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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 November 1996Vol. 66 No. 11

Health

pp. 12-14 · Read in the full issue

Case Study I Sde woo 19, de woo 25. *7dey wene dotd ftom otauned neliyiouo (amilieo. Sde woo two moutdo pneqnant and woo 00 oeaned ode eouldn t eat on oleep ftn dayo deftoe madiny up den mittd. Sde would oee a woman in tde village dnown ftn madiny up tde vainadau 'THaoni medicine ftn pneqnaneieo and end den mioeny. ~?de woman qave den tde inqnedi ento: a tdied. paotey oolution wdied ode dad to dnind tdn.ee timeo a day. /iften tde ftnot day den quilt woo 00 otnony ode edanyed den mind and tdnew tde neot ft tde dnind away. Sde qave dintd to a dealtdy doy and oayo wden de 60 olden ode will tell dim ft only to delp den eaoe tde quilt ode otill eannieo witd den ftn almoot qoiny tdnouqd witd tde adoption. 0

Case Study II Sde woo 25, mannied witd two dauqdteno and a oon qioen up ao a. ftedinq cdild to den ftmily daed in “Sotd ode and den pantnen wene detween fade and otnuqyliny to pay ne*tt wden ode ftund out ode woo a ftw montdo pneqnant. Sde dud deand o£ otden qinlo in tnowdle ’ qettiny ftee advice and adontiono ftom a deu ce in Spoom and aoded a eouoin to qo witd den. *i¥en duodand woo otnonqly aqainot tde idea,, owean iny de would died den out o£ tde douoe i£ ode weut tdnouqd witd it. zdften eounoelliny oeooiouo ode decided to dove tde adoption and aoded den eouoiu to drop, den oft and pied den up often a mozniny day at tde eentoe. Pnoteoteno out oie yaoe den ‘niydt to lift ’ pam pdleto and odowed den donnidle pdotoo ft adopted ftetuoeo ao ode eutened tde elituc. /4 montd laten ode ftuud out den duodand woo daviny an aftain witd anotden woman wdo woo deavily pneqnant.

Sde deeded dim out ft tde douoe. loday ode oayo ode made tde ziqdt edoiee. 0

Case Study 111 Sfa o*o4- 16 and in fan School (2-entifteote yean. 7¥e evoe a coufale o£ yeono olden- and evonhiny. Sfa refteed to Relieve die evae faney nont, even cvfan efa fauyht tfa teat fat and it doeved fane. ’Tier faar ento ovould fall fan-. Sfa cnied ftr ftom ftan-, hal£ ftom neynet, at not ueiny tfa faith- con trol faille- fan- olden couein hod tnied to ftnee on fan.

Sfa ached around, fauyht a 40-ounee fattle o£ num and dranh it elnaiyht, yulfainy yloee often yloeo evith oefaininc ... onc-tevo three, until efa ftniefad a cvhole faach. Sfa eyueeyed lemon juice down fan throat until it ftlt raev.

'Jiothiny hafafaened.

Sfa ached around ayain and received a- faaefat o£ come hnoevn faoevden cvhich cfa hod to mix into a drinh and ftnieh.

Ttothiny hafafaened.

Sfa drofafaed out o£ cchool evith out comfaletiny School @ent and had tfa holy. •

Case Study IV Sfa cvoe- 20 and already had tcvo children. *t¥en ftnet child u*ac farn four monthe after j/tc com faleted School “7fa 4eeond evae exfalained to fan- 04- a “<ftft ftom yod" evhen ehe yot faneynant on 7WD contracefative (tfa Coop-} and evoe nefteeed an afartion. Sfa eventually- moved to /iuchland cohere 4fa ftund out ehe evoe tfaee montfa faneynant ayain a*td fan faontnen evoent inteneeted i*t eufafaontiny anothen child.

Sfa event to- tfa abortion clinic in Sfaeom and agreed to- coun celliny. *7fa ftllocviny day, efa evoo- admitted and met anotfan @ooh 'lelanden coming out o£ the atne ae ehe evae yoiny- in. *7fay fanetended not to hnoev each otfan. •

Case Study V SAe cvoc 26. fiontuct tvoclZ. SAc UieUt’t tell Aim Aecoucc cAc (AcuyAt Ae wouldn't WCUtt fa A*UXW cAc WOC tCWX montAc fneyuout and cAe Anew tAcy wenc oAcut fa £i*ticA any way.

SAe ocAed friieudc oAcut Acw fa "yet nid it" Aut (Ac advice wac mixed. *}tt (Ac end cAe facA (Ac advice <ute wAc fald Ac* fa yc (Ae s4ucAlaud clinic and cfa it comely and (Quietly ".

SAe Aonncwed (Ae mcney Am. /4 yean, laten,, cAcc ctill payiny it AacA and ic nc fanyert cviiA Am pantnm. •