Critical medical ecological perspectives on diabetes in the Pacific Islands: colonialism, power, and balance in human-environment interaction over time

• Main Authors: Timothy D V Dye (Author), Angela Sy (Author), Pertina Albert (Author), Haley Cash (Author), John Hadley (Author), Tolina Tomeing (Author), Erin Muir (Author), Becky Robles (Author), Scott McIintosh (Author), Edolem Ikerdeu (Author), Lorne Farovich (Author), Lee Buenconsejo-Lum (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2018-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Diabetes is endemic in Pacific Island jurisdictions where complex colonial relationships arose from the Spanish Empire, Japanese and German occupation in World Wars 1 and 2, and the Pacific Trust Territory era of the USA. Since diabetes reflects a cluster of ecological processes involvin...