"Samoa" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A group of islands in the southwest central Pacific, divided into AMERICAN SAMOA and the INDEPENDENT STATE OF SAMOA (Western Samoa). First European contact was made in 1722 by Jacob Roggeveen, a Dutchman. In 1768 they were named Navigators Islands by Louis de Bougainville. The present name may derive from that of a local chieftain or from a local word meaning place of the moa, a now-extinct island bird. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p1061 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p481)
| Descriptor ID |
D018947
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| MeSH Number(s) |
Z01.639.760.815.800
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| Concept/Terms |
Samoa- Samoa
- Samoan Islands
- Samoa Islands
- Navigator Island
- Navigator Islands
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| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Samoa" by people in Profiles.
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Timoteo-Liaina I, Khozaim K, Chen YA, Buenconsejo-Lum L, Arslan AA, Matthews R, Del Priore G. The rising relative and absolute incidence of uterine cancer in specific populations. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2021 May; 153(2):330-334.
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Chang AL, Hurwitz E, Miyamura J, Kaneshiro B, Sentell T. Maternal risk factors and perinatal outcomes among pacific islander groups in Hawaii: a retrospective cohort study using statewide hospital data. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2015 Oct 05; 15:239.
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Cassel KD, Braun K, Ka'opua L, Soa F, Nigg C. Samoan body and soul: adapting an evidence-based obesity and cancer prevention program. Qual Health Res. 2014 Dec; 24(12):1658-72.
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Sentell T, Chang A, Cheng Y, Miyamura J. Maternal quality and safety outcomes for Asians and Pacific Islanders in Hawai'i: an observational study from five years of statewide data. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2014 Aug 30; 14:298.
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Hernandez BY, Ka'opua LS, Scanlan L, Ching JA, Kamemoto LE, Thompson PJ, Zhu X, Shvetsov YB, Tofaeono J, Williams VT. Cervical and anal human papillomavirus infection in adult women in American Samoa. Asia Pac J Public Health. 2013 Jan; 25(1):19-31.
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Black N, Nabokov V, Vijayadeva V, Novotny R. Higher percent body fat in young women with lower physical activity level and greater proportion Pacific Islander ancestry. Hawaii Med J. 2011 Nov; 70(11 Suppl 2):43-6.
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Cassel KD. Using the Social-Ecological Model as a research and intervention framework to understand and mitigate obesogenic factors in Samoan populations. Ethn Health. 2010 Aug; 15(4):397-416.
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Bacquet C, Braithwaite RL. Health disparity (HD) issues that affect underserved and racially or ethnically diverse communities, including African American, underserved and Samoan communities. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2009 May; 20(2 Suppl):1-2.
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Kaholokula JK, Saito E, Mau MK, Latimer R, Seto TB. Pacific Islanders' perspectives on heart failure management. Patient Educ Couns. 2008 Feb; 70(2):281-91.
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Aitaoto N, Braun KL, Dang KL, So'a T. Cultural considerations in developing church-based programs to reduce cancer health disparities among Samoans. Ethn Health. 2007 Sep; 12(4):381-400.