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Journal articles on the topic "Pacific Peoples Health"

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Kapeli, Sarah Ann. "A latent profile analysis of Pacific health values." Pacific Health Dialog 21, no. 8 (December 30, 2021): 531–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.26635/phd.2021.148.

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Introduction: Pacific health models that centre Pacific values, can serve as a tool to address Pacific disparities in healthcare. In this study, we broadly draw upon the health concepts of these models to determine how Pacific values are translate across Pacific health and wellbeing. Methods: Using data from the New Zealand Attitudes and Values Study, we identified proxy indicators of common Pacific values. With these proxy indicators we developed a LP Latent Profile Analysis A to uncover subgroups of Pacific peoples based on their orientation towards each proxy indicator and their association with psychological distress. Findings: We identified four subgroups of Pacific peoples: (1) 65% of Pacific peoples identified strongly with Pacific values with low associated psychological distress (2) 18% of Pacific peoples identified moderately with Pacific values with medium associated psychological distress (3) 5% of Pacific peoples identified less with Pacific values with low associated psychological distress (4) 12% of Pacific peoples identified ambivalent with Pacific values with high associated psychological distress. Conclusions: These results suggest that Pacific values and the utility of Pacific health models are an appropriate way of framing health and wellbeing for a vast majority of our Pacific population. However, we also need to recognise the incredible diversity among our Pacific community and be understanding and accommodating of the diverse ways that Pacific peoples can express what they consider valuable.
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Symon, Vanda, Rosalina Richards, Pauline Norris, Talai Mapusua, and Leigh Hale. "The needs of Pacific families affected by age-related cognitive impairment in New Zealand: interviews with providers from health-care organisations." Journal of Primary Health Care 13, no. 4 (2021): 317. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/hc21082.

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ABSTRACTINTRODUCTIONPacific populations in New Zealand are aging, but little is known in the health-care environment about their experiences with cognitive impairment.AIMThe aim was to explore the needs of Pacific peoples affected by age-related cognitive decline from the perspectives of health-care providers.METHODSSix health-care service providers from organisations focused on Pacific patients were interviewed to determine services available to aged Pacific peoples, access, and whether they met Pacific people’s needs.RESULTSThree areas of concern were identified by all participants: access to services; getting a diagnosis; and communication and language. Many experienced a lack of information and poor access to services. Diagnosis of cognitive impairment was frequently made difficult by inconsistent access to general practitioners in lower socio-economic areas. Communication was hindered by poor access to information in Pacific languages.DISCUSSIONCommon themes noted by all participating health-care providers indicated the needs of aged Pacific people experiencing cognitive decline were often not being met.
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Talemaitoga, Api. "Vaikoloa: Pacific peoples: our health and wellbeing." Journal of Primary Health Care 3, no. 2 (2011): 167. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/hc11167.

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Ludeke, Melissa, Ronald Puni, Lynley Cook, Maria Pasene, Gillian Abel, and Faafetai Sopoaga. "Access to general practice for Pacific peoples: a place for cultural competency." Journal of Primary Health Care 4, no. 2 (2012): 123. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/hc12123.

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INTRODUCTION: Access to primary health care services has been identified as a problem for Pacific peoples. Although cost is the most frequently cited barrier to Pacific service utilisation, some research has indicated that access may also be influenced by features of mainstream primary care services. This study aimed to identify features of mainstream general practice services that act as barriers to accessing these services for Pacific peoples in order to explore strategies that providers could adopt to enable their practices to be more welcoming, accessible and appropriate for Pacific peoples. METHODS: Pacific participants were recruited through Pacific networks known to Pegasus Health and via ‘snowball’ sampling. In total, 20 participants participated in one of three focus groups. A semi-structured interview explored the participants’ views and experiences of mainstream general practice care. Thematic analysis was utilised to interpret the data. FINDINGS: The analysis revealed five themes highlighting non-financial features of mainstream general practice services that may influence the availability and acceptability of these services to Pacific peoples: language and communication; rushed consultations; appointment availability; reception; and Pacific presence. CONCLUSION: The findings indicate that all personnel within the primary care setting have the ability to directly engage in the improvement of the health status of Pacific peoples in New Zealand by developing cultural competency and incorporating flexibility and diversity into the care and service they provide. KEYWORDS: Pacific health care; access to health care; inequalities; cultural competency; New Zealand
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Dewes, Ofa. "Vaikoloa: Hearing loss among Pacific peoples." Journal of Primary Health Care 4, no. 3 (2012): 250. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/hc12250.

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Tiatia-Seath, Jemaima, Yvonne Underhill-Sem, and Alistair Woodward. "The Nexus between Climate Change, Mental Health and Wellbeing and Pacific Peoples." Pacific Health Dialog 21, no. 2 (September 30, 2018): 47–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.26635/phd.2018.911.

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An estimated 75 million people from the Asia-Pacific region will be forced to migrate by 2050 as a result of climate change. Moreover, New Zealand and Australia will become a potential relocation destination for many Pacific peoples.This call to action is timely, as New Zealand's current government is proposing to provide climate migration visas for Pacific peoples displaced by rising sea levels. The post-migration experience of recent migrants is important in the resettlement process and the sociocultural conditions of a host country can have powerful influence on their mental health and wellbeing.
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Sika-Paotonu, Dianne, Mischa Walton, Eseta Finau, Sepola Faavae, Jessica Vaimoli, and Parry Guilford. "The clinical considerations for early cancer detection using ctDNA within the Pacific setting." Journal of Immunology 206, no. 1_Supplement (May 1, 2021): 12.08. http://dx.doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.206.supp.12.08.

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Abstract Pacific Peoples living in Aotearoa/New Zealand and in the Pacific Region, remain disproportionately affected by some cancers. In addition to ensuring effective treatments and therapies are available and continue to improve, continued early cancer diagnostic efforts are also critical for supporting better health outcomes for Pacific Peoples within the cancer setting. A novel and promising early cancer detection method known as circulating tumour DNA (ctDNA) analyses small fragments of tumour DNA found in the blood circulation to provide information about a tumour. This approach is more commonly associated with and utilised for monitoring patients being treated for their cancers and is being adapted to support early cancer detection efforts. To support the possible acceptability of this approach for early cancer diagnosis for Pacific Peoples, it is imperative to better understand the clinical considerations relevant to the Pacific setting. To identify the clinical considerations needed for early cancer detection with ctDNA approaches within the Pacific setting for Pacific Peoples living in Aotearoa/New Zealand, researchers and Pacific Health Professionals were consulted. Relevant considerations included the immediate need to support early cancer diagnostic efforts to avoid late presentations, better understanding of the cultural context for Pacific Peoples within the healthcare setting more broadly, with strong support expressed for a simple approach for early cancer detection such as that being proposed with ctDNA technology. These findings highlight the critical need to consider the clinical context within the cancer setting for Pacific Peoples. Health Research Council of New Zealand
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Sopoaga, Faafetai, Ken Buckingham, and Charlotte Paul. "Causes of excess hospitalisations among Pacific peoples in New Zealand: implications for primary care." Journal of Primary Health Care 2, no. 2 (2010): 105. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/hc10105.

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INTRODUCTION: Pacific people suffer disproportionately poorer health and reduced life expectancy at birth compared to the total New Zealand population. AIM: To assess causes of excess morbidity in the Pacific population, and identify lesser known or previously unknown causes which require further investigation. METHODS: We obtained public hospital discharge data from July 2000 to December 2002. The population data were from the 2001 Census. Standardised discharge ratios were calculated to compare Pacific peoples with the total New Zealand population. RESULTS: Pacific peoples were six times more likely to have a diagnosis of cardiomyopathy and gout, and four to five times of rheumatic fever, gastric ulcer, systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), and diabetes. Respiratory diseases, skin abscesses, heart failure, cataracts, cerebral infarction and chronic renal failure were also significant causes of excess morbidity. Unexpected causes of excess morbidity included candidiasis, excess vomiting in pregnancy (hyperemesis gravidarum) and pterygium. DISCUSSION: The magnitude of established causes of excess morbidity among Pacific peoples were similar to our findings. Other causes of excess morbidity are less widely known, or are identified here for the first time. These are systemic lupus erythematosus, hyperemesis gravidarum, cardiomyopathy, gastric ulcer, candidiasis and pterygium. The findings draw attention to specific causes of excess morbidity in Pacific communities where effective interventions are available in primary care, and where further research may identify preventive or curative interventions. KEYWORDS: Pacific peoples; primary care; hyperemesis gravidarum; morbidity; hospitalizations
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Tiatia-Seath, Jemaima. "Pacific peoples, mental health service engagement and suicide prevention in Aotearoa New Zealand." Ethnicity and Inequalities in Health and Social Care 7, no. 3 (September 9, 2014): 111–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/eihsc-10-2013-0023.

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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to discuss the engagement of Pacific peoples in mental health services in Aotearoa New Zealand and Pacific strategies for suicide prevention. Design/methodology/approach – This qualitative study involved 22 interviews with Samoans who had made a suicide attempt and/or had suicide ideation, were engaged in a mental health service. Findings – Narratives of mental health services and suicide prevention focused on issues of cultural competency, the importance of family involvement, dichotomous views of western and traditional beliefs around mental illness and the unsuccessful engagement of Pacific youth. Originality/value – This research argues that cultural considerations for Pacific communities are of paramount importance if mental health service engagement and developments towards Pacific suicide prevention strategies are to be effective.
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Sopoaga, Faafetai. "A Pacific Immersion Programme – is it useful in teaching Pacific Health to future doctors in New Zealand?" Journal of Primary Health Care 3, no. 4 (2011): 311. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/hc11311.

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BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT: Pacific peoples make up approximately 7% of the total population in New Zealand, and are over-represented in poor health statistics. There are very few Pacific peoples in the health workforce. Most Pacific patients will be seen by a non-Pacific health professional when seeking medical care. It is important for all health education institutions, therefore, to include Pacific health as part of their curricula. ASSESSMENT OF PROBLEM: This article outlines the development and evaluation of a Pacific immersion programme to teach medical students about Pacific health. The programme was developed with the assistance of local Pacific community leaders. Learning objectives for students, protocols and processes were developed. These learning objectives and feedback from medical students, staff and host families, formed the basis for evaluating the programme. RESULTS: Students found the programme to be very useful. Host families were satisfied with the experience. Staff support ensured the programme became a required part of learning at the Dunedin School of Medicine. STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVEMENT: The pilot programme was initially offered as an optional choice for students. In the future, all students at the Dunedin School of Medicine will be expected to undertake the programme. A research project looking at changes in knowledge, skills and attitudes of students after the programme will be of value. LESSONS: The programme provided a useful way for teaching Pacific health to undergraduate medical students. Other institutions could consider this method for teaching Pacific health in their curricula. KEYWORDS: Pacific health; health education; Pacific peoples
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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Pacific Peoples Health"

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Hayes, Lisa Simone. "Food for thought: the health of Pacific Islands young people in New Zealand : An Analysis Of The Dietary And Lifestyle Behaviours Of Pacific Islands Adolescents, And The Potential Long-Term Effects Of These Behaviours Upon Health." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Pacific Studies, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/976.

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The aim of this thesis is to provide an overview of the health of Pacific Islands young people in New Zealand, with a particular emphasis on the effects of their dietary and lifestyle behaviours upon long-term health. This research is based on the observation that noncommunicable, or life-style, diseases are the leading causes of morbidity and mortality for Pacific Islands people in New Zealand, that these diseases are invariably attributable to dietary and lifestyle habits, and that these habits become instilled during the adolescent period. Three main methods were undertaken to achieve this aim. The first constituted a review of literature concerning the health of Pacific Islands people in New Zealand, including a discussion of what health means to Pacific Islands people, along with the main health issues that this population encounters. The importance of food to Pacific Islands people is also considered in this review, along with the influence of diet on Pacific Islands people's disease patterns. Existing studies concerning the dietary habits of Pacific Islands youth are also detailed. The second stage of the research involved conducting research into the health of Pacific Islands young people in Christchurch, based in part on the methodology and findings of these previous studies. As the thesis will show, while Christchurch has the fourth largest Pacific Islands population in New Zealand, this population is considerably smaller than those in other main centres. This means that Pacific Islands people have less health resources and services available to them. This research revealed that Pacific Islands young people in Christchurch, and in New Zealand in general, consume a diet that is high in fat and low in other nutrients. Research into the health of Pacific Islands young people is deemed necessary to help to counter the high incidence of lifestyle related diseases in the adult population. Further, by identifying potential health outlooks for the future generation of Pacific Islands adults, research in Christchurch will be useful in ensuring that services and resources to meet Pacific Islands people's specific health needs.
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Farr, Jeanne Marie. "Moving beyond diversity by numbers : new approaches to fostering healthy intercultural climates in human services organizations supporting people with disabilities." Scholarly Commons, 2007. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/668.

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The purpose of this research study was to foster improved intercultural communication and understanding in the studied organizations and to foster diversity related discussion in the Oregon developmental disabilities services industry. Research was conducted by collecting data from 16 human resource managers who work in human services organizations serving people with developmental disabilities. Through the use of an email survey and follow-up telephone interviews with a subgroup ofthe 16 participants, data were gathered regarding participant perspectives on their organizations' diversity initiatives and on their suggestions for effective diversity strategies. Specific areas of focus included: the benefits and barriers to workplace diversity and strategies to foster workplace diversity. The research produced a comprehensive set of strategies that focused on the following six areas: leadership commitment to diversity; organizational commitment to diversity; organizational commitment to diversity training; the modification of human resources practices to accommodate diverse cultural needs; the consideration of alternative service configurations and job descriptions to accommodate different cultural needs; and the development of a comprehensive community outreach program.
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Moriarty, Shauna K. "The intersection of identity construction & learning approach : the experience of college students with psychological disorders." Scholarly Commons, 2008. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/697.

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College for many adults represents a time for increasing independence, autonomy, and self-exploration. Yet the college experience may also be a time when students discover the presence of a psychological disorder, or navigate how to grapple with an existing disorder in the new and unfamiliar environment of college. An increasing number of students with such disorders are enrolling and participating in higher education yet current literature is often insufficient to adequately guide and inform postsecondary institution personnel regarding this complex student population (Beamish, 2005). Therefore, this phenomenological study aimed to discover the lived experience of a small sample of students with psychological disorders at one public university in the Western United States. Participants' reports of identity processes and classroom learning experiences were investigated through the combined lens of ldentity Theory and the Seven Vectors of Student Development. Study findings suggest (1) there is a pervasive yet varying effect of stigma on participants' identity and impression management behaviors, (2) crises resolution pertaining to seeking help and forming relationships associates with identity development, (3) student-role prominence may influence help-· seeking behavior offering possible implications for student college persistence, (4) reconceptualizing psychological disorders may contribute to more positive self-concepts, (5) "sympathetic others" play a part in fostering a positive classroom emotional climate and relationship trust and building, and finally, (6) stigma (and concomitant inclinations to prove oneself) prompt participant classroom participation yet outward signs of professor and classmate discrimination stifle participant classroom participation.
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Miller, Nicole Gabrielle. "Improving medication compliance with mentally disabled outpatients: a thesis." Scholarly Commons, 1988. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/2154.

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The present study demonstrates the effectiveness of combining medication packaging, verbal and graphical feedback, and pill count probes on increasing medication compliance. Eight chronic adult outpatients were randomly assigned to one of two conditions: (a) a regimen card medication packaging system, and (b) a 7- day baggie medication packaging system. A staggered group treatment design was used to ascertain whether either of the two special packaging systems was effective relative to baseline and reversal conditions (using the standard medication vial) in increasing medication compliance behavior among both over-and undercompliant outpatients. Results indicated that the use of the special packaging of medication in combination with the behavioral techniques of verbal and graphical feedback aided in improving compliance in 4 out of 8 noncompliant outpatients.
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(9793469), Mitchell Duncan. "Children's active transportation: Environmental correlates and new methods of measurement." Thesis, 2007. https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/Children_s_active_transportation_Environmental_correlates_and_new_methods_of_measurement/13458422.

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Thesis carries out a series of studies to ascertain the relationship between environmental characteristics and children's active transporation to school and to refine the measurement of active transportation.
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Rodriguez, Lena. "‘Obesity is killing our people’: social constructions of obesity and the impact on the health and well–being of Maori and Pacific Island migrants in Australia." Thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/932180.

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Research Doctorate - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Despite having some of the highest figures in the world in relation to obesity-related disease and premature death from preventable illnesses, Polynesians are not responding to Western biomedical suggestions for lifestyle interventions. The reasons behind this apparent reluctance are extensively explored in this thesis. Although there is a focus on health, in particular, obesity in this population group, this thesis also highlights the interaction between class and culture in all aspects of people’s lives. The challenge of maintaining consocial family values, identity and cultural practices in a new country and how these are adapting and changing is discussed, as well as issues around education, work practices and gender roles. This thesis, therefore, gives an overview of socio-economic and cultural issues affecting the growing Polynesian migrant community in Australia. This work has application for health professionals, policy makers, teachers, academics and community workers.
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Books on the topic "Pacific Peoples Health"

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Conducting health research with Native American communities. Washington, DC: Alpha Press, an imprint of American Public Health Association, 2014.

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Finau, Sitaleki À. Health and Pacificans: A manual for community workers. [Auckland, N.Z: Masilamea Press, 2000.

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Interregional Workshop on Primary Health Care (1985 Yeh-hsien, Shandong Sheng, China). Interregional Workshop on Primary Health Care, convened by the Regional Office for the Western Pacific of the World Health Organization, Yexian, Shandong, People's Republic of China, 10-23 October 1985. Manila, Philippines: The Office, 1986.

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World Health Organization. Regional Office for the Western Pacific. Priority HIV and sexual health interventions in the health sector for men who have sex with men and transgender people in the Asia-Pacific Region. Manila: World Health Organization, Western Pacific Region, 2010.

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Göran, Burenhult, and American Museum of Natural History., eds. The Illustrated history of humankind. San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1993.

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Long-term care in the 21st century: Perspectives from around the Asia-Pacific rim. New York: Haworth Press, 2001.

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Media Seminar on Health for All through Primary Health Care (2nd 1989 Harbin, China). Media Seminar on Health for All through Primary Health Care: Report : convened by the Regional Office for the Western Pacific of the World Health Organization, Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province, People's Republic of China, 29 August-4 September 1989. Manila, Philippines: The Office, 1990.

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United Nations. Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific. Mortality and health issues in Asia and the Pacific: Report of a seminar held at Beijing in collaboration with the Institute of Population Research, People's University of China from 22 to 27 October 1986. New York: United Nations, 1987.

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Sacks, Oliver W. The island of the colour-blind: And, Cycad Island. London: Picador, 1997.

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Sacks, Oliver W. The island of the colorblind: And, Cycad island. New York: A.A. Knopf, 1997.

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Book chapters on the topic "Pacific Peoples Health"

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Quintero-Angel, Andrés, Andrés López-Rosada, Mauricio Quintero-Angel, David Quintero-Angel, Diana Mendoza-Salazar, Sara Catalina Rodríguez-Díaz, and Sebastian Orjuela-Salazar. "Linking Biocultural Memory Conservation and Human Well-Being in Indigenous Socio-Ecological Production Landscapes in the Colombian Pacific Region." In Biodiversity-Health-Sustainability Nexus in Socio-Ecological Production Landscapes and Seascapes (SEPLS), 35–59. Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-9893-4_3.

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AbstractThe Colombian Pacific region is one of the most biodiverse areas in the world; however, it is severely threatened by anthropogenic pressures. In addition, armed conflict and poverty are compounding factors causing the loss of biodiversity and cultural identity. In response to this situation, the Wounaan-Nonam original people of Puerto Pizario and Santa Rosa de Guayacán declared five Indigenous Protected Areas (IPA) in 2008. We conducted a study to highlight the link between the conservation of biocultural memory and contributions to human well-being, particularly to human health, in indigenous socio-ecological production landscapes and seascapes (SEPLS). Since 2013, the research-action-participation methodology has been applied to recover ecological traditional knowledge on how ancestors managed nature and elements associated with their cosmovision. Following the TNC conservation of areas methodology, eight biological and cultural conservation values were identified for the IPAs and 5-year management plans for conservation were formulated. As a result of this process, we created a tool that involves traditional knowledge to administer the total 1850 hectares covered by the five IPAs. We also found that the main challenges faced by indigenous communities in the management of IPAs as an integral part of the indigenous SEPLS are associated with weak organisational and governance processes. Additionally, we identified the main opportunities ecosystem services offer in the IPAs, which enhance the quality of life and health of the original peoples and ecosystems at a regional level. Finally, the making of handicrafts is identified as an opportunity in these SELPS, as it represents an alternative for generating income through sustainable productive chains in biotrade strategies.
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Liu, Yang, Shan Hu, Brian Dean, and Xilong Yao. "District Heating Business Models and Policy Solutions: Financing Utilization of Low-Grade Industrial Excess Heat in the People’s Republic of China." In Economics, Law, and Institutions in Asia Pacific, 201–22. Singapore: Springer Singapore, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-3599-1_9.

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Tukuitonga, Collin. "Access to health services by indigenous peoples in the Pacific region." In State of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, 131–58. UN, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.18356/1a8a2851-en.

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Gachupin, Francine C., Jennie R. Joe, Christina L. Interpreter, Noshene Ranjbar, Christina (Kiki) Stinnett, JoAnn ‘Umilani Tsark, Marjoree Neer, and Kathryn L. Braun. "Reducing Prediabetes and Diabetes." In Indigenous Public Health, 196–216. University Press of Kentucky, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.5810/kentucky/9780813195841.003.0009.

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Indigenous Peoples tend to have a higher prevalence of Type-2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) than Whites. Historically, it was an adult-onset disease, but it has increased substantially among children and adolescents, primarily due to increased poverty, food availability, and obesity in the US. Three examples are shared of Indigenous community-engaged interventions that demonstrate the importance of education and empowerment in the control of T2DM. These include an American Indian youth camp that educates children on diabetes prevention and control, a diabetes prevention program among the Toiyabe Indians of California, and a regional program to build community capacity in diabetes control among Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders in Hawai'i and the US-Affiliated Pacific Islands.
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Burhansstipanov, Linda, Kathryn L. Braun, Jessica Blanchard, Daniel Petereit, Avery Keller Olson, Priscilla R. Sanderson, Lorencita Joshweseoma, et al. "Cancer and Survivorship in American Indians and Alaska Natives." In Indigenous Public Health, 147–73. University Press of Kentucky, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.5810/kentucky/9780813195841.003.0007.

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The American Cancer Society (ACS) estimated more than 1.8 million new cancer cases in the US in 2020, and about 1.7 million cancer survivors. This chapter presents information on childhood, adolescent and young adult (AYA), and adult cancers in American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders. Clinical trials are the best source for state-of-the art care, but Indigenous Peoples, especially Indigenous children and adolescents, are under-represented in cancer clinical trials. Community-engaged examples highlight a program in South Dakota to increase American Indian enrollment in clinical trials, a study to increase cancer screening among Hopi men, a website for Native cancer survivors, and a project to improve colorectal cancer screening among Alaska Natives.
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Joe, Jennie R., Linda Burhansstipanov, Jessica Saniguq Ullrich, and Kathryn L. Braun. "Standing on the Shoulders of Our Ancestors." In Indigenous Public Health, 21–54. University Press of Kentucky, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.5810/kentucky/9780813195841.003.0002.

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This chapter provides brief overviews on the history and current health status of the Indigenous Peoples living on the lands now occupied by the United States (US). These lands are now known as contiguous 48 US states on the North American continent, Alaska, Hawai'i, and the US-Affiliated Pacific Islands, including American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. These histories have negatively affected the social determinants of health of Indigenous communities, and this has resulted in health disparities. This background is important for appreciating the resilience of Indigenous populations as they continue to confront and overcome issues embedded in horrific historical events.
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Ko‘omoa, Dana-Lynn T., and Alika K. Maunakea. "Linking Hawaiian Concepts of Health with Epigenetic Research: Implications in Developing Indigenous Scientists." In Ho'i Hou Ka Mauli Ola, edited by Winona K. Mesiona Lee and Mele A. Look. University of Hawai'i Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.21313/hawaii/9780824872731.003.0011.

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Inherent in the traditional native Hawaiian concept of health is the understanding that environmental factors, including nutrition and social behaviors, trans-generationally impact health outcomes in individuals and communities. Epigenetic mechanisms may now explain molecular links between these environmental factors and health outcomes. This article explores the epigenetic concepts present in ancient Hawaiian wisdom of health and highlights this link as a basis for forging a pathway to modern careers in the health sciences to address diseases of health disparities among native Hawaiians and Pacific peoples.
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Allen, Carol Easley, and Cheryl E. Easley. "People of Color." In Social Injustice and Public Health, 45–74. Oxford University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190914653.003.0003.

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This chapter, which focuses mainly on the United States, describes and provides many examples of how discrimination against members of racial and ethnic minority groups adversely affects their health. The chapter focuses on African Americans and non-American blacks in the United States, Latinos, Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders, and Native Americans and Alaska Natives. The chapter discusses the roots and underlying issues of social injustice experienced by racial and ethnic minorities, including racial discrimination, poverty, social exclusion, geographical location and residence patterns, employment status and occupational health issues, and health literacy. The chapter also discusses what needs to be done. Three text boxes address racial/ethnic definitions in the U.S. Census, the high maternal mortality ratio among African American women, and cultural competence/transcultural nursing.
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"The Pacific War: the condition of the people." In Public Health in Papua New Guinea, 58–64. Cambridge University Press, 1989. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cbo9780511563447.009.

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Havea, Peni Hausia. "Promoting Peace Through Climate Change Adaptation." In Advances in Public Policy and Administration, 462–88. IGI Global, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-3001-5.ch023.

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Climate change has affected people's peace in the form of impact on livelihoods, health, and/or well-being. Most of these peace impacts, however, are felt significantly by people who are living in the low-lying communities in the Pacific, who are within and/or close to the Ring of Fire. This chapter is based on a study of peace and climate change adaptation that was conducted in the Pacific island region in 2016. It took place in five communities in Suva, Fiji: Vatuwaqa, Raiwaqa, Raiwai, Samabula, and Toorak. It highlights the impact of climate change on peace, and then it indicated how peace can be promoted in the form of climate change adaptation for these communities. Based on the results of this research, the author recommends that peace should be incorporated into the Pacific islands national adaptation plan.
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Conference papers on the topic "Pacific Peoples Health"

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Bergman, Michaela S., Gregory Eliyu Guldin, and Aaron Dennis. "Indigenous Peoples And Oil Companies - Respecting The Differences." In SPE Asia Pacific Health, Safety, and Security Environment Conference and Exhibition. Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/108622-ms.

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Ciaraldi, Stephen W. "The Essence of Effective Integrity Management - People, Process and Plant." In SPE Asia Pacific Health, Safety and Environment Conference and Exhibition. Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/95281-ms.

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Veley, Carl D. "What To Do When People Deliberately Violate Safety Rules." In SPE Asia Pacific Health, Safety, and Security Environment Conference and Exhibition. Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/108522-ms.

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Hamilton, Ian, Graham Donald Reeves, and Liz Cullen. "Integrating People, Plant and Process in the Design and Operation of Process Industry Assets." In SPE Asia Pacific Health, Safety, and Security Environment Conference and Exhibition. Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/108267-ms.

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Sur, Shakya, Ahmed Mahmoud, Ali Ebrahimi Khabbazi, Elan Pavlov, and Amy M. Bilton. "Computational Modeling and Field Evaluation of an Innovative Solar Updraft Aeration System for Aquaculture in the Developing World." In ASME 2016 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/detc2016-59572.

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Throughout the Asia Pacific region, fish farming is a vital and growing source of food security and economic activity. Since 1970, aquaculture has maintained an average annual growth rate of 8.7% in the region. Currently, almost 90% of global aquaculture production currently takes place in Asia Pacific and over 20 million people are employed in the sector. This growth has been associated with a large increase in family-run backyard aquaculture and integrated agriculture-aquaculture reservoirs in areas like rural Vietnam. However, yields in those rural ponds have typically been low. This is largely due to lack of aeration systems, which introduce oxygen into the pond water and allow for greater stocking densities, healthier fish, and greater yields. Aeration systems typically are not employed in these remote communities due to high capital costs, lack of access to reliable electricity, and prohibitive maintenance costs. To address this need, a low-cost solar-thermal aeration system for implementation in resource-constrained settings was devised. The system consists of a metallic solar collector and a heat transfer column, which induces convective circulation in the water by dissipating heat to the cooler, deeper layers of the pond. As a result of the circulation produced by the device, oxygen generated by phytoplankton at the top of the pond is distributed throughout the water column, preventing oxygen losses to the atmosphere due to surface supersaturation and increasing the overall pond oxygen content. This paper presents the system models developed to validate the concept, including a Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) model and a diel Dissolved Oxygen (DO) simulation model. These models, when used in conjunction, can estimate the increase in DO to be expected by the introduction of passive aeration device. These models were tailored to represent two target test ponds in Bac Ninh, Vietnam. To calibrate the models, instrumentation measured relevant parameters including DO and water temperatures at various depths, wind speed, ambient air temperature, and solar irradiance. A description of the mechanical design, construction and installation of two full-scale prototypes is then discussed, and field results for the first month post-implementation are analyzed. The model and experimental results indicate that the device can improve the DO content at deep levels of the ponds (i.e. oxygen-depleted regions) and has the potential to improve aquaculture productivity in resource-constrained settings.
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Waipara, Zak. "Ka mua, ka muri: Navigating the future of design education by drawing upon indigenous frameworks." In Link Symposium 2020 Practice-oriented research in Design. AUT Faculty of Design and Creative Technologies, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.24135/lsa.4.

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We have not yet emerged into a post-COVID world. The future is fluid and unknown. As the Academy morphs under pressure, as design practitioners and educators attempt to respond to the shifting world – in the M?ori language, Te Ao Hurihuri – how might we manage such changes? There is an indigenous precedent of drawing upon the past to assist with present and future states – as the proverb ka mua ka muri indicates, ‘travelling backwards into the future,’ viewing the past spread out behind us, as we move into the unknown. Indigenous academics often draw inspiration from extant traditional viewpoints, reframing them as methodologies, and drawing on metaphor to shape solutions. Some of these frameworks, such as Te Whare Tapa Wh?, developed as a health-based model, have been adapted for educational purposes. Many examples of metaphor drawn from indigenous ways of thinking have also been adapted as design or designrelated methodologies. What is it about the power of metaphor, particularly indigenous ways of seeing, that might offer solutions for both student and teacher? One developing propositional model uses the Pacific voyager as exemplar for the student. Hohl cites Polynesian navigation an inspirational metaphor, where “navigating the vast Pacific Ocean without instruments, only using the sun, moon, stars, swells, clouds and birds as orienting cues to travel vast distances between Polynesian islands.”1 However, in these uncertain times, it becomes just as relevant for the academic staff member. As Reilly notes, using this analogy to situate two cultures working as one: “like two canoes, lashed together to achieve greater stability in the open seas … we must work together to ensure our ship keeps pointing towards calmer waters and to a future that benefits subsequent generations.”2 The goal in formulating this framework has been to extract guiding principles and construct a useful, applicable structure by drawing from research on two existing models based in Samoan and Hawaiian worldviews, synthesised via related M?ori concepts. Just as we expect our students to stretch their imaginations and challenge themselves, we the educators might also find courage in the face of the unknown, drawing strength from indigenous storytelling. Hohl describes the advantages of examining this approach: “People living on islands are highly aware of the limitedness of their resources, the precarious balance of their natural environment and the long wearing negative effects of unsustainable actions … from experience and observing the consequences of actions in a limited and confined environment necessarily lead to a sustainable culture in order for such a society to survive.”3 Calculated risks must be undertaken to navigate this space, as shown in this waka-navigator framework, adapted for potential use in a collaborative, studio-style classroom model. 1 Michael Hohl, “Living in Cybernetics: Polynesian Voyaging and Ecological Literacy as Models for design education, Kybernetes 44, 8/9 (October 2015). https://doi.org/ 10.1108/K-11-2014-0236. 2 Michael P.J Reilly, “A Stranger to the Islands: Voice, Place and the Self in Indigenous Studies” (Inaugural Professorial Lecture, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, 2009). http://hdl.handle.net/10523/5183 3 Hohl, “Living in Cybernetics”.
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Faumuina, Cecelia. "'Asi - The presence of the unseen." In LINK 2021. Tuwhera Open Access, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.24135/link2021.v2i1.110.

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This paper considers an indigenous, methodological framework developed for my doctoral thesis, ‘Asi: The Presence of the Unseen. Defined as ‘Ngatu’ the framework employs the heliaki (metaphor) of women’s collective crafting of indigenous fabric, to structure an artistic research project. Ngatu is cloth made from the bark of the paper mulberry tree. Used for floor mats, bedding, clothing and room dividers it is also often given as a gift at weddings, funerals and formal presentations. Ngatu is considered one of Oceania’s distinctive art forms and processes. Within the study, the position of the researcher is both a creator of artistic work and a reflector on the experience and practices of other collaborators. The Ngatu framework enables a practice-led inquiry that is underpinned by indigenous principles: uouongataha (the pursuit of harmony), mālie/māfana (warmth and beauty) and anga fakatōkilalo (being open to learning). Guided by these values, the methodology employs five distinct phases: TŌ (gestation) TĀ (harvesting knowledge) NGAOHI / TUTU (preparing and expanding ideas) HOKO/KOKA’ANGA (harmonious composition), and FOAKI (presentation). The Ngatu methodology may be seen in the light of a significant discussion in 2019, where a gathering of Oceanic scholars considered a proliferation of Indigenous models of inquiry that had been developed by Pacific researchers outside of conventional Western research paradigms. Although much of the discussion focused on research emanating from Health and the Social Sciences, the use of heliaki to describe methodological approaches to artistic inquiry also has a discernible history in doctoral theses in Aotearoa/New Zealand (Pouwhare, 2020; Toluta’u, 2015; Tupou, 2018; Vea, 2015). The Ngatu methodological framework was applied to the question, “What occurs when young Oceanic people work together artistically in a group, drawing on values from their cultural heritage to create meaningful faiva (artistic performances)?” In posing this question, the thesis sought to understand how, ‘asi (the spirit of the unseen), might operate as an empowering agency for endeavour and belonging. As such, the study proposed that ‘asi which is conventionally identified at the peak of artistic performance, might be also discernible before and after such an event, and resource the energy of artistic practice as a whole. The Ngatu methodology was applied to two bodies of work. The first was a co-created project called Lila. This was developed by a team of secondary school students who produced a contemporary faiva for presentation in 2019. This case study was used in conjunction with interviews from contemporary Oceanic youth leaders, reflecting on the nature and agency of ‘asi, as it appears in their artistic workshops with young people. The second work was a performance called FAIVA | FAI VĀ. This was the researcher’s artistic response to the witnessed nature of ‘asi. The performance integrated spoken word poetry, sound, illustration and video design.
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Pechvijitra, Pimpisa, Manisa Sangwattanachai, Nopparat Atibodhi, Supha-Kitti Dhadachaipathomphong, Janejira Srichaitumrong, Jirat Juengsiripitak, Ratipat Techasuwanna, Supaluck Watanapanich, and Kantkanit Watanakun. "Success Story of Novel Digital Transformation Tool for Offshore Surface Facilities Bottlenecking Analysis." In SPE Asia Pacific Oil & Gas Conference and Exhibition. SPE, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/210727-ms.

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Abstract With technology disruption and the increasing trend in big data, it is crucial for offshore gas production fields to transform process performance monitoring practice from manually monitoring on monthly basis by site process engineers to real-time monitoring with a predictive model. Hence, Surface Facilities Bottlenecking Analysis (SBA) initiative has been raised to provide production uplift through continuous identifying factors that constrain production, and to gain insights through predictive capability of automatic process performance monitoring on key production facilities. In SBA, the advanced process modelling programs, including process design and simulation and advanced process monitoring are used to predict the capacity and the performance outcome of surface production facilities. An online dashboard with key features to visualize the live production rate, the current overall hydrocarbon field potential, and the future production profile against the surface facilities capacity is developed. With this function, the bottleneck in any period of time can be instantly identified and the notification is distributed to related parties to be aware of and arrange plan / activity if de-bottlenecking is required. Furthermore, the online dashboard provides the real-time performance monitoring of key surface production facilities, such as mercury removal absorbent unit, heat exchanger, gas/condensate/produced water filter, and de-oiling/de-sander hydrocyclone. With this, more precise maintenance intervention time prediction as per actual equipment performance based is achieved. By utilizing the novel digital transformation tool for SBA, the presence of the tailored monitoring system leads to the enhancement of facility equipment reliability through examining live data with operating window and alignment with asset performance management through predictive performance capability. Main surface facilities, selected to be monitored under SBA scope, are as follows: Mercury removal absorbent unit (MRU): the prediction of the absorbent bed change-out time, based on the predicted bed saturation condition, is achieved. Dehydration unit (Memguard): the dew point is monitored to evaluate the unit performance. Heat exchanger and waste heat recovery unit (WHRU): the software is able to predict the chemical/mechanical cleaning time, based on the actual tube fouling condition and the maximum acceptable flow rate that the equipment can handle to achieve the required outlet temperature or heat duty. Gas/condensate/produced water filter: the predictive trend for the filter change-out time, based on the pressure drop trend and the maximum flow through the filter at the maximum differential pressure, is provided. De-oiling/de-sander hydrocyclone: the predictive model for the internal cleaning and the replacement of the liners, based on the deviation of the actual versus design performance curve, is displayed on the online dashboard. Apart from monitoring and prediction, this application further provides the prescriptive recommendations for event investigation. Therefore, SBA demonstrates the automated analysis of real-time process data on theoretical models and the suggestion when the anomaly event is detected. The business drivers of SBA are to maximize the utilization of equipment and reduce the chance of production loss due to downtime of asset from process anomaly events. This initiative not only maximizes equipment efficiency through the live data managing tool to instantly investigate bottlenecks that limit production, but also shortens time spending for analysis of key surface facilities performance via the algorithm based advisory tool to automatically monitor the process performance and predict the maintenance intervention period in advance. Lastly, it is capable of enabling people to improve decision making through the online dashboard.
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Ho, Son H., Luis Rosario, and Muhammad M. Rahman. "Analysis of Thermal Comfort and Contaminant Removal in an Office Room With Underfloor Air Distribution System." In ASME 2005 Summer Heat Transfer Conference collocated with the ASME 2005 Pacific Rim Technical Conference and Exhibition on Integration and Packaging of MEMS, NEMS, and Electronic Systems. ASMEDC, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/ht2005-72437.

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The study of human thermal comfort requires detailed information about distributions of air velocity, air temperature and relative humidity in an occupied zone. Air quality is related to the contaminant distributions and contaminant removal effectiveness in indoor environment. This paper presents an evaluation of thermal comfort and contaminant removal for an office setting with underfloor air distribution system by the use of computational fluid dynamics modeling. A typical single cubicle in a large office floor in steady state condition of airflow as well as heat and mass transfer is investigated for both cooling and heating scenarios. The model includes a typical cubicle in a large office floor with a chair, a desk with a personal computer on its top, and heat sources such as seated people, computer monitor and CPU, and lights. Air enters the occupied zone through an inlet located at the floor level supplying a vertical upward inflow. Five different locations of the inlet diffuser, three different inlet air speeds, and four different loads of heat loss through the floor slab in heating case scenario were considered. Distributions of velocity, temperature, relative humidity, and contaminant concentration in such cases were computed. The results were compared among various simulation cases and showed reasonable agreement with experimental data taken from related literature.
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Diwakar, Philip, Vibhor Mehrotra, and Frank Richardson. "Mitigation of Bending Stress and Failure Due to Temperature Differentials in Piping Systems Carrying Multiphase Fluids: Using CFD and FEA." In ASME 2005 Summer Heat Transfer Conference collocated with the ASME 2005 Pacific Rim Technical Conference and Exhibition on Integration and Packaging of MEMS, NEMS, and Electronic Systems. ASMEDC, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/ht2005-72463.

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The bending of large pipes due to temperature differentials between the bottom and top of the pipe is a very serious problem. The temperature differentials can either be caused by extremely cold liquids (such as methane or ethylene flowing from a lateral into a flare header) or hot liquids flowing at the bottom of a piping system (such as in a Vacuum transfer line) while the top is exposed to atmospheric conditions. In some cases liquids may be produced by Joule-Thompson cooling of high pressure cold gas as it expands through a safety-relief or emergency depressurization valve. The liquid so formed can accumulate, for example, on the dead leg side of a flare header. The differential expansion can deform the pipe so that it lifts off its supports. It takes a finite amount of time for the heat transfer by conduction to equilibrate the temperature to a more benign level. The initial stresses induced due to large thermal differential may even cause the pipe to crack in the region of the supports and T-joints to the laterals. This phenomenon has been observed in several industries, most predominantly in the petrochemical industry. This paper recounts the use of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and Finite Element Analysis (FEA) to study this important phenomenon. The liquid flowing from the lateral into the main header pipe is multiphase in the dispersed, stratified, slug or annular flow re´gime. Multiphase flows with heat transfer are analyzed using CFD. The temperatures on the walls of the pipe system are then transferred to the FEA and analyzed for heat transfer and thermal stresses. These stresses are compared to ASME standards to see if they are within allowable limits. This paper also recounts efforts to reduce the bending effect by preventing liquid accumulation on the dead leg side. Other methods that provide better supports for bent piping are studied. Further, methods of equilibrating the temperature faster to prevent the bowing of the pipe are also studied. It is hoped that this presentation will benefit people designing piping networks with varying liquid and vapor traffic.
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