Advanced search
Publication Cover
Journal of Religion & Spirituality in Social Work: Social Thought Volume 30, 2011 - Issue 4
Submit an article Journal homepage
1,967
Views
13
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Original Articles

Spirituality: The Essence of Wellness Among Tongan and Samoan Elders

Emily S. Ihara PhDMSW George Mason University, Fairfax, VirginiaCorrespondence[email protected]
&
Halaevalu F. Ofahengaue Vakalahi PhDMSWMEd George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia
Pages 405-421 | Received 02 Apr 2011, Accepted 20 Aug 2011, Published online: 10 Nov 2011

Citations (13)

Keep up to date with the latest research on this topic with citation updates for this article.

Subscribe to citation updates

Read on this site (2)

Stephen Neville, Sara Napier, Falegau Melanie Lilomaiava Silulu, Hoy Neng Wong Soon & El-Shadan Tautolo. (2023) The influence of spirituality and religion on health and well-being for older Pacific People. Journal of Religion, Spirituality & Aging 0:0, pages 1-16.
Read now
Ross Westoby, Karen E. McNamara & Rachel Clissold. (2022) Ways of healing in the Anthropocene. Climate and Development 14:1, pages 67-74.
Read now

Articles from other publishers (11)

Heena G Akbar, Danielle Gallegos, Aunty Wynn Te Kani, Debra Anderson & Carol Windsor. (2023) Towards collective community education: Pasifika diabetes health forums in Southeast Queensland, Australia. AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples.
Crossref
Ta'avale Ioana Mulipola, Eleanor Holroyd & Sione Vaka. (2022) Using Fa'afaletui to explore Samoan consumers' experience and interpretation of mental health person‐centred care in Aotearoa, New Zealand . International Journal of Mental Health Nursing 32:2, pages 513-523.
Crossref
Heena Akbar, Danielle Gallegos, Debra Anderson & Carol Windsor. (2021) Deconstructing type 2 diabetes self‐management of Australian Pacific Islander women: Using a community participatory research and talanoa approach. Health & Social Care in the Community 30:5, pages 1988-1999.
Crossref
Juliet Boon‐Nanai, Sandra Thaggard & Jed Montayre. (2021) ‘I just want to be a grandmother, not a caregiver for their kids’ Perceptions of childminding among Pacific grandparents living in Aotearoa, New Zealand. Health & Social Care in the Community 30:4, pages 1599-1607.
Crossref
Ross Westoby, Rachel Clissold, Karen E. McNamara, Anita Latai-Niusulu & Alvin Chandra. (2021) Cascading loss and loss risk multipliers amid a changing climate in the Pacific Islands. Ambio 51:5, pages 1239-1246.
Crossref
Courtney A. Parks, Sela V. Panapasa, Amy L. Yaroch, Hollyanne E. Fricke & Kenneth Resnicow. (2022) Diabetes Prevention for Pacific People in the United States: A Mixed-Methods Feasibility Study to Adapt the Diabetes Prevention Program With Samoan/Tongan Church Communities. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice 28:1, pages E185-E193.
Crossref
Grace Kammholz, Dana Craven, Ramona Boodoosingh, Safua Akeli Amaama, Jyothi Abraham & Sarah Burkhart. (2021) Exploring Food Literacy Domains in an Adult Samoan Population. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18:7, pages 3587.
Crossref
Sesimani Havea, Siautu Alefaio-Tugia & Darrin Hodgetts. (2021) Fofola e Fala ka e Talanoa e Kainga . Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology 15, pages 183449092110408.
Crossref
Karen E. McNamara, Ross Westoby, Rachel Clissold & Alvin Chandra. (2021) Understanding and responding to climate-driven non-economic loss and damage in the Pacific Islands. Climate Risk Management 33, pages 100336.
Crossref
Ruth (Lute) Faleolo. (2020) Pasifika diaspora connectivity and continuity with Pacific homelands: Material culture and spatial behaviour in Brisbane. The Australian Journal of Anthropology 31:1, pages 66-84.
Crossref
Jennifer Shimako Abe. 2013. Handbook of Multicultural Mental Health. Handbook of Multicultural Mental Health 147 166 .

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Order Reprints Request Corporate Permissions

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

Request Academic Permissions

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.

Related research

People also read lists articles that other readers of this article have read.

Recommended articles lists articles that we recommend and is powered by our AI driven recommendation engine.

Cited by lists all citing articles based on Crossref citations.
Articles with the Crossref icon will open in a new tab.