Citation

Roberts G. Pac. Health Dialog 2007; 14(2): 35-41.

Affiliation

Department of Public Health, Fiji School of Medicine, Suva, Fiji Islands. g.roberts@fsm.ac.fj

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, Pacific Basin Officers Training Program and the Fiji School of Medicine)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

19588605

Abstract

This paper presents the findings of a four country study conducted by the Foundation for the Peoples of the South Pacific-International through its affiliates in Fiji Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea and Kiribati to demonstrate the linkage between young men, mental health and violence in the Pacific. The findings common among the four studies arise from the sociocultural and economic transitions occurring across the Pacific Region, where recent years have shown that the Pacific lifestyle has become increasingly stressful and violent. Limited opportunity to participate in the modern lifestyle and its economy has led to personal mental stress, social exclusion, unemployment and the growth of a subgroup of disaffected young people, who resort to a range of means to acquire their daily needs and, among whom, the norms that govern the use of violence differ from those of the general community.

Language: en