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“…OBJECTIVE: To describe daytime sleepiness and insomnia among adults in Samoa and identify modifiable factors associated with these measures. …”
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“…Evidential tailoring provided information on American Samoa (A.S.) social determinants of health; trainees indicated increased research commitment. …”
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“…This paper explores Pacific Islanders' climate-related mobilities with reference to cases from Samoa. It first conceptualizes Samoan mobility, which is rooted in Samoan culture, norms and worldviews, and then uses this as a framework to examine ways in which people shift and diversify their residential locations for climate-associated reasons. …”
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“…The study aimed to gather basic data on levels of antibiotic use in Samoa. All those who import medicines into Samoa were interviewed; invoices, prescription records in hospitals, pharmacies and health centres were reviewed; and prospective observation was carried out in private pharmacies. …”
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“…This study aimed to examine the effect of an 18-month nation-wide salt reduction strategy in Samoa. METHODS: Two nationally representative cross-sectional surveys of adults aged 18–64 years, measuring 24-h urinary salt excretion and salt-related knowledge, attitudes and behaviours, were conducted before (2013) and after (2015) the intervention. …”
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“…PROBLEM: Samoa has been struggling to address the burden of noncommunicable diseases at the health system, community and individual levels. …”
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“…This study aims to assess the factors that influence smoking uptake among young students in Samoa. Findings from this study will provide valuable insight to policymakers and health authorities on policies and strategies to combat smoking among youth in Samoa and the Pacific Island Countries (PICs). …”
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“…We applied an initial version of this method during an outbreak of measles in Samoa in 2019–2020 and found that it achieved relatively fast, accurate predictions. …”
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“…RESULTS: Human leptospirosis seroprevalence in American Samoa was 15.5% in 2010, with serological evidence that infection was caused by three predominant serovars (Hebdomadis, LT 751, and LT 1163). …”
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“…The objectives of this study were to estimate leptospirosis seroprevalence at geographic locations based on environmental factors, produce a predictive disease risk map for American Samoa, and assess the accuracy of the maps in predicting infection risk. …”
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“…Here we evaluate whether the biomass estimates of these herbivore functional groups are good predictors of reef benthic assemblages, using data from 240 sites from five island groups in American Samoa. Using an information theoretic approach, we assembled a candidate set of linear and nonlinear models to identify the relations between benthic cover and total herbivore and non-herbivore biomass and the biomass of the aforementioned functional groups. …”
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“…AIMS: Population surveys of Type 2 diabetes mellitus and obesity conducted in Samoa over three decades have used varying methodologies and definitions. …”
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“…BACKGROUND: Pregnant women in American Samoa have a high risk of complications due to overweight and obesity. …”
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“…The age-based life history of two commercially-important species of snapper (Lutjanidae) and one emperor (Lethrinidae) were characterized from the nearshore fishery of Tutuila, American Samoa. Examination of sagittal otoliths across multiple months and years confirmed the annual deposition of increments and highlighted marked variation in life-history patterns among the three meso-predator species. …”
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“…American Samoa is working to improve swine production genetics and management. …”
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“…In 2019, an unprecedented epidemic of measles affected Samoa, requiring a state of emergency to be declared. …”
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“…Following the first triple-drug mass drug administration (MDA) for lymphatic filariasis in Samoa in 2018, unexpected persistence of microfilaria (Mf) positivity in 18 (15%) of 121 antigen-positive persons was observed in a nationwide household survey 1–2 months later. …”
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“…We conducted a natural experiment with pre–post measures taken from women in the 12 villages in Samoa, some of which voluntarily participated in the sport-for-development intervention. …”
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