As someone who no longer lives in Saipan but is always finding ways to connect to my Chamorro culture, I really appreciate this information. From a public health perspective, it could be useful for community based participatory research, program planning and evaluation in the CNMI (that is what I'm using this info for in my research!). In my opinion, I think there is so much potential to improve community health on the islands but it needs to start with research. Knowing how to communicate and understand the importance of culture of the diverse populations on the islands is crucial for further exploration which leads to improvements. Yes to establishing a framework that research and programs can be based upon! Would love to see future work on this, thank you Dr. Isa!
As someone who no longer lives in Saipan but is always finding ways to connect to my Chamorro culture, I really appreciate this information. From a public health perspective, it could be useful for community based participatory research, program planning and evaluation in the CNMI (that is what I'm using this info for in my research!). In my opinion, I think there is so much potential to improve community health on the islands but it needs to start with research. Knowing how to communicate and understand the importance of culture of the diverse populations on the islands is crucial for further exploration which leads to improvements. Yes to establishing a framework that research and programs can be based upon! Would love to see future work on this, thank you Dr. Isa!