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
Session 3: Partnership and Capacity Building
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 Lonopuha – 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
Session 4: Partnership and Capacity Building
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
Session 5: Partnership and Capacity Building
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
9.15am: Opening plenary
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
10.15am: Morning tea
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 Manoa, 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 Manoa, 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
Session 11: Non-Communicable Diseases
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
Session 12: Non-Communicable Diseases
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 Manoa, 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
9.30am: Opening plenary
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
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Dr Dianne Sika-Paotonu
Designer vaccines: A Pacific journey through the New Zealand science, health and research
communities
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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
10.40am: Morning tea
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 Manoa, 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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