PNG Medical Journal 2002

Listed below are the issues of the PNG Medical journals published in 2002. Each hyperlink will download a PDF file containing the relevant article.

Papua New Guinea Medical Journal
March-June 2002, Volume 45, Number 1-2

ISSN 0031-1480

March-June 2002, Volume 45, Number 1-2

EDITOR: CHARLES S. MGONE, PETER M. SIBA
GUEST EDITORS: BRYANT J. ALLEN, JOHN VAIL

Editorial Committee

I. Kevau
G. Mola
A. Saweri
T. Taufa

Editorial Assistants: Cynthea Leahy and Elanna Lowes
Emeritus Editor: Michael Alpers

  • Registered at GPO, Port Moresby for transmission by Post as a Qualified Publication.
  • Printed by Bolton Inprint for the Medical Society of Papua New Guinea.
  • Authors preparing manuscripts for publication in the Journal should consult 'Information for Authors' inside back cover.

March-June 2002, Volume 45, Number 1-2

CONTENTS

FOCUS ISSUE ON HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT IN THE TARI AREA
EDITORIAL
Health and the environment in the Tari area B.J. Allen and J. Vail 1
ORIGINAL ARTICLES
A history of Huli society and settlement in the Tari region C. Ballard 8
The ecology of Huli subsistence agriculture A.W. Wood 15
Pneumonia vaccine trials at Tari I.D. Riley 44
Demography and causes of death among the Huli in the Tari Basin D. Lehmann 51
Huli oral health P.L. Newell 63
Nutrition in Tari P.F. Heywood 80
Birthweight and environment at Tari B.J. Allen 88
Nutritional adaptation of women in contrasting agricultural environments in Tari, Papua New Guinea T. Yamauchi and R. Ohtsuka 99
District health care at Tari until 1991 S.J. Flew 106
Social and economic conditions at Tari J. Vail 113
Sexually transmitted infections: a medical anthropological study from the Tari Research Unit 1990-1991 J. Hughes 128
Antenatal utilization, family planning and fertility preferences in Tari J. Vail 134
Passenger-women: changing gender relations in the Tari Basin H. Wardlow 142
The Family Health and Rural Improvement Program in Tari J. Vail 147
MEDLARS BIBLIOGRAPHY 163


Papua New Guinea Medical Journal
September-December 2002, Volume 45, Number 3-4

ISSN 0031-1480
September-December 2002, Volume 45, Number 3-4

Editorial Committee
I. Kevau
A. Saweri
G. Mola
T. Taufa

Editorial Assistant: Cynthea Leahy
Emeritus Editor: Michael Alpers

  • Registered at GPO, Port Moresby for transmission by Post as a Qualified Publication.
  • Printed by Bolton Inprint for the Medical Society of Papua New Guinea.
  • Authors preparing manuscripts for publication in the Journal should consult 'Information for Authors' inside back cover.

September-December 2002, Volume 45, Number 3-4

CONTENTS
EDITORIAL
Congenital heart diseases - a future burden for Papua New Guinea N. Tefuarani, A. Sleigh and R. Hawker 175
ORIGINAL ARTICLES
Outbreak of measles in the National Capital District, Papua New Guinea in 2001 A. L. Benjamin and V. Dramoi 178
A case-control study of early neonatal deaths at the Port Moresby General Hospital to determine associated risk factors A. B. Amoa, C.A. Klufio and L. Amos 185
Evaluation of thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) alone as a first-line thyroid function test (TFT) in Papua New Guinea M. Kende and S. Kandapu 197
Complex patterns of malaria epidemiology in the highlands region of Papua New Guinea I. Mueller, J. Taime, E. Ibam, J. Kundi, M. Lagog, M. Bockarie and J.C. Reeder 200
Yaws in the periurban settlements of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea L.A. Manning and G. D. Ogle 206
Haemophilus influenzae type b meningitis: how much better is prevention than cure? T. Duke 213
CASE REPORT
Paranoid psychosis related to mefloquine antimalarial prophylaxis S. J. Fuller, S. Naraqi and G. Gilessi 219
CLINICAL PRACTICE
Emergency care of the trauma patient in remote regions of Papua New Guinea A. S. Jackson 222
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
A survey of age at first immunization in the Aiyura Valley J. E. Weir 233
Childhood immunization in Papua New Guinea - re: a survey of age at first immunization in the Aiyura Valley J. D. Vince 234
OBITUARIES
An agreement between friends: the contribution of Les Anderson to children of the Eastern Highlands T. Duke 236
Gordon Gregory Gibson Crane H. Bashir 238
Reminiscences of and tribute to Greg Crane J. R. Lawrence; M. Nicholls; M. P. Alpers 241
Bibliography of G. G. Crane 243
MEDICAL RESEARCH PROJECTS IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA 246
MEDLARS BIBLIOGRAPHY 249