Health and well-being in small island communities: a cross-sectional study in the Solomon Islands.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study explored the health problems of inhabitants of small South Pacific Islands under the influence of climate change, focusing on three communities in the Solomon Islands.

Design

Cross-sectional study of the Solomon Islands' populations.

Setting

A field survey was conducted in Taro Island, a small, urbanised island with a whole-community relocation plan; Manuopo community of Reef Islands, a small remote island on an atoll environment and Sasamungga, an intermediately urbanised community on a larger island. The Sasamungga community was used for comparison.

Participants

Each community's participants were recruited through local health authorities, and 113, 155 and 116 adults (aged 18+ years) from Taro, Manuopo and Sasamungga, respectively, parti

SUBMITTER: Furusawa T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8593736 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature