School of Nursing and Health Studies, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Missouri, USA.
Public Health Nurs. 2022 Jan;39(1):89-95. doi: 10.1111/phn.13018. Epub 2021 Nov 24.
Guam is a United States territory situated in the western Pacific Ocean with a multiethnic population numbering approximately 168,000. The CHamorus, who are the Indigenous people of Guam, make up 37%. In this study, we sought to explore CHamorus' perspectives on and experiences of COVID-19.
Interviews were conducted with 10 CHamoru adults in June-July 2020 via telephone for a larger study on understanding how the collective history of the CHamoru people is perceived relative to contemporary health beliefs and practices. This study is a secondary data analysis of questions that focused on COVID-19. We used thematic analysis techniques to analyze the data.
Three themes were identified: self and other, or "no man is an island"; trust in government; and focusing on the positives. A cross-cutting theme was commitment to the common welfare of the community through interconnectedness and inafa'maolek (doing good for others).
Results indicated that CHamorus recognized a balance between community and individual, the need to protect the vulnerable while also considering personal choice, and the implications of enforced social distancing on community and economic stability.
关岛是位于西太平洋的美国领土，拥有约 168000 人的多民族人口。查莫罗人是关岛的原住民，占 37%。在这项研究中，我们试图探讨查莫罗人对 COVID-19 的看法和经验。
2020 年 6 月至 7 月，我们通过电话对 10 名成年查莫罗人进行了访谈，这是一项关于了解查莫罗人集体历史如何与当代健康信仰和实践相关联的更大研究的一部分。这项研究是对关注 COVID-19 的问题的二次数据分析。我们使用主题分析技术来分析数据。
确定了三个主题：自我和他人，或者“没有人是孤岛”；对政府的信任；以及关注积极面。一个贯穿各主题的主题是通过相互联系和 inafa'maolek（为他人做好事）来承诺社区的共同福利。
结果表明，查莫罗人认识到社区和个人之间的平衡，需要保护弱势群体，同时也要考虑个人选择，以及强制社会距离对社区和经济稳定的影响。
