Critical medical ecological perspectives on diabetes in the Pacific Islands: colonialism, power, and balance in human-environment interaction over time

Critical medical ecological perspectives on diabetes in the Pacific Islands: colonialism, power, and balance in human-environment interaction over time

Background: Diabetes is endemic in Pacific Island jurisdictions where complex colonial relationships arose from the Spanish Empire, Japanese and German occupation in World Wars 1 and 2, and the Pacific Trust Territory era of the USA. Since diabetes reflects a cluster of ecological processes involvin...

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Main Authors: Timothy D V Dye, Angela Sy, Pertina Albert, Haley Cash, John Hadley, Tolina Tomeing, Erin Muir, Becky Robles, Scott McIintosh, Edolem Ikerdeu, Lorne Farovich, Lee Buenconsejo-Lum
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-03-01
Series:The Lancet Global Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214109X18301657

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