Knowledge, Attitudes, Beliefs, Practices Regarding Human Papillomavirus (HPV), and Barriers to Vaccination Against HPV Infection: A Cross-Sectional Survey of Guam Residents.

Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted infection in the United States and is linked to several cancers. In Guam, the HPV vaccination rate falls short of the National Healthy People 2030 goal. Only half of eligible Guam teens have received the HPV vaccination series.

Locating Culturally Safe Care in Narratives of Historical Trauma and Health in Guam: A Third-Space Model of CHamoru Health.

We sought to understand contemporary health beliefs and practices of the CHamorus of Guam in the context of their perceptions of historical trauma. Narrative analysis of 20 story-eliciting interviews with 10 CHamoru adults identified stories of health and illness and living in-betweenness, wherein participants described navigation between health practices of Traditional and Western cultures in the centuries-long involvement with the colonizing culture. Those connections pointed to a conceptual third-space, informed by Homi Bhabha, in which historical trauma and the in-betweenness of Traditional and Western health open new possibilities of what culturally safe health care might look like for CHamorus.

"No Man Is an Island": Perspectives of CHamorus in Guam on COVID-19.

Objectives: Guam is a United States territory situated in the western Pacific Ocean with a multiethnic population numbering approximately 168,000. The CHamorus, who are the Indigenous people of Guam, make up 37%. In this study, we sought to explore CHamorus' perspectives on and experiences of COVID-19.

Understanding Historical Trauma for the Holistic Care of Indigenous Populations: A Scoping Review.

Historical trauma refers to the collective depredations of the past that continue to affect populations in the present through intergenerational transmission. Indigenous people globally experience poorer health outcomes than non-Indigenous people, but the connections between Indigenous people's health and experiences of historical trauma are poorly understood. To clarify the scope of research activity on historical trauma related to Indigenous peoples' health, we conducted a scoping review using Arksey and O'Malley's method with Levac's modifications.