Insights in Public Health: A Tale of Two Polities: Health in Independent and American Samoa

Hawaii Medical Journal

关键词: Independent State of Samoa;    American Samoa;    US Territory;    Insular Areas;    Pacific islands;    chronic diseases;    diabetes;    heart disease;    obesity;    neonatal mortality;    immunization;    skilled birth attendance;    political economy;    colonization;    globalization;    economic development;    urbanization;   

学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: University Clinical, Education & Research Associates

【 摘 要 】

Independent and American Samoa have a shared cultural, genetic, ethnolinguistic, and historical background but have been politically separated since 1899. In this essay, we examine the health of these two polities and identify two key health patterns ...

【 授权许可】

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