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Pacific Islander Health II, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawai‘i
Guest Editor’s Message
Neal Palafox MD, MPH
Hawaii Med J. 2011;70(11suppl2):3. PMCID: PMC3254228.
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Health Care for Micronesians and Constitutional Rights
Dina Shek JD, MA and Seiji Yamada MD, MPH
Hawaii Med J. 2011;70(11suppl2):4–8. PMCID: PMC3254229.
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Social Determinants of Health for Native Hawaiian Children and Adolescents
David M.K.I. Liu MD, PhD, JD and Christian K. Alameda PhD
Hawaii Med J. 2011;70(11suppl2):9–14. PMCID: PMC3254224.
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An Innovative Approach to Developing a Cultural Competency Curriculum: Efforts at the John A. Burns School of Medicine, Department of Native Hawaiian Health
Dee-Ann L. Carpenter MD; Martina L. Kamaka MD; and C. Malina Kaulukukui MSW
Hawaii Med J. 2011;70(11suppl2):15–19. PMCID: PMC3254230.
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Recommendations for Medical Training: A Native Hawaiian Patient Perspective
Martina L. Kamaka MD; Diane S.L. Paloma MBA; and Gregory G. Maskarinec PhD
Hawaii Med J. 2011;70(11suppl2):20–24. PMCID: PMC3254220.
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Imi Ho‘ola Program: Producing Primary Care Physicians for Hawai‘i and the Pacific
Chessa C. DeCambra MBA and Winona K. Lee MD
Hawaii Med J. 2011;70(11suppl2):25–26. PMCID: PMC3254222.
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Palliative Care and Traditional Practices of Death and Dying in Wa’ab (Yap Proper) and in the Outer Islands of Yap
Gregory G. Maskarinec PhD; Fr Kelly Yalmadau; Maryann R. Maluchmai; Petra Tun MO; Cyril Yinnifel; and W. Thane Hancock MD, MPH
Hawaii Med J. 2011;70(11suppl2):27–30. PMCID: PMC3254221.
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Local Food Policies Can Help Promote Local Foods and Improve Health: A Case Study from the Federated States of Micronesia
Lois Englberger PhD; Adelino Lorens; Moses Pretrick; Mona J. Tara; and Emihner Johnson
Hawaii Med J. 2011;70(11suppl2):31–34. PMCID: PMC3254231.
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Needs and Experiences of Samoan Breast Cancer Survivors in Southern California
Sora Park Tanjasiri DrPH, MPH; Sala Mata’alii, RN, MSN, MBA/HCM; Marion Hanneman; and Melanie D. Sabado MPH, BA, BS
Hawaii Med J. 2011;70(11suppl2):35–39. PMCID: PMC3254226.
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Cancer Mortality Following Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB) Contamination of a Guam Village
Robert L. Haddock DVM MPH; Grazyna Badowski PhD; and Renata Bordallo MSW
Hawaii Med J. 2011;70(11suppl2):40–42. PMCID: PMC3254225.
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Higher Percent Body Fat in Young Women with Lower Physical Activity Level and Greater Proportion Pacific Islander Ancestry
Nate Black MS; Vanessa Nabokov MS; Vinutha Vijayadeva PhD, MPH; and Rachel Novotny PhD, RD
Hawaii Med J. 2011;70(11suppl2):43–46. PMCID: PMC3254223.
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An Assessment of the Pacific Regional Cancer Coalition: Outcomes and Implications of a Regional Coalition Internal and External Assessment
Angela U. Sy DrPH; Karen A. Heckert PhD, MPH, MSW; Lee Buenconsejo-Lum MD; Johnny Hedson MBBS, MMed(Surg); Suresh Tamang MBA; and Neal Palafox MD, MPH
Hawaii Med J. 2011;70(11suppl2):47–53. PMCID: PMC3254227.
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UH Cancer Center HOTLINE
The Training and Education Program of the University of Guam/University of Hawai‘i Cancer Center Partnership
Hali R. Robinett MPH; Todd Ames PhD; John A. Peterson PhD; Helen J.D. Whippy PhD; and Carl-Wilhelm Vogel PhD, MD
Hawaii Med J. 2011;70(11suppl2):54–55. PMCID: PMC3254219.
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