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Descriptor English: Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
Descriptor Spanish: Nativos de Hawái y Otras Islas del Pacífico
Descriptor nativo de Hawái y otras islas del Pacífico
Entry term(s) americanos de las Islas del Pacífico
hawaianos nativos
nativos de Hawaii
nativos de Hawái
nativos de Hawái y otras islas del Pacífico
Scope note: Persona con orígenes en cualquiera de los pueblos originarios de Hawái, Guam, Samoa u otras islas del Pacífico (https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1997/10/30/97-28653/revisions-to-the-standards-for-the-classification-of-federal-data-on-race-and-ethnicity). En los Estados Unidos se utiliza para la clasificación de los datos del gobierno federal sobre la raza y la etnia. Los términos de raza y etnia son constructos sociales autoidentificados y pueden incluir términos obsoletos y ofensivos en el MeSH para ayudar a los usuarios que estén interesados en obtener resultados de búsquedas exhaustivas para estudios tales como estudios longitudinales.
Descriptor Portuguese: Havaiano Nativo ou Outro Ilhéu do Pacífico
Descriptor French: Hawaïen autochtone ou autre insulaire du Pacifique
Entry term(s): Hawaiian, Native
Hawaiians, Native
Native Hawaiian
Native Hawaiians
Pacific Island American
Pacific Island Americans
Pacific Islander American
Pacific Islander Americans
Tree number(s): M01.270.906.750
M01.270.968.750
M01.686.477.625.594.625
M01.686.493.500.800.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D044468
Scope note: A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands (https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1997/10/30/97-28653/revisions-to-the-standards-for-the-classification-of-federal-data-on-race-and-ethnicity). In the United States it is used for classification of federal government data on race and ethnicity. Race and ethnicity terms are self-identified social construct and may include terms outdated and offensive in MeSH to assist users who are interested in retrieving comprehensive search results for studies such as in longitudinal studies.
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
ED education
EH ethnology
GE genetics
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
PX psychology
SN statistics & numerical data
Public MeSH Note: 2022; for ABORIGINES, AUSTRALIAN see OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP 2006-; see ABORIGINES 1991-2003; for AUSTRALOID RACE see AUSTRALOID RACE 1978-2003, see AUSTRALIAN RACE 1963-1977, see OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP 2004-2021
History Note: 2022
DeCS ID: 38414
Unique ID: D044468
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Date Established: 2004/01/01
Date of Entry: 2003/07/09
Revision Date: 2021/06/30
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander - Broader
Concept UI M000748105
Scope note A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands (https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1997/10/30/97-28653/revisions-to-the-standards-for-the-classification-of-federal-data-on-race-and-ethnicity). In the United States it is used for classification of federal government data on race and ethnicity. Race and ethnicity terms are self-identified social construct and may include terms outdated and offensive in MeSH to assist users who are interested in retrieving comprehensive search results for studies such as in longitudinal studies.
Preferred term Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
Pacific Islander Americans - Narrower
Concept UI M0001814
Scope note A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands.
Scope note A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands.
Preferred term Pacific Islander Americans
Entry term(s) Pacific Island American
Pacific Island Americans
Pacific Islander American
Native Hawaiians - Broader
Concept UI M000602236
Scope note A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands.
Scope note A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands.
Preferred term Native Hawaiians
Entry term(s) Hawaiian, Native
Hawaiians, Native
Native Hawaiian



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