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Malia Lameta PA/Administrator to the Associate Dean Pacific PIRSSU
Tangi Joseph Secretary PIRSSU
Melbourne Mauiliu Student Liaison PIRSSU

PIRSSU Research

Building a Pacific health workforce in New Zealand: Initial findings from a transition project in first year health sciences at university. A Practice Report
by Sopoaga, Faafetai and Van der Meer, Jacques
The International Journal of the First Year in Higher Education, EISSN 1838-2959, 07/2011, Volume 2, Issue 2, p. 61
Pacific peoples are a migrant minority ethnic group in New Zealand. They suffer disproportionately from poor health and education outcomes compared to the total... Academic achievement, Minority students, College students, Health education, Higher education

Relationships between health and culture in Polynesia - a review
by Capstick, Stuart; Norris, Pauline; Sopoaga, Faafetai; Tobata, Wale
Social science & medicine (1982), ISSN 0277-9536, 04/2009, Volume 68, Issue 7, pp. 1341 - 1348
This review of journal articles and book chapters discusses the health beliefs characteristic of Polynesia and reveals several themes. These are: commonality in... Culture, SAMOANS, Intervention, Health beliefs, Review

National audit of women with abnormal cervical smears in New Zealand
by Sarfati, Diana; Cox, Brian; Jones, Ronald W; Sopoaga, Tai; Rimene, Christine; Paul, Charlotte
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, ISSN 0004-8666, 04/2003, Volume 43, Issue 2, pp. 152 - 156
Objective: To evaluate the follow‐up of women with abnormal cervical smears identified by the National Cervical Screening Programme (NCSP) in New Zealand. Desig... Uterine Cervical Neoplasms - pathology, ELECTROSURGICAL EXCISION, TRIAL, TRANSFORMATION ZONE, abnormal cervical smears

Training medical students in Pacific health through an immersion programme in New Zealand
by Sopoaga, Faafetai; Connor, Jennie L; Dockerty, John D; Adams, John; Anderson, Lynley
The New Zealand medical journal, ISSN 0028-8446, 2012, Volume 125, Issue 1349, p. 37
Medical schools are required to adequately prepare students to work in increasingly diverse and multi-ethnic societies.

Developing a health workforce from an underserved population in New Zealand
by Sopoaga, Faafetai; de la Barra, Sophia Leon; van der Meer, Jacques; Samalia, Latika; Carr, Sarah; Delaibatiki, Radilaite
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, ISSN 1326-0200, 10/2011, Volume 35, Issue 5, pp. 494 - 495
Health Occupations - education, PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH, Healthcare Disparities - ethnology

Strengthening Health Research Capacity From Within Samoa
by Fuatai, Fonoti Lafitai I; Suaalii-Sauni, Tamasailau; Sopoaga, Tai; McCool, Judith; Faafeu-Hope, Eseta; Hill, Philip
Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health, ISSN 1010-5395, 01/2011, Volume 23, Issue 1, pp. 100 - 109
This article reflects on the challenges of strengthening health research capacity from within Samoa. It examines the status of health research and related curri... research methods, Samoa, quantitative research, PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH, qualitative research

Causes of excess hospitalizations among Pacific peoples in New Zealand: implications for primary care
by Sopoaga, Faafetai; Buckingham, Ken; Paul, Charlotte
Journal of primary health care, ISSN 1172-6164, 06/2010, Volume 2, Issue 2, p. 105
Pacific people suffer disproportionately poorer health and reduced life expectancy at birth compared to the total New Zealand population. To assess causes of ex... Hospitalization - statistics & numerical data, Oceanic Ancestry Group - statistics & numerical data