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Health, Well Being, and Social Context of Samoan Migrants Populations.

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dc.contributor.author T. McGarvey, Stephen
dc.contributor.author Seiden, Andrew
dc.date.accessioned 2021-12-09T06:42:31Z
dc.date.available 2021-12-09T06:42:31Z
dc.date.issued 2005
dc.identifier.citation DOI:10.1111/j.1556-4797.2010.01060.x en_US
dc.identifier.issn 1556-4789
dc.identifier.uri ${sadil.baseUrl}/handle/123456789/1581
dc.description 17 pages : PDF en_US
dc.description.abstract A minimal estimate suggests 300,000 Samoans reside outside the Samoan archipelago in the United States, New Zealand, and Australia. Anthropological studies of Samoan migration provide a broader perspective that emphasizes the deep connections among individuals and families residing in and outside the Samoas, and the adaptive nature of these connections. A review of the published socioeconomic, demographic, public health, and medical literatures indicates that Samoans residing outside the Samoas may be at high risk for poor levels of population health because of poverty, low health literacy, and sociocultural influences on healthcareknowledge,attitude,andaccess.ThereislittlesystematicinformationonSamoans intheUnitedStatesandAustralia.Basedontrendsfromsmallerstudiesandthenationaldata from New Zealand, we recommend more population-based health research among Samoans. Studiesofrepresentativesampleswillprovidemoreaccurateassessmentsofthespectrumofsocial and economic characteristics, acculturative processes, the returns and costs of connectedness to the families and villages in the Samoas, and population health characteristics. Studies should emphasize not only the negative costs to health and well-being of migration but the processes of adjustment, accommodation, and adaptation that produce the varieties of ways of life among Samoans outside the Samoas en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Wiley-Blackwell en_US
dc.subject Samoans, health, well-being, remittances, migration, adaptation en_US
dc.title Health, Well Being, and Social Context of Samoan Migrants Populations. en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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