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Draft International Pacific Health Conference Programme

Master of Ceremonies: Fa’anana Efeso Collins

Sunday, 2 November 2014: Welcome reception

6pm: Mix and mingle

Opening prayer: Reverend Robert Robati-Mani

Welcome by the hosts: Sir Robert Stewart, KNZM: Chair of the Health Research Council of New Zealand (HRC) Board HRC Pacific Health Research Committee

Mix and mingle

Monday, 3 November 2014: Opening formalities

8am: Registration

9.15am: Opening plenary

Turou: Te Mapu O Te Enuamanu

Mihi Beau Haereroa

Opening prayer: Reverend Uesifili Unasa

Opening remarks:

Sir Robert Stewart, KNZM: Chair of the HRC Board

Lex Davidson: Acting Chief Executive of the HRC

Dr Palatasa Havea: HRC Pacific Health Research Committee

10.10am: Keynote speaker

Professor Sir Mason Durie, KNZM Principles for the advancement of Pasifika health in the 21st century

10.40am: Morning tea

Poster presentations will be displayed during the conference

1. Presenters: Mohammed Almasabi Institution: Monash University, Australia, and the Ministry of Health, Saudi Arabia Is there a link between accreditation and mortality?

2. Presenter: Ms Kealoha Fox

Institution: Office of Hawai’ian Affairs, Hawai’i, USA Mana is our legacy! Mauli Ola is our destiny!

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3. Presenter: Dr Ofa Dewes Institution: The University of Auckland, New Zealand Parent-focused weight management programme for Pacific children

4. Presenter: May Vawer Institution: The Queen's Medical Center and the University of Hawai’i John A. Burns School of Medicine, Hawai’i, USA A community-based, culturally relevant physical activity and nutrition program to reduce Native Hawaiian cardiovascular health disparities: Youth baseline characteristics

5. Presenter: Professor Adrian A. Franke

Institution: University of Hawai’i Cancer Center, Hawai’i, USA Composition of alkaloids in saliva during betel chewing in Guam for the identification of biomarkers

6. Presenter: Dr May Okihiro

Institution: University of Hawai’i John A. Burns School of Medicine and Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center, Hawai’i, USA Developing a stress and coping measure sensitive to experiences of low-income women in Hawai’i

11am–12.40pm:

Parallel sessions 1–3

Session 1: Innovation and Technology

Room: Rendezvous Ballroom Session Chair: Dr Palatasa Havea 1. Presenter: Dr John Sluyter

Institution: The University of Auckland, New Zealand Arterial waveform measures in the vitamin D assessment (ViDA) study: Relationships with Pacific ethnicity and modifiable factors

2. Presenter: Ms Mele A Look Institution: University of Hawai’i, School of Medicine, Department Native Hawaiian Health, Hawai’i, USA The impact of the cultural dance of hula on hypertension: Ola Hou I Ka Hula study

3. Presenter: Ms Losi Sa'ulilo Institution: AUT University, Auckland, New Zealand Pacific youth leaders providing their health solutions

4. Presenter: Dr Subramaniyam Gopalakrishnan Institution: Papua New Guinea University of Technology, Papua New Guinea Traditional medicine in Papua New Guinea and evaluation of radical scavenging, cytotoxic effect and antimicrobial activity of AgNPs from Medicinal plant Pittosporum f. Dryand

5. Presenter: Ms Amio Ikihele and Mary Roberts Institution: The University of Auckland, New Zealand Tapuaki: Pacific pregnancy and parenting innovation tools

Session 2: Partnership and Capacity Building

Room: Tasman Ballroom 1 Session Chair: Dr Vili Nosa 1. Presenter: Dr Malakai Ofanoa

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Institution: The University of Auckland, New Zealand The Tongan system model: A health promotion/community development model for Tongans living in urban areas in New Zealand

2. Presenter: Sana Daunauda

Institution: Kimi Hauora Wairau Marlborough Primary Health Organisation, New Zealand Vege-cation: A Pacific vegetable garden in your backyard with no smoking allowed

3. Presenter: Dr Pearl Anna Mcelfish Institution: The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences – Northwest, USA Novel methods for community assessments during traditional cultural events

4. Presenter: Ms Jennifer Elia Institution: University of Hawai’i John A. Burns School of Medicine, Hawai’i, USA Community engagement in a research project to investigate pregnancy intention and contraceptive use among Native Hawaiians

5. Presenter: Ms Natia Tucker Institution: Pasifika Injury Prevention Aukilana Incorporated, New Zealand Puataunofo come home safely – Pacific solutions for Pacific issues


Room: Tasman Ballroom 2 Session Chair: Dr Debbie Ryan

1. Presenter: Puipui Dellaquilla Joshua Sua

Institution: The University of Otago, New Zealand Breaking the walls

2. Presenters: Dr Robin E.S. Miyamoto, Dr Kealoha Fox, and Dr Diane Paloma. Institution: Na Limahana o Lonopu ha – The Native Hawaiian Health Consortium, Hawai’i, USA Nā Limahana o Lonopūhā: Innovative public–private partnership for Native Hawaiian health equity

3. Presenter: Ms Gayle Lafaiali’i Institution: Alliance Health Plus (AH+), Auckland, New Zealand Rheumatic fever: Pacific engagement strategy

12.40pm: Lunch

1.30pm-3pm:

Parallel sessions 4–6


Room: Rendezvous Ballroom Session Chair: Dr Josephine Herman 1. Presenter: Dr Maile Taualii

Institution: The University of Hawai’i, Hawai’i, USA Native Hawaiian and indigenous health public health degree: Innovation, social justice and responding to the needs

2. Presenter: Joey Cadiz

Institution: The University of Hawai’i, Hawai’i, USA Catching the waves of wellness: A traditional approach at health from the ocean that unites us

3. Presenter: Ms Malia Purdy

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Institution: The University of Hawai’i, Hawai’i, USA Kiko'u Ko'olau and indigenous public health: Cultivating wellness for the community

4. Presenter: Dr Maile Taualii

Institution: The University of Hawai’i, Hawai’i, USA Great research: Native Hawaiian views on biobanking


Room: Tasman Ballroom 1 Session Chair: Dr Vili Nosa 1. Presenters: Dr Jane Chung-Do and Ms Mele Look

Institution: University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Hawai’i, USA Community engaged research: Recommendations from Pacific Islander communities

2. Presenter: Ms Hali R. Robinett

Institution: University of Hawai’i Cancer Center, Hawai’i, USA University of Guam/University of Hawai’i Cancer Center partnership: Building research capacity to reduce cancer health disparities in the western Pacific

3. Presenters: Aufa'i Apulu Ropeti Areta and Fepulea'i Dr Micah Van der Ryn

Institution: American Samoa Community College, American Samoa Implementing the Samoan Vā concept as methodology in intervention efforts to reduce childhood obesity in American Samoa

4. Presenter: Associate Professor Lukas Dreyer Institution: U-Kinetics/Universal College of Learning, Palmerston North, New Zealand Clinical exercise physiology in New Zealand – An innovative approach to the global health challenge

Session 6: Partnership and Capacity Building Room: Tasman Ballroom 2 Session Chair: Dr Gerhard Sundborn

1. Presenter: Ms Maiava Carmel Peteru

Pasefika wellbeing: Our uniqueness, our connections

2. Presenters: Dr Melissa Stoneham Institution: Curtin University, Perth, Australia If it bleeds, it leads – The portrayal of indigenous health issues in the media

3. Presenter: Dr Pearl Anna McElfish

Institution: The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences – Northwest, USA Promises broken and health disparities within Marshallese living in the US

3pm: Afternoon tea

3.10pm-4.10pm: Plenary

Panel presentation: The HRC and Ministry of Health partnership, Pacific-led research

Room: Rendezvous Ballroom Session Chair: Ms Hilda Fa’asalele 1. Presenter: Dr Jemaima Tiatia-Seath

Institution: The University of Auckland, New Zealand Suicide prevention for Tongan youth in New Zealand

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2. Presenter: Dr Ofa Dewes Institution: The University of Auckland, New Zealand Diabetes, Obesity and the Church (DOC): Implementing the New Zealand Weight Management Guidelines for Pacific Children, Young People and Adults.

3. Presenter: Dr Tupa’ilevaililigi Ridvan Tupa’i-Firestone Institution: Massey University – Wellington Campus, New Zealand Reflections from the ‘Chewing the facts on fat: What does that say about me!’ study

4. Presenter: Dr Gerhard Sundborn Institution: Le Va, Auckland, New Zealand Kelston beverages pilot study

4.15pm: Closing plenary/prayer

4.30pm Refreshments (cash bar) and nibbles

Tuesday, 4 November 2014

8.30am: Registration


Takalo: Fuata Uluola

Opening prayer: Reverend Ere Talagi-Ikitoelagi

Opening remarks: Dr Josephine Herman: HRC Pacific Health Research Committee

Keynote speaker

Professor Keawe’aimoku Kaholokula Pacific aspirations and determinants of health in a global context


10.30am–12.40pm: Parallel sessions 7–9

Session 7: Behavioural Health

Room: Rendezvous Ballroom Session Chair: Professor Peggy Fairbairn-Dunlop 1. Presenter: Dr Thomas A. Wills

Institution: University of Hawai’i Cancer Center, Hawai’i, USA Resilience factors for substance use among adolescents in Hawai’i: Effects of parental support and adolescent self-regulation

2. Presenter: Sam Manuela Institution: The University of Auckland, New Zealand Current research with the Pacific identity and wellbeing scale

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3. Presenter: Dr Sela Panapasa

Institution: The University of Michigan, USA Prevalence of obesity and obesity-related diseases among Samoan and Tongan adults in California

4. Presenter: Ms Moala Netina Latu Institution: Ministry of Health Tonga, Tonga Using strategic health communication in evidence-based and sustainable behaviour change programming in Tonga

5. Presenter: Dr Vili Nosa Institution: The University of Auckland, New Zealand Pacific men’s health and wellbeing: A case study of Niuean and Cook Islands men

6. Presenter: Glenn H. Manglona Institution: Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation, Northern Mariana Islands 30 day use of cigarettes/tobacco

Session 8: Mental Health

Room: Tasman Ballroom 1 Session Chair: Denise Kingi-‘Ulu’ave

1. Presenter: Byron Seiuli Institution: University of Waikato, New Zealand Ua tafea le tau’ofe: Examining the psychological and emotional cost of sustaining Samoan funeral culture and traditional customs in modern times

2. Presenter: Dr Joy K. L. Andrade

Institution: University of Hawai‘i at Ma noa, John A. Burns School of Medicine, USA Comorbidity of depression with heart disease among adults seen in emergency departments in a large Asian-American and Pacific Islander sample, 2000–2010

3. Presenter: Dr Gretchen Gavero

Institution: University of Hawai’i at Ma noa, John A. Burns School of Medicine, USA Comorbidity of bipolar disorder and heart disease among adults in Hawai’i

4. Presenter: Mrs Synthia Mairikura Dash Institution: The University of Auckland, School of Population Health, New Zealand Deliberate self-harm and Pacific peoples in New Zealand: Perspectives of key informants

5. Presenter: Dr Jemaima Tiatia-Seath and Ms Eliza Puna Organisation: The University of Auckland, Te Wananga o Waipapa – School of Maori Studies and Pacific Studies, New Zealand Key messages for Pacific suicide prevention

6. Presenter: Abba Fidow

Institution: Le Va, Auckland, New Zealand Pasifika suicide prevention programme

Session 9: Non-Communicable Diseases

Room: Tasman Ballroom 2 Session Chair: Dr John Hedson 1. Presenter: Professor Stephen T. McGarvey

Institution: Brown University, Rhode Island, USA Community health worker behavioral intervention to improve diabetes management in American

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Samoa

2. Presenters: Ms Heena Akbar, Ms Salome Swan, Ms Wynn TeKani and Ms Malotuto'atasi Vaimoso Semaia Institution: Pasifika Women’s Alliance Incorporated and Queensland University of Technology, Australia Mate ni kawa – Our parents have it, so will we! Using participatory approach to examine diabetes of Pasifika women

3. Presenter: Kay A. Strawder Institution: USA Department of Health and Human Services, Region IX, California, USA Promising solutions for non-communicable diseases affecting Pacific women and families

4. Presenter: Dr Corina Grey Organisation: The University of Auckland, New Zealand How do Pacific patients with acute coronary syndrome in New Zealand compare with other patients?

5. Presenters: Ms Kealoha Fox and Mr Keola Chan Institution: Office of Hawaiian Affairs and ‘Aha Kāne, Hawai’i, USA Kūkulu Ola: Native Hawaiian health and traditional Hawaiian healing

6. Presenter: Ms N. Kau'i Baumhofer Institution: Harvard School of Public Health, Massachusetts, USA Differences in leisure, transportation, and total walking by gender and educational attainment among Pacific Islanders and non-Pacific Islanders

12.40pm: Lunch

1.10pm–2.10pm: Parallel session 10

Session 10: Behavioural and Mental Health

Room: Rendezvous Ballroom Session Chair: Dr Tai Sopoaga 1. Presenter: Alexander Windsor Stevens

Institution: AUT University, Auckland, New Zealand An indigenous framework for Māori and Pacific men recovering from childhood sexual abuse in New Zealand

2. Presenter: Dr Maria Bellringer Institution: AUT University, Auckland, New Zealand It’s not gambling – That’s a Western definition: Increasing understanding of Pacific gambling behaviours in New Zealand

3. Presenter: Dr Sione Vaka Institution: Massey University, School of Nursing, Auckland, New Zealand A Tongan talanoa about mental illness

1.10pm–3pm: Parallel sessions 11–12


Room: Tasman Ballroom 1 Session Chair: Dr Danny Areai 1. Presenter: Dr Josephine Herman

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Institution: The University of Auckland, New Zealand The role of alcohol in four-wheel motor vehicle crashes in Fiji

2. Presenter: Dr Iris Wainiqolo

Institution: The University of Auckland, New Zealand Association of kava with motor vehicle crashes and other injuries: A systematic review

3. Presenter: Wesley Lagolago Institution: AUT University, National Institute for Stroke and Applied Neuroscience, Auckland, New Zealand Increased incidence of traumatic brain injury in Pasifika: A profile of those people at risk

4. Presenter: Tainafi Lefono

Institution: AUT University, Centre for Person Centered Research, Auckland, New Zealand Information needs and cultural issues of importance for Pasifika peoples following a spinal cord injury

5. Presenter: Dr Andrew MacDonald Institution: Global Surgery Group, The University of Auckland, New Zealand Quantifying the burden of surgical conditions in the Pacific Islands: New estimates from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010


Room: Tasman Ballroom 2 Session Chair: Mrs Eseta Finau 1. Presenter: Dr Sela Panapasa

Institution: University of Michigan, USA Cancer incidence rates among Native Hawaiians and Samoans in the United States, 2000–2010

2. Presenter: Ms Patricia Fifita Organisation: University of Hawai‘i at Ma noa, Hawai’i, USA Navigating female cancers, illness experience and health-seeking behavior in Tonga: Indigenous articulations of health, culture and modernity

3. Presenter: Ms Maree Ualesi Institution: The University of Auckland, New Zealand Stroke knowledge and management: Perspectives from New Zealand Samoans

4. Presenter: Ms Sepelini Seuala Institution: The University of Auckland, New Zealand Samoan-English bilingual performance on the Boston naming test and its Samoan adaptation

3pm: Working afternoon tea

3.05pm–3.40pm: Plenary

Presentation: The Ministry of Social Development, New Zealand

Room: Rendezvous Ballroom Session Chair: Professor Peggy Fairbairn-Dunlop

Presenters: Mr Fa’amatuainu Pereira and Ms Everdina Fuli Ngā Vaka o Kāiga Tapu navigating the waters – A government co-ordinated approach informed by Pacific community leadership to prevent family violence

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Closing remarks

6.45pm: Conference dinner

Grace/dinner

Cultural performances

Closing prayer

8.30pm–10pm: Avaiki Band

WEDNESDAY, 5 NOVEMBER 2014 8.30am: Registrations


Turou: Enuamanu Society

Opening prayer: Reverend Robert Robati-Mani

Opening remarks: Dr Sela Panapasa: Conference Planning Committee/Assistant Research Scientist, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, USA

Keynote speakers panel

Chair: Dr Tai Sopoaga

Dr Dianne Sika-Paotonu Designer vaccines: A Pacific journey through the New Zealand science, health and research communities

Dr Yvette Paulino Areca (Betel) nut chewing and health implications in Micronesia

Ms Seini Jensen

Pacific evaluation for our Pasifika future

Dr El-Shadan Tautolo Pacific fathers: Cultivating our future leaders


11am–1.20pm: Parallel sessions 13–14

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Session 13: Reproductive Health

Room: Tasman Ballroom 1 Session Chair: Dr Iris Wainiqolo 1. Presenter: Mr Lester Asugeni

Institution: Pacific Adventist University, Papua New Guinea Community leader’s attitudes toward male circumcision for HIV prevention in Papua New Guinea

2. Presenter: Dr Reni Soon

Institution: University of Hawai’i, John A. Burns School of Medicine, Hawai’i, USA Understanding pregnancy intention and contraceptive decision-making among Native Hawaiians: Key informant interviews

3. Presenter: Ms Radilaite Delaibatiki Institution: The University of Otago, New Zealand Family planning use among Itaukei Fijian women in New Zealand and Fiji

4. Presenter: Ms Marianna Churchward Institution: Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand Pregnancy planning and contraceptive use among first time Samoan mothers living in New Zealand: We just had unprotected sex, I’m pregnant, it was a big shock

5. Presenter: Dr Karaponi Okesene-Gafa

Institution: The University of Auckland, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, New Zealand Knowledge and beliefs around nutrition and physical activity during pregnancy in women residing in a low-income area in Auckland, New Zealand

6. Presenters: Jacinta Fa’alili-Fidow and Mary Roberts Institution: The University of Auckland, TAHA Well Pacific Mother & Infant Service, New Zealand Tapuaki: Pacific pregnancy and parenting programme

7. Presenter: Professor Jane Koziol-McLain Institution: AUT University, Auckland, New Zealand Building the health response to violence against women in Pacific Island countries

Session 14: Child and Youth Health

Room: Tasman Ballroom 2 Session Chair: Dr Yvette C. Paulino 1. Presenter: Dr Nicola Hawley

Institution: Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Infant feeding practices among American Samoan mothers: The American Samoa infant feeding study

2. Presenter: Dr Rachel Novotny Institution: University of Hawai’i at Ma noa, Hawai’i, USA Building a child BMI monitoring system for the US affiliated Pacific region: A model from the Hawai’i Children’s Healthy Living Program

3. Presenter: Dr May Okihiro Institution: University of Hawai’i, John A. Burns School of Medicine, Hawai’i, USA

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Rapid growth in early childhood predicts risk of increased adiposity and insulin resistance in Native Hawaiian and Samoan adolescents

4. Presenter: Dr Sela Panapasa

Institution: University of Michigan, USA Prevalence of health risk behaviours and mental health symptoms among Samoan and Tongan adolescents in California

5. Presenter: Ms Caroline Dickson Institution: AUT University, Auckland, New Zealand The perceptions of Pacific adolescent girls who have a physical disability, on their participation in physical activity

6. Presenters: Ms Joanna White and Ms Metua Bates Institution: Health Promotion Agency, New Zealand How can we intervene? Understanding risk factors for smoking uptake among Pacific year 10 students in New Zealand

7. Presenter: Dr Neti Tamarua Herman Institution: The University of Auckland, New Zealand Investing in our young people: Akaupokotuanga i tatou au mapu no te au tuatau ki mua

1.20pm: Lunch

1.50pm–3.20pm: Parallel sessions 15–16

Session 15: Child/Youth Health and Beyond the Pacific

Room: Tasman Ballroom 1 Session Chair: Dr Jemaima Tiatia-Seath 1. Presenter: Dr Deborah Goebert

Institution: University of Hawai’i, Department of Psychiatry, Hawai’i, USA Change pathways in indigenous and non-indigenous youth suicide

2. Presenter: Ms Ulrike Krauss

Institution: Mater KIMS, Brisbane Child and Youth Mental Health Service, Australia A pilot survey on the mental health needs of Samoan and Tongan adolescents

3. Presenter: Hameed Mumtaz Durrani

Institution: AJK Medical College – University of Azad Jammu & Kashmir, Muzaffarabad, Pakistan Recognising the danger signs and health-seeking behaviour of mothers in childhood illness in Karachi, Pakistan

4. Presenter: Mohammad Shafiqul Islam

Institution: Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia Does quality of governance of NGOs contribute to quality of health service delivery in Bangladesh?

5. Presenter: Withaya Chanchai Institution: College of Public Health Sciences, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand Prevalence and risk factors of musculoskeletal discomfort in Thailand hospital orderlies

Session 16: Environmental Health

Room: Tasman Ballroom 2 Session Chair: Ms Everdina Fuli

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1. Presenter: Dr Stephanie Mead Using the law to support collaboration between central and local government and improve environmental health

2. Presenter: Elizabeth Webb

Institution: Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand The prevalence of dental caries and the fluorosis status of rural Ni-Van children continuously exposed to different fluoride concentrations by venting volcanoes

3.20pm: Afternoon tea

3.30pm: Closing plenary/prayer

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