The Study of Chronic Disease in Samoan Populations
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14835752 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Joel M Hanna, Paul T Baker (0000-0003-2745-753X) |
| Year | 1986 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Pages | 8-9 |
| Publication date | 1986-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Practicing Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0888-4552 • E-ISSN: 2994-1628 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.17730/praa.8.1-2.u0q65074303276j4 |
| OpenAlex | W1977423084 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
As human populations become modernized through migration or by in situ Westernization they experience a change in their patterns of morbidity and mortality. Infectious disease, gastrointestinal disorders and traumatic injury generally decline, while heart disease, stroke, diabetes, gout and carcinoma increase in prevalence. These chronic diseases are accompanied by a number of observable risk factors such as obesity, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, and lack of physical activity. As these populations begin to resemble modern nations in their morbidity and mortality profiles, there is also an increased life expectancy; but chronic diseases are characteristic of mature adults, so the increased life span is not necessarily a healthy one. Sustained medical care for the chronically ill can be expensive
Chronic disease · Diabetes mellitus · Disease · Environmental health · Intensive care medicine · Life expectancy · Obesity · Population · Samoan · Demography · Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology · Health disparities and outcomes · Medicine · Gerontology · Internal Medicine
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,03 |
| Citation span | 1989 - 1989 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |