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Barbados Insulin Matters (BIM) study: Perceptions on insulin initiation by primary care doctors in the Caribbean island of Barbados.
AIMS: With regards to insulin initiation in Barbados we explored primary care doctor (PCD) perception, healthcare system factors and …
Charles Grafton Jr Taylor, Gordon Taylor, Anique Atherley, Ian Hambleton, Nigel Unwin, Oswald Peter Adams
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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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Monitoring Caribbean tobacco use: baseline adolescent smoking prevalence and regional disparities.
OBJECTIVE: To provide baseline information on tobacco use among adolescents in the Caribbean for the period before country-level …
Ian R. Hambleton, Selvi M. Jeyaseelan, Christina Howitt, Anselm J. Hennis
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The Effect of Psychosocial and Neuropsychiatric Factors on Medication Adherence in a Cohort of Women With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.
BACKGROUND: Medication adherence in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) reduces disease activity and the risk of flares. OBJECTIVES: We …
Cindy Flower, Ian Hambleton, Mike Campbell
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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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A checklist that enhances the provision of education during insulin initiation simulation: a randomized controlled trial.
AIM: The study tested the hypothesis that doctors using an insulin information checklist during simulated insulin initiation would …
C. G. Jr Taylor, K. Bynoe, A. Worme, I. Hambleton, A. Atherley, A. Husbands, N. Unwin
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Regular long-term red blood cell transfusions for managing chronic chest complications in sickle cell disease.
BACKGROUND: Sickle cell disease is a genetic haemoglobin disorder, which can cause severe pain, significant end-organ damage, pulmonary …
Lise J. Estcourt, Patricia M. Fortin, Sally Hopewell, Marialena Trivella, Ian R. Hambleton, Gavin Cho
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Worldwide trends in diabetes since 1980: a pooled analysis of 751 population-based studies with 4.4 million participants.
BACKGROUND: One of the global targets for non-communicable diseases is to halt, by 2025, the rise in the age-standardised adult …
NCD-RisC
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Ethnic and Gender Disparities in Premature Adult Mortality in Belize 2008-2010.
BACKGROUND: Data on disparities in mortality within low and middle income countries are limited, with little published data from the …
Francis Morey, Ian R. Hambleton, Nigel Unwin, T. Alafia Samuels
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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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