Validation of the Short-Test of Functional Health Literacy in Adults for the Samoan Population.

Background: Health literacy encompasses various levels of communication for an individual, provider, and an organization. Validated and reliable tools have been developed to assess health literacy; however, there is a paucity of tools available to assess health literacy in native languages for indigenous and racial/ethnic minority populations.

Objective: This article shares the process taken to translate and evaluate validation and reliability of the Short Test of Functional Health Literacy in Adults for use with the Samoan population.

Research Capacity Strengthening in American Samoa: Fa'avaeina le Fa'atelega o le Tomai Sa'ili'ili i Amerika Samoa.

Capacity-building partnerships are central to the sustainable development goals (SDGs), the UN's blueprint for achieving global health equity. The UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues endorses the SDG and underscores the need for global partnerships that respect local leadership and culture. Innovations that weave or integrate Indigenous and Western knowledges are emphasised.

American Samoa assessment for a continuing health care professional development program.

In 2003, the University of Hawai'i Department of Family Medicine & Community Health entered a 4-year cooperative agreement with the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration to establish the "Pacific Association for Clinical Training" (PACT).