Pub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.33318/jpacs.2021.41(1)-4
Shazna M. Buksh
Fiji aims to address the growing threat of HIV infections through the “test and treat” strategy which presupposes that Fijians will readily take part in testing and treatment of HIV. However, recent data indicates that uptake of testing and treatment continues to be very low within the Fijian population. This study looked at three key variables which are known to impede uptake of testing and adherence to treatment regimens; HIV knowledge, three types of HIV/AIDS-related stigma (fear-driven [FS], value- driven [VS], and anticipated secondary stigma [SS]), and familial support with 300 postsecondary students from Fiji. While knowledge of modes of transmission of HIV (KHIV) was high, participants had poor knowledge of the impact of HIV treatment on the quality of life of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA). Furthermore, high KHIV was associated with low levels of FS and VS and high levels of familial support. Finally, the results indicate that in comparison to other types of HIV/AIDS- related stigma considered in this study, FS was the strongest and the only statistically significant predictor of familial support beyond what could be accounted for by KHIV and gender differences. These findings are discussed in relation to the implications for the test and treat intervention in Fiji.
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Pub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.33318/jpacs.2021.41(1)-1
Gaurav Shukla
{"title":"Book Review - Ottley, B., Weisbrot, D., & Zorn, J. (2021). Making Law in Papua New Guinea. Carolina Academic Press","authors":"Gaurav Shukla","doi":"10.33318/jpacs.2021.41(1)-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33318/jpacs.2021.41(1)-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":29702,"journal":{"name":"Locale-The Australian-Pacific Journal of Regional Food Studies","volume":"22 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81519613","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.33318/jpacs.2021.41(1)-7
A. Crookes
The mental health challenges among college students are a rising global concern. Systematic monitoring of student health can inform campus services, identify students at risk and understand changing trends and stressors in young people. The University of South Pacific is ideally placed to provide this data across a geographically, culturally and contextually diverse population. The present study aims to provide an initial assessment and investigation of student health and well- being in the Pacific Island Countries. The study uses standardized measures to explore mental health and subjective wellbeing, physical health and diet behaviors, and sources of academic stress. A total of 2229 students completed a survey from 13 regional campuses. The findings suggest Pacific students are physically active, low on alcohol and tobacco use, and relatively high on subjective wellbeing. However, there are indicators of concern around health knowledge, high levels of academic performance anxiety and clear signs of psychological distress in some Pacific students. There was also a significant concealment of personal distress suggesting more needs to be done to normalize the discussion of emotional suffering, not simply providing counselling support. This is the first large scale Pacific student survey and highlights the potential for regular monitoring of health and wellbeing among Pacific students. The findings are discussed in terms of avenues for future research and using an evidence-based approach to strengthening university-based support services.
{"title":"Student Health and Well-being in the Pacific: Findings from a diverse regional population","authors":"A. Crookes","doi":"10.33318/jpacs.2021.41(1)-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33318/jpacs.2021.41(1)-7","url":null,"abstract":"The mental health challenges among college students are a rising global concern. Systematic monitoring of student health can inform campus services, identify students at risk and understand changing trends and stressors in young people. The University of South Pacific is ideally placed to provide this data across a geographically, culturally and contextually diverse population. The present study aims to provide an initial assessment and investigation of student health and well- being in the Pacific Island Countries. The study uses standardized measures to explore mental health and subjective wellbeing, physical health and diet behaviors, and sources of academic stress. A total of 2229 students completed a survey from 13 regional campuses. The findings suggest Pacific students are physically active, low on alcohol and tobacco use, and relatively high on subjective wellbeing. However, there are indicators of concern around health knowledge, high levels of academic performance anxiety and clear signs of psychological distress in some Pacific students. There was also a significant concealment of personal distress suggesting more needs to be done to normalize the discussion of emotional suffering, not simply providing counselling support. This is the first large scale Pacific student survey and highlights the potential for regular monitoring of health and wellbeing among Pacific students. The findings are discussed in terms of avenues for future research and using an evidence-based approach to strengthening university-based support services.","PeriodicalId":29702,"journal":{"name":"Locale-The Australian-Pacific Journal of Regional Food Studies","volume":"17 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90853974","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.33318/jpacs.2021.41(2)-2
Shazna M. Buksh
The Greater Suva Urban Area (GSUA) is the most densely populated area in Fiji and was greatly affected by the second wave of the COVID-19 outbreak. This study explores how lockdown and other COVID-19 safety protocols impacted the diets, eating behaviour and food purchasing behaviour of iTaukei (indigenous Fijian) families living in the GSUA. In-depth interviews with 13 iTaukei mothers from diverse socio-economic and occupational backgrounds highlight that loss of income was related to food insecurity, which also affected access to balanced meals and dietary diversity. Women also noted positive changes, including (1) reduced consumption of red and processed meat, (2) increased consumption of fruits and vegetables, (3) reduction in eating out and greater reliance on home-cooked meals, (4) reduction in food wastage, (5) increase in home gardening, and (6) greater concern for health and well-being. Unhealthy eating behaviours were also recorded, including greater reliance on energy-dense foods, increased cooking and baking of unhealthy foods, increased snacking, and replacing dinner with tea, snacks and sugary foods. These findings raise concerns about the long-term effects of COVID19 safety protocols on health and well-being and provide insights into opportunities for promoting healthier eating lifestyles, better management of resources, and enhancing food security.
{"title":"Urban Fijian Indigenous Families’ Positive and Negative Diet, Eating and Food Purchasing Experiences During the COVID 19 Safety Protocols","authors":"Shazna M. Buksh","doi":"10.33318/jpacs.2021.41(2)-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33318/jpacs.2021.41(2)-2","url":null,"abstract":"The Greater Suva Urban Area (GSUA) is the most densely populated area in Fiji and was greatly affected by the second wave of the COVID-19 outbreak. This study explores how lockdown and other COVID-19 safety protocols impacted the diets, eating behaviour and food purchasing behaviour of iTaukei (indigenous Fijian) families living in the GSUA. In-depth interviews with 13 iTaukei mothers from diverse socio-economic and occupational backgrounds highlight that loss of income was related to food insecurity, which also affected access to balanced meals and dietary diversity. Women also noted positive changes, including (1) reduced consumption of red and processed meat, (2) increased consumption of fruits and vegetables, (3) reduction in eating out and greater reliance on home-cooked meals, (4) reduction in food wastage, (5) increase in home gardening, and (6) greater concern for health and well-being. Unhealthy eating behaviours were also recorded, including greater reliance on energy-dense foods, increased cooking and baking of unhealthy foods, increased snacking, and replacing dinner with tea, snacks and sugary foods. These findings raise concerns about the long-term effects of COVID19 safety protocols on health and well-being and provide insights into opportunities for promoting healthier eating lifestyles, better management of resources, and enhancing food security.","PeriodicalId":29702,"journal":{"name":"Locale-The Australian-Pacific Journal of Regional Food Studies","volume":"8 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79794876","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.33318/jpacs.2021.41(1)-3
Eric Groves
Established in 1984, the National University of Samoa has undergone multiple phases of change to adapt to the needs and demands of the Samoan community. As the only national university in Samoa, one of the main functions bestowed upon the University is the preservation and sustainment of the Samoan language and culture through its teaching and research functions. Higher education being a non-Samoan concept, meant that the University had to undergo unique customisations and alterations in order to feature the Samoan language and culture in its general operations. This responsibility and expectation placed on the University saw the rise of three champions, who have led the Samoanisation of higher education in Samoa, despite the challenges of their respective times. In achieving the University’s intent for cultural adaptation, the late Dr. Fanaafi Le Tagaloa set the precedent in the University’s formative years, followed by Dr. Asofou So’o and Dr. Malama Meleisea, who are both proud advocates for the integration of the Samoan language and culture in higher education. This paper covers the historical context of the Samoanisation of higher education in Samoa while also forecasting its prospective future.
萨摩亚国立大学成立于1984年，经历了多个阶段的改革，以适应萨摩亚社区的需要和要求。作为萨摩亚唯一的国立大学，赋予该大学的主要职能之一是通过其教学和研究职能保存和维持萨摩亚语言和文化。高等教育是一个非萨摩亚的概念，这意味着大学必须经历独特的定制和改变，以便在其一般业务中具有萨摩亚语言和文化的特色。这种责任和对大学的期望见证了三位冠军的崛起，尽管他们各自面临着时代的挑战，但他们领导了萨摩亚高等教育的萨摩亚化。已故的Fanaafi Le Tagaloa博士为了实现大学适应文化的意图，在大学形成时期开创了先例，Asofou So 'o博士和Malama Meleisea博士紧随其后，他们都是萨摩亚语言和文化融入高等教育的自豪倡导者。这篇论文涵盖了萨摩亚高等教育的历史背景，同时也预测了其未来的前景。
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Pub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.33318/jpacs.2021.41(2)-3
M. Vaha
During the COVID-19 pandemic, many countries around the world have resorted to restricting some human rights. Different measures from limiting the freedom of movement and assembly to the conditions to the right to work have been enforced to protect the right to life. Pacific Island Countries (PICs) are no exception; since the beginning of global outbreak, several PICs have enforced different limitations to human rights, and have done so even when the communities have not been directly exposed to the coronavirus at the time. This paper analyses these restrictions in four PICs (Fiji, Samoa, Solomon Islands and Tonga) through the literature on limitations and derogations of international human rights law. While Pacific Island Countries should be praised for quick responses to the pandemic that have saved lives from the COVID-19, this article argues their governments must also be critically scrutinised for the consequences of the adopted responses from a broader human rights perspective
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Pub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.33318/jpacs.2021.41(2)-1
Keshmeer Makun1
The global economy has been devastated by the Covid-19 pandemic, which began in the first quarter of 2020. The unprecedented damages in terms of loss of lives, livelihoods, and interruptions in international travel have caused deep contractions in small islands and developing countries, which are known for their dependency on tourism. This paper empirically examines the relationship between tourism and economic growth in the selected Pacific Island Countries (PICs). Adopting a panel nonlinear autoregression distributed lagged (NARDL) approach, we account for potential nonlinearities in the relationship and empirically determine the asymmetric response of per capita GDP to positive and negative tourism shocks. Our analysis depicts that tourism and per capita GDP have a significant asymmetric relationship. The estimates show that a decrease in tourism earnings has a larger negative impact on economic growth when compared to the positive outcome of the same size rise in tourism earnings. The negative impact of tourism is also found to be more pronounced in the long run. The results are robust to different tourism indicators and sub-sample periods. ICT and the financial market as control variables have a significant positive effect on economic growth. The study findings have some policy implications for PICs.
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{"title":"Lugares, imágenes y conceptos","authors":"Mónica Marinaro, C. Davies","doi":"10.14409/rl.v4i4.9805","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14409/rl.v4i4.9805","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":29702,"journal":{"name":"Locale-The Australian-Pacific Journal of Regional Food Studies","volume":"10 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78934680","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-01-01DOI: 10.33318/jpacs.2020.40(2)-2
Lincy Pendeverana, Gordon Nanau
Independent MPs have always determined formation of government in Solomon Islands. In an effort to limit the critical influence of independent MPs in forming governments, which has been a problem after almost all elections since 1974, the National Parliament of Solomon Islands debated and passed the Political Parties Integrity Act (PPIA) in 2014. The PPIA promises to limit the influence of independent MPs and prescribes how political parties are to be administered. It is also intended to establish fairer gender representation in Parliament. We noted with interest that most MPs who debated and passed the PPIA went on and contested as independent candidates. In this paper, we look at the 2014 and 2019 election results to assess the impacts, effectiveness, and weaknesses of the PPIA. We also explain why it may have failed, and highlight factors that determine voter behaviour, election outcomes, and government formation in the country. Lessons learnt from the loopholes and weaknesses of the PPIA and electoral politics more generally are then used to suggest ways forward for political party development, inclusiveness, integrity, and stability in Solomon Islands.
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Pub Date : 2020-01-01DOI: 10.33318/jpacs.2020.40(2)-i
P. Carnegie, V. Naidu, Sandra Tarte
This special issue of The Journal of Pacific Studies covers the 2018 general elections in the Republic of Fiji Islands and the 2019 general elections in Solomon Islands. In 2000, the two countries experienced the overthrow of democratically elected governments. On 19th May 2000, nine armed soldiers of the Counter Revolutionary Warfare Unit of the Republic of Fiji Military Forces led by failed business executive George Speight entered the Fiji parliament and held the Prime Minister Mahendra Chaudhry and his government hostage. A little over two weeks later on 5th June, Andrew Nori and the Malaita Eagle Force, a faction in the armed conflict in the Solomon Islands held elected Prime Minister Bartholomew Ulufa’alo hostage at gunpoint, and forced him to resign. These martial acts ruptured the constitutional rule of law and impaired democratic institutions and mechanisms in both countries.
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