Pacific Islander adults have an abnormally high incidence of smoking—at 46 percent, their rate is almost four times as high as in California.
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Ongoing Projects
Pacific Islander Health Study Preliminary Report
This study developed a scientific protocol to facilitate data collection among numerically small and hard to reach Pacific Islander populations to determine Pacific Islander health disparities.
The PIHS sample was drawn from Samoans and Tongans in San Mateo and Los Angeles counties in California.
Understanding Cancer Disparities Among U.S. Pacific Islanders
This special initiative application represents innovative research to improve current understandings of cancer disparities and the disproportionate cancer burden among U.S. Pacific Islanders.
Winter 2013 PIHS Adult Fact Sheet
This fact sheet on the health of PI adults is based on data from the 2012 Pacific Islander Health Study.
Winter 2013 PIHS Adolescent Fact Sheet
This fact sheet on the health of PI adolescents is based on data from the 2012 Pacific Islander Health Study.
Completed projects
Efficacy of Measurements for API Population in U.S. Based Samples and Surveys
Mortality Patterns Across the Lifecourse Among Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders
Health Data and Health Information in the U.S. Insular Areas