"Caribbean Region"

Children and the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic: a Caribbean perspective
This study aims to assess coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) surveillance methods, health resources, vaccination coverage and income …
Evans-Gilbert, Tracy, Lashley, Paula Michele, Lerebours, Emmeline, Sin Quee, Corrine, Singh-Minott, Indira, Fernandes, Maritza, Thomas, Joycelyn Walter, Nelson, Beverly, Braithwaite, Jozan, Hambleton, Ian
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A cross-sectional analysis of investigator needs for non-communicable disease research at the University of the West Indies, Mona.
OBJECTIVE: To describe the needs of academic staff conducting non-communicable disease (NCD) research at the University of the West …
Georgia A. Williamson, Shelly Rodrigo, Natalie Guthrie-Dixon, Elizabeth Blackman, J. Robert Beck, Ian Hambleton, Althea Bailey, Tomlin Paul, Camille C. Ragin, Marshall K. Tulloch-Reid
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An updated systematic review and meta-analysis on the social determinants of diabetes and related risk factors in the Caribbean.
OBJECTIVES: To conduct an analysis of the most recent data on diabetes and its risk factors by gender and other social determinants of …
Leonor Guariguata, Catherine Brown, Natasha Sobers, Ian Hambleton, T. Alafia Samuels, Nigel Unwin
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Premature mortality from cardiovascular disease and diabetes in the Caribbean and associations with health care expenditure, 2001 - 2011.
OBJECTIVE: To examine the historical trends of premature death due to cardiovascular disease and diabetes mellitus (CVD-DM) in the …
Ahmed Razavi, Ian Hambleton, T. Alafia Samuels, Natasha Sobers, Nigel Unwin
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Social determinants of breast cancer in the Caribbean: a systematic review.
BACKGROUND: Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths among women in the Caribbean and accounts for >1 million disability …
Catherine R. Brown, Ian R. Hambleton, Shawn M. Hercules, Miriam Alvarado, Nigel Unwin, Madhuvanti M. Murphy, E. Nigel Harris, Rainford Wilks, Marlene MacLeish, Louis Sullivan, Natasha Sobers-Grannum
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A cross-sectional study of physical activity and sedentary behaviours in a Caribbean population: combining objective and questionnaire data to guide future interventions.
BACKGROUND: Current understanding of population physical activity (PA) levels and sedentary behaviour in developing countries is …
Christina Howitt, Soren Brage, Ian R. Hambleton, Kate Westgate, T. Alafia Samuels, Angela Mc Rose, Nigel Unwin
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Systems Science for Caribbean Health: the development and piloting of a model for guiding policy on diabetes in the Caribbean.
BACKGROUND: Diabetes is highly prevalent in the Caribbean, associated with a high morbidity and mortality and is a recognised threat to …
L. Guariguata, C. Guell, T. A. Samuels, E. A. J. A. Rouwette, J. Woodcock, I. R. Hambleton, N. Unwin
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Trends in Longevity in the Americas: Disparities in Life Expectancy in Women and Men, 1965-2010.
OBJECTIVE: We describe trends in life expectancy at birth (LE) and between-country LE disparities since 1965, in Latin America and the …
Ian R. Hambleton, Christina Howitt, Selvi Jeyaseelan, Madhuvanti M. Murphy, Anselm J. Hennis, Rainford Wilks, E. Nigel Harris, Marlene MacLeish, Louis Sullivan
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Breast cancer incidence and mortality in a Caribbean population: comparisons with African-Americans.
We describe breast cancer incidence and mortality in the predominantly African-origin population of Barbados, which shares an ancestral …
Anselm J. Hennis, Ian R. Hambleton, Suh-Yuh Wu, Maria Cristina Leske, Barbara Nemesure
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