"*Developing Countries"

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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Interventions and policies aimed at improving nutrition in Small Island Developing States: a rapid review.
OBJECTIVE: To describe features of nutritional interventions implemented in Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in the past 20 years. …
Brown, Catherine R., Rocke, Kern, Murphy, Madhuvanti M, Hambleton, Ian R
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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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Educational health disparities in hypertension and diabetes mellitus among African descent populations in the Caribbean and the USA: a comparative analysis from the Spanish town cohort (Jamaica) and the Jackson heart study (USA).
BACKGROUND: Studies have suggested that social inequalities in chronic disease outcomes differ between industrialized and developing …
Aurelian Bidulescu, Trevor S. Ferguson, Ian Hambleton, Novie Younger-Coleman, Damian Francis, Nadia Bennett, Michael Griswold, Ervin Fox, Marlene MacLeish, Rainford Wilks, E. Nigel Harris, Louis W. Sullivan
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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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Predicting the burden of acute myocardial infarction in a country with limited resources: combining data from routine sources.
BACKGROUND: Prior to implementation of a national surveillance system for cardiovascular disease in Barbados, a small island state with …
Angela M. C. Rose, Nico R. S. Belgrave, Lauren Maul, Anselm J. M. Hennis, Rudy Delice, Ian R. Hambleton
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Social distribution of diabetes, hypertension and related risk factors in Barbados: a cross-sectional study.
OBJECTIVE: To describe the distribution of diabetes, hypertension and related behavioural and biological risk factors in adults in …
Christina Howitt, Ian R. Hambleton, Angela M. C. Rose, Anselm Hennis, T. Alafia Samuels, Kenneth S. George, Nigel Unwin
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Global estimates of diabetes prevalence for 2013 and projections for 2035.
INTRODUCTION: Diabetes is a serious and increasing global health burden and estimates of prevalence are essential for appropriate …
L. Guariguata, D. R. Whiting, I. Hambleton, J. Beagley, U. Linnenkamp, J. E. Shaw
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