Titlebook: Social Change and Psychosocial Adaptation in the Pacific Islands; Cultures in Transiti Anthony J. Marsella (Professor Emeritus),Ayda Auka B

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Federated States of Micronesia: Islands in the Sun,. Historically, the Micronesian region has been the setting for intensive and extensive complex interaction between indigenous and outsider peoples since 1521 when Spanish explorer Ferdinand Magellan made landfall in Guahan. Such interaction resulted in major changes in material, moral, health and s

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Alcohol and Drug Use in Honiara, Solomon Islands: A Cause for Concern, chewing community to a society with multi-substance use and abuse gathered momentum after the SecondWorldWar. When in 1987 Bennett published her historical account of the Solomon Islands history from 1800–1978 she refers to the introduction of tobacco and alcohol by whalers and traders in the 19th

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The Pacific Islands in Transition: Contrasts and Similarities,nges are exacting a high toll on human health and well being among the populations discussed in this volume. The burdens imposed by Westernization, both through direct exposure and through the media, are numerous and there are emerging conflicts and tensions in virtually all aspects of daily life fr

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The Pacific Islands in Transition: Contrasts and Similarities,om food preferences to political processes. In and out migration, urbanization, changes in family and community life, increased poverty, unemployment, environmental changes, and corrupt government are all major sources of stress that will require extensive attention fromeach nation and from the international community.