2020
DOI: 10.32648/2577-9516/4/1/1
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Assimilation and Acculturation in Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander (NHOPI) Health and Well-Being

Abstract: Our recent scoping review revealed a general scarcity of Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander (NHOPI) research, and a disproportionately high number of studies on different interpretations of “culture.” Because this area appears to be significant in NHOPI health and well-being, we examined the applicability and effect of assimilation and acculturation on this population. The literature suggests that NHOPI assimilation is not pervasive, given wide-spread, even institutionalized discrimination and bias… Show more

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“…Examples of assimilation policies include the Residential School System in Canada, 6 the Stolen Generations of Australia 7 and racial amalgamation in New Zealand. 8 Adelson’s (2005) 9 notion of ‘the embodiment of inequity’, and similar works 10 11 have demanded attention be paid to the ways in which the impacts of colonial legacies, marginalisation and discrimination manifest in Indigenous peoples’ health outcomes. 11 Previous works 12 13 have explored the relationship between colonisation and the intersectional nature of social determinants of health, such as race, demonstrating that healthcare patterns are rooted in historic economic, social and political circumstances and power relations.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Examples of assimilation policies include the Residential School System in Canada, 6 the Stolen Generations of Australia 7 and racial amalgamation in New Zealand. 8 Adelson’s (2005) 9 notion of ‘the embodiment of inequity’, and similar works 10 11 have demanded attention be paid to the ways in which the impacts of colonial legacies, marginalisation and discrimination manifest in Indigenous peoples’ health outcomes. 11 Previous works 12 13 have explored the relationship between colonisation and the intersectional nature of social determinants of health, such as race, demonstrating that healthcare patterns are rooted in historic economic, social and political circumstances and power relations.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%