Research Archives

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Health Equity

“US Territory” – A Consequential Label

Researchers explored if the different colonial histories between Samoa and American Samoa created health differences among the people who live there.

Fellow Sara Mar

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I Got a Story to Tell

The percentage of rap songs referencing suicide, depression and mental health increased dramatically during the study period from 1998-2018.

Fellow Rubina Veerakone

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Health Equity

Awaiting Death: Undocumented and No ID

Undocumented migrants are denied care not because of their legal status but because of their lack of photo identification.

Guest Author Anthony Jimenez

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The Trauma of Colonization

The high percentage of psychological distress among Guam's indigenous Chamorros speaks to the intergenerational trauma inflicted by colonization.

Fellow Sara Mar

05.13.2021 child holding puzzle piece

Health Equity

Diagnosis Differences

Individual differences in autism spectrum disorder symptoms may become lost in the diagnostic chasm depending upon where the diagnosis is made.

Fellow Rubina Veerakone

05.12.2021 Faces of different colors

Health Equity

Structural Racism in the US: Time for Truth and Reconciliation

The authors propose a Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) to investigate health care systems and health outcomes as a way to reckon with US health disparities and structural inequities and move forward.

Guest Authors Maya Sabatello, Greta L. Goto

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A Colonizer’s Diet

Eating processed foods became necessary for survival, but firmly established unhealthy eating patterns in the American territories of the Pacific Islands.

Fellow Sara Mar

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Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Access Hinges on Policymakers

The Covid-19 pandemic has both increased the urgency of increasing access to medications for opioid use disorder and prompted an easing of regulations.

Guest Author Casy Calver

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Green Crime of Colonization

U.S. colonial and military activity has created legacies of environmental pollution in the U.S. Pacific territories of Guam, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands.

Fellow Sara Mar

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