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Acculturation and Health Status in the Children’s Healthy Living Program in the Pacific Region
by Kalanikiekie S. Sparks, Marie K. Fialkowski, Rica Dela Cruz, Andrew Grandinetti, Lynne Wilkens, Jinan C. Banna, Andrea Bersamin, Yvette Paulino, Tanisha Aflague, Patricia Coleman, Jonathan Deenik, Travis Fleming and Rachel Novotny
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2024, 21(4), 448; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21040448 - 6 Apr 2024
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Acculturation/enculturation has been found to impact childhood health and obesity status. The objective of this study is to use cross-sectional data to examine the association between proxies of adult/caregiver acculturation/enculturation and child health status (Body Mass Index [BMI], waist circumference [WC], and acanthosis [...] Read more.
Acculturation/enculturation has been found to impact childhood health and obesity status. The objective of this study is to use cross-sectional data to examine the association between proxies of adult/caregiver acculturation/enculturation and child health status (Body Mass Index [BMI], waist circumference [WC], and acanthosis nigricans [AN]) in the U.S.-Affiliated Pacific Islands (USAPI), Alaska, and Hawaiʻi. Study participants were from the Children’s Healthy Living (CHL) Program, an environmental intervention trial and obesity prevalence survey. Anthropometric data from 2–8 year olds and parent/caregiver questionnaires were used in this analysis. The results of this study (n = 4121) saw that those parents/caregivers who identified as traditional had children who were protected against overweight/obesity (OWOB) status and WC > 75th percentile (compared to the integrated culture identity) when adjusted for significant variables from the descriptive analysis. AN did not have a significant association with cultural classification. Future interventions in the USAPI, Alaska, and Hawaiʻi may want to focus efforts on parents/caregivers who associated with an integrated cultural group as an opportunity to improve health and reduce child OWOB prevalence. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Disparity of Non-Communicable Diseases Among Pacific Islanders)
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USAPI USDM: Operational Drought Monitoring in the U.S.-Affiliated Pacific Islands
by Richard R. Heim, Charles Guard, Mark A. Lander and Brandon Bukunt
Atmosphere 2020, 11(5), 495; https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos11050495 - 12 May 2020
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The U.S. Drought Monitor (USDM) has been the de facto operational drought monitoring product for the United States for the last two decades. For most of this time, its coverage included the 50 States and Puerto Rico. In 2019, coverage was expanded to [...] Read more.
The U.S. Drought Monitor (USDM) has been the de facto operational drought monitoring product for the United States for the last two decades. For most of this time, its coverage included the 50 States and Puerto Rico. In 2019, coverage was expanded to include the U.S.-Affiliated Pacific Islands (USAPI). The geography, geomorphology, and climatology of the USAPI significantly differ from those of the mainland U.S. (CONUS) and they posed a unique challenge for the USDM authors. Following National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) priorities for development of products in collaboration with users in what is termed “use-inspired science”, NOAA agencies conducted several workshops to identify data and impacts relevant for, and develop drought monitoring criteria appropriate for, the USAPI. Once the criteria were identified and data processing systems were set up, the USAPI were included as part of the operational USDM drought monitoring beginning in March 2019. The drought monitoring criteria consist of weekly and monthly minimum precipitation thresholds for triggering drought, and they follow the USDM “convergence of evidence” methodology for determining the severity level (Dx) of the drought spell. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Climate Information and Climatic Risk Management)
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