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Book Reviews: Unconquerable Rebel: Robert W. Wilcox And Hawaiian Politics, 1880 - 1903 by Ernest Andrade, Jr.; Women And Children First: the Life And Times of Elsie Wilcox of Kaua'i by Judith Dean Gething Hughes; the Shipmans of East Hawai'i by Emmett Cahill; Shaping History: the Role of Newspapers In Hawai'i by Helen Geracimos Chapin; Waikiki 100 B.C. To 1900 A.D.: An Untold Story by George S. Kanahele; Surveying the Mahele: Mapping the Hawaiian Land Revolution by Riley M. Moffat And Gary L. Fitzpatrick; the Filipino Piecemeal Sugar Strike of 1924-1925 by John E. Reinecke; Sugar Water: Hawaii's Plantation Ditches by Carol Wilcox; Who Runs the University? the Politics of Higher Education In Hawaii, 1985 - 1992 by David Youn

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Book Reviews: Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change From Hawaii to Iraq by Stephen Kinzer ; Longitude and Empire: How Captain Cook's Voyages Changed the World by Brian W. Richardson ; Pacific Encounters: Art & Diversity in Polynesia 1760-1860 by Steven Hooper ; All Men Are Brothers: The Life & Times of Francis Williams Damon by Paul Berry ; Broken Trust: Greed, Mismanagement, & Political Manipulation at America's Largest Charitable Trust by Samuel P. King and Randall W. Roth ; Crowning the Nice Girl: Gender, Ethnicity, and Culture in Hawai'i's Cherry Blossom Festival by Christine R. Yano ; Combat Chaplain: The Personal Story of the World War II Chaplain of the Japanese American 100th Battalion by Israel A. S. Yost ; Hawaiian Volcanoes by Clarence Edward Dutton ; Reworking Race: The Making of Hawaii's Interracial Labor Movement by Moon-Kie Jung ; Islands in a Far Sea: The Fate of Nature in Hawai'i by John L. Culliney

Randomized controlled trial of a coordinated care intervention to improve risk factor control after stroke or transient ischemic attack in the safety net: Secondary stroke prevention by Uniting Community and Chronic care model teams Early to End Disparities (SUCCEED)

BACKGROUND: Recurrent strokes are preventable through awareness and control of risk factors such as hypertension, and through lifestyle changes such as healthier diets, greater physical activity, and smoking cessation. However, vascular risk factor control is frequently poor among stroke survivors, particularly among socio-economically disadvantaged blacks, Latinos and other people of color. The Chronic Care Model (CCM) is an effective framework for multi-component interventions aimed at improving care processes and outcomes for individuals with chronic disease. In addition, community health workers (CHWs) have played an integral role in reducing health disparities; however, their effectiveness in reducing vascular risk among stroke survivors remains unknown. Our objectives are to develop, test, and assess the economic value of a CCM-based intervention using an Advanced Practice Clinician (APC)-CHW team to improve risk factor control after stroke in an under-resourced, racially/ethnically diverse population. METHODS/DESIGN: In this single-blind randomized controlled trial, 516 adults (≥40 years) with an ischemic stroke, transient ischemic attack or intracerebral hemorrhage within the prior 90 days are being enrolled at five sites within the Los Angeles County safety-net setting and randomized 1:1 to intervention vs usual care. Participants are excluded if they do not speak English, Spanish, Cantonese, Mandarin, or Korean or if they are unable to consent. The intervention includes a minimum of three clinic visits in the healthcare setting, three home visits, and Chronic Disease Self-Management Program group workshops in community venues. The primary outcome is blood pressure (BP) control (systolic BP <130 mmHg) at 1 year. Secondary outcomes include: (1) mean change in systolic BP; (2) control of other vascular risk factors including lipids and hemoglobin A1c, (3) inflammation (C reactive protein [CRP]), (4) medication adherence, (5) lifestyle factors (smoking, diet, and physical activity), (6) estimated relative reduction in risk for recurrent stroke or myocardial infarction (MI), and (7) cost-effectiveness of the intervention versus usual care. DISCUSSION: If this multi-component interdisciplinary intervention is shown to be effective in improving risk factor control after stroke, it may serve as a model that can be used internationally to reduce race/ethnic and socioeconomic disparities in stroke in resource-constrained settings. TRIAL REGISTRATION: ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier NCT01763203

Book Reviews

Book Reviews: John A. Burns: the Man And His Times by Dan Boylan And T. Michael Holmes; Colonizing Hawai'i: the Cultural Power of Law by Sally Engle Merry; Staging Tourism: Bodies On Display From Waikiki To Sea World by Jane C. Desmond; Captain Cook's World: Maps of the Life And Voyages of James Cook R.N. by John Robso

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Book Reviews: Dismembering Lahui: A History of the Hawaiian Nation To 1887 by Jonathan Kay Kamakawiwo'ole Osorio; Hawaii's Russian Adventure: A New Look At Old History by Peter R. Mills; Finding Paradise: Island Art In Private Collections by Don R. Severson; Kapi'olani Park: A History by Robert R. Weyeneth; the Honolulu Symphony: A Century of Music by Dale E. Hall; Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before by Tony Horwit

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Book Reviews: Hawaii Sports: History, Facts, Statistics by Dan Cisco; Molokai: the Story of Father Damien by Hilde Eynikel; Oh Say, Can You See? the Semiotics of the Military In Hawai'i by Kathy E. Ferguson And Phyllis Turnbull; Hawaiian National Bibliography, 1780 - 1900, Vol. I: 1780-1830 by David W. Forbes; Hawai'i Joins the World by Walter F. Judd; Pacific Images: Views From Captain Cook's Third Voyage by Eleanor C. Nordyke With James A. Mattison; Displacing Natives: the Rhetorical Production of Hawai'i by Houston Woo