Peggy Fairbairn-Dunlop

• Auckland University of Technology

Introduction For over 30 years, Pacific people have been identified as more at risk of developing problem gambling behaviors than the general population. That observation has not changed despite the increase in treatment service providers, Pacific gambling literature and problem-gambling literature, which are primarily quantitative-based. This arti...

Objectives: Adolescent pregnancy is a national public health priority in Thailand. While contraceptive methods are available to prevent adolescent pregnancy, Thai adolescent contraceptive usage is low. Community pharmacists are likely the first health professionals to contact adolescents engaged in unprotected sex and needing emergency contracepti...

Background In New Zealand, Pacific people continue to be more at risk of gambling harm than the general population, despite increasing public health efforts and treatment service provisions introduced to address this social and health issue. In looking at why this is so, our first concern was to ask why the delivery of the prevailing gambling-focus...

The election of Fiamē Naomi Mata‘afa as the first female prime minister of Sāmoa has been widely heralded as a critical juncture, especially for women, that will change the nature of Sāmoan politics. In this Comment piece we endorse the observation that Fiamē’s success is remarkable and her election as prime minister significant. But we also cautio...

Aim: The aim of this study was to examine the demographic factors associated with attendance at colposcopy clinics among Pacific women following a high-grade cytology in New Zealand. Methods: A retrospective cohort study was undertaken of Pacific women following high-grade cytology between January 2010 and December 2015. Univariate and multivari...

Purpose: This narrative review explores the barriers and facilitators for Pacific women accessing the cervical screening pathway. Despite organized cervical screening in New Zealand, Pacific women still face significant health disparities in regard to cervical cancer incidence and mortality and access to colposcopy services. Providing a narrative s...

Adolescent pregnancy has been a critical public health problem in Thailand since 2008. Contraceptive methods become a medical strategy to prevent unplanned pregnancies. Studies illustrate that contraceptive use rate among sexually active Thai adolescents, compared to adults, is relatively low. Studies also show that decisions on contraceptive use c...

Previous research has suggested there are ethnic disparities in the incidence of traumatic brain injury (TBI). This study aimed to: identify the incidence of TBI for Pacific people; describe the injury profile in this population; and determine if there were disparities in healthcare service use. All TBI cases that occurred within a 1-year period in...

Because identity (language and culture) are central to Pacific knowledge and knowledge construction processes, Pacific students’ educational experiences should be viewed through a cultural lens that sees Pacific knowledge and practices as valid and valued. This study explores the relationship between culture and educational outcomes as seen in how...

This paper explores how global aid agendas impact NGO responsibility for Violence Against Women (VAW) community education programmes. VAW is a critical issue in the Pacific region. A reconfiguration of the NGO sector is taking place whereby larger NGOs receive more resources than smaller, more diverse NGOs. This paper examines a regional-national p...

The decline of the Samoan language spoken by Samoan people in New Zealand is ringing alarm bells for the Samoan community. It is a serious issue and a challenge facing the Samoan people. A study conducted in South Auckland in 2002 entitled “Languages of Manukau” has concluded that Pasifika languages in New Zealand, including the Samoan language, ar...

Pacific females are achieving significantly better than males at secondary through to tertiary level study. This paper argues the need to review educational outcomes through a Pacific gender lens to identify how cultural expectations might influence the school experience today. The concept of a Samoan gender lens is explored and applied. Findings a...

Climate change has become a permanent feature on the global media scene and in the decision-making of policy makers. The voices of academics, scientists, politicians and commentators dominate the climate change debate, yet local knowledges and beliefs, local realities, as well as local voices and actions are essential elements of navigating the way...

The Pacific Islands Families (PIF) study is a longitudinal investigation of a cohort (N=1376) of Pacific infants born in New Zealand (NZ), and their mothers and fathers. The PIF study aimed to determine: (1) the prevalence of disciplinary and nurturing parenting practices used with children at 12 months of age, and (2) the demographic, maternal and...

When I returned to Victoria University in 2006 I was amazed by the changes from the 1960s - when I was one female in a very small bunch of students. Today there are almost 1,000 Pacific students; the Pacific along with the Maori are written into Victoria's strategic goals; there is a Pacific Peoples Advisory Council (PPAC) to the Vice-Chancellor; a...

This inventory seeks to document the range of research interests and activities taking place on Pacific topics at Victoria University of Wellington (VUW). It has emerged out of a collaboration between the Office of Research and Postgraduate Studies, and the Programme in Pacific Studies. The inventory aims to provide an informed basis for the strate...

Pacific peoples are a rapidly growing but socially disadvantaged segment of New Zealand society. Within this context, individuals may be particularly vulnerable to the experience of intimate partner violence (IPV). The aim of the study was to establish the association between the experience of maternal and/or paternal emotional or physical abuse an...

This study, undertaken in 1986, focused on women's contribution to the household agricultural production unit, and women's perceptions of their contribution. The purpose of the study was to document the nature and extent of women's work and the factors affecting this contribution. Over a 1-week period, women respondents from each of 54 households c...

Ensuring that the education of women and girls is on national agenda is a high priority issue in all Pacific countries, whether we are arguing from the viewpoint of human resource development or equity for women. The difference today is that this push is now supported by data - it is no longer based on unverified assumptions about how many women ar...

Because the systems for allocating, validating the use of and transferring the rights to land lie at the core of Samoan social systems, what implications will changes in land tenure have on the faaSamoa social and political structures and, Samoan feelings of identity - that land is my future and my past? Questions include: • Does the purchase of fr...

This paper presents a picture of educational needs and ways South Pacific countries are addressing these needs. It proposes that the two major educational issues facing Pacific nations as they address the task of human resource development are those relating to equity of access to quality education and training, and the appropriateness of curricula...

Abstract The increase in reported acts of abuse within Pacific Island families in New Zealand raises the question of possible differences in Pacific child raising practices and expectations, including perceptions of what types of behaviour are abusive and what is disciplining.All too little research is available in this area. This study looks at pa...

In recent years, agricultural research has turned from a concentration on technology improvement (i.e., taro varieties, soils analysis, quick-growing hybrids) to include a concern for the socio-economic context of the study (i.e., the people who will use or benefit from the technology). That the socio-economic perspective should be an integral part...

Thesis (M.A.)--Victoria University of Wellington, 1981.