Department of Health and Social Affairs

Recent papers from Department of Health and Social Affairs

1. Bridging the Digital Divide: Tailoring Cancer Registry Education Materials to the US Affiliated Pacific Island Jurisdictions NeedsJCO Global Oncology · 2026
2. Estimating the long-term effects of mass screening for latent and active tuberculosis in the Marshall IslandsInternational Journal of Epidemiology · 2022
3. Differentiating New from Newly Detected: Melioidosis in Yap, Federated States of MicronesiaAmerican Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene · 2019
4. Global, Regional, and National Cancer Incidence, Mortality, Years of Life Lost, Years Lived With Disability, and Disability-Adjusted Life-Years for 29 Cancer Groups, 1990 to 2016JAMA Oncology · 2018
5. Measles outbreak response vaccination in the Federated States of MicronesiaInternational Journal of Epidemiology · 2016
6. Socioeconomic and demographic predictors of selected cardiovascular risk factors among adults living in Pohnpei, Federated States of MicronesiaBMC Public Health · 2014
7. Association of Socioeconomic Position and Demographic Characteristics with Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors and Healthcare Access among Adults Living in Pohnpei, Federated States of MicronesiaInternational Journal of Chronic Diseases · 2014
8. Impact of Routine Hepatitis B Immunization on the Prevalence of Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Infection in the Marshall Islands and the Federated States of MicronesiaThe Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal · 2009
9. A Standardized Process for Developing a National Notifiable Diseases List in a Pacific Island SettingAsia Pacific Journal of Public Health · 2009
10. Persistence of Protection Against Hepatitis B Virus Infection Among Adolescents Vaccinated With Recombinant Hepatitis B Vaccine Beginning at BirthThe Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal · 2008
11. The Tonga Healthy Weight Loss Program 1995–97Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition · 1999