Polynesian Medical Beliefs

Traditional Health Beliefs: Values of Other Pacific …

https://geriatrics.stanford.edu/ethnomed/hawaiian_pacific_islander/fund/health_beliefs/pi_values.html

Pacific Islanders share many of the same values as Native Hawaiians. For example, the Micronesian model closely follows the Native Hawaiian paradigm in that “family” can refer to multiple uncles and aunts, adopted brothers and sisters, and innumerable cousins (Palafox & Warren A., 1980). Among Samoans, traditional Samoan culture still ...

Relationships between health and culture in Polynesia

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This review of journal articles and book chapters discusses the health beliefs characteristic of Polynesia and reveals several themes. These are: commonality in health …

Relationships between health and culture in Polynesia – …

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With reference to public health policy in New Zealand, Ma'ia'i (1994) and Tamasese, Peteru, Waldegrave, and Bush (2005) have argued for a recognition of the …

Polynesian culture | History, People, …

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Polynesian culture, the beliefs and practices of the indigenous peoples of the ethnogeographic group of Pacific islands known as Polynesia (from Greek poly ‘many’ and …

Traditional Health Beliefs: Native Hawaiian Values

https://geriatrics.stanford.edu/ethnomed/hawaiian_pacific_islander/fund/health_beliefs.html

Relationships between health and culture in Polynesia

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Per the traditional beliefs of many Polynesian cultures, health is maintained through harmony with the divine (Capstick et al., 2009). In contrast, physical and mental …

Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Health

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Health and Health Care for Asian Americans and Native Hawaiians and Other Pacific Islanders (NHOPIs) in the United States (Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation) - …

Library: Nursing Pacific: Traditional medicine & health …

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Traditional healing and Pacificans: A manual for community health worker by Sitaleki A. Finau et al. Dewey Number: 362.1089994 FIN. Publication Date: 2004. …

Native Hawaiian medicine focuses on nature’s healing …

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Called kanaka maoli lapa’au, Hawaiian medicine is based on holistic healing and oneness with the cosmos and elements, Mishra said. Native Hawaiians, who migrated from …

Samoan Medical Belief and Practice – UH Press

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This is the first comprehensive study of Samoan medicine. Cluny and La‘avasa Macpherson have carried out intensive investigation into the practice and beliefs of contemporary …