New Zealand. It aimed to identify customs, beliefs, and practices am... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - September 4, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Research Methods, Surveillance and Codes, Models Source Type: news
From the Worst Day to Fly to Life-Saving Pizza: This Week's Curios
Every day of the year, Curious.com CEO Justin Kitch writes a quirky fact, known as the Daily Curio, intended to tickle the brains of lifelong learners everywhere. This is a weekly digest. Last week's Curios covered the worst day to fly, life-saving blood, and a massive new billion dollar home. Curio #741 | The man with golden blood He's called the "man with the golden arm." Thanks to his blood donations, Australian James Harrison has single-armedly saved the lives of more than two million babies. In his veins is an extremely rare kind of blood that cures a deadly affliction...keep reading Curio #740 | A very fresh idea ...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - July 24, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
How science can help lessen the impact of storm surges on coastal communities – video
Australian scientists have used the example of the Cook Islands to look at how communities can prepare for violent storm surges. Across the South Pacific, tropical storms bring tidal surges that can devastate low-lying coastal communities. But complex modelling by researchers at the University of New South Wales is helping shed light on just how these wave systems workCatastrophic Science is a science and technology series produced by the University of New South Wales Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - July 22, 2015 Category: Science Authors: Guardian Staff Tags: Science South Pacific Tonga Samoa Fiji Source Type: news
How the Best Traditions Help Adolescents Lead Healthier Lives -- And How They Can Alter Adults' Stereotypical Views of Them
Rite of passage ceremonies for adolescents have increasingly become a thing of the past. But several meaningful coming-of-age observances are still holding their own, and even experiencing a resurgence. I learned this, as I learn so many things, while holding a Socrates Cafe, on this occasion with members of a Multicultural Club for youth. It convenes in the greater metropolitan glop of Phoenix, Arizona. My wife Ceci and I once lived in the area; she was a literacy instructor, and I held Socratic dialogues in some coffee houses and schools, including the one where this group was formed. Whenever I'm back, I have an ope...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - July 18, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Acute Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease Among Children — American Samoa, 2011–2012
(Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - May 28, 2015 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Recent Population Trends for the U.S. Island Areas: 2000 to 2010
Provides data on the populations of American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Includes charts and maps describing the population, with information on population density, race and ethnic origin, age, and gender. -- U.S. Census Bureau (Source: Rural publications via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Rural publications via the Rural Assistance Center - April 8, 2015 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
Healthful Food Availability in Stores and Restaurants — American Samoa, 2014
(Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - March 19, 2015 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Spring Forward: Daylight Saving Time Returning To Most Of U.S.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A sure sign that spring's on the horizon: One hour less shut-eye Saturday night no matter when you turn out the lights.
Most people in the U.S. are supposed to push the clock forward by 60 minutes before heading to bed Saturday night. Daylight saving time officially begins at 2 a.m. Sunday local time. You may have lost a bit of sleep, but in the months ahead you'll gain an extra hour of sunlight in the evenings.
It's also a good time to replace batteries in warning devices such as smoke detectors.
The time change isn't observed by Hawaii, most of Arizona, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Sam...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - March 8, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Notes from the Field: Outbreak of Diarrheal Illness Caused by Shigella flexneri — American Samoa, May–June 2014
(Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - January 16, 2015 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Journey to the center of the Earth: Geochemist uses helium and lead isotopes to gain insight into makeup of planet’s deep interior
A geochemist studying Samoan volcanoes has found evidence of the planet's early formation still trapped inside Earth. Known as hotspots, volcanic island chains such as Samoa can ancient primordial signatures from the early solar system that have somehow survived billions of years. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - October 16, 2014 Category: Science Source Type: news
600-year-old canoe found in New Zealand linked to Polynesian sailors
Centuries before Captain Cook explored the South Pacific, Polynesian seafarers in canoes crossed vast swaths of water to colonize lonely islands from Samoa and New Zealand all the way to Hawaii. But how they managed such a feat remains something of a mystery. (Source: Los Angeles Times - Science)
Source: Los Angeles Times - Science - September 30, 2014 Category: Science Source Type: news
SAMOA: Pacific women, youth to benefit from partnerships – UN
Women and youth must be seen as partners in development and involved, not just included, in decision-making, according to discussions at the United Nations conference on small island developing states which wraps up Thursday in Samoa. (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)
Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population - September 3, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
SAMOA: Pacific women, youth to benefit from partnerships - UN
Women and youth must be seen as partners in development and involved, not just included, in decision-making, according to discussions at the United Nations conference on small island developing states which wraps up Thursday in Samoa. (Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population)
Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population - September 3, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
