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IJE Advance Access originally published online on September 10, 2007
International Journal of Epidemiology 2008 37(2):273-279; doi:10.1093/ije/dym171
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Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the International Epidemiological Association © The Author 2007; all rights reserved.

Cohort Profile: The Pacific Islands Families (PIF) Study

Janis Paterson1,*, Teuila Percival2, Philip Schluter1,3, Gerhard Sundborn1, Max Abbott1, Sarnia Carter1, Esther Cowley-Malcolm1, Jim Borrows1, Wanzhen Gao1 and the PIF Study Group{dagger}

1 Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences, AUT University, Auckland, New Zealand.
2 Kidz First Children's Hospital and Community Service, Auckland, New Zealand.
3 School of Nursing, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.

* Corresponding author. Faculty of Health & Environmental Sciences, AUT University, Private Bag 92006, Auckland 1142, New Zealand. E-mail: janis.paterson@aut.ac.nz

Accepted 31 July 2007

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   How did the study come about?
 
In New Zealand, the Pacific population (those resident with a Pacific Islands heritage) is one of the fastest growing population subgroups and on census night, 7 March 2006, numbered 265 974 usual residents or 6.6% of the total population.1 Auckland is the preferred region of domicile.2 Samoans constitute the largest group (50%), followed by Cook Island Maori (23%), Tongan (18%), Niuean (9%), Fijian (3%), Tokelauan (3%) and Tuvalu Islanders (1%).2 This ethnic diversity is manifest in differing cultures, languages, and differential access to and utilization of education, health and social services. Pacific people are over-represented in many adverse health and social statistics2–4 leading to higher rates of communicable and non-communicable disease,2,4,5 hospitalization3,4,6 and death.2 Yet, prior to this study, there was relatively little culturally specific information on which to base efficacious coordinated public health interventions for this ethnic group.7

The Pacific Islands Families (PIF) Study, a birth cohort study, was . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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