jamaica

Newborn screening for abnormal haemoglobins in Jamaica: Practical issues in an island programme.

OBJECTIVE: To report the diagnostic challenges of newborn screening for abnormal haemoglobins. SETTING: Cord blood samples from 13 …

Serjeant, Graham R, Serjeant, Beryl E, Mason, Karlene P, Gibson, Felicea, Gardner, Ruth-Ann, Warren, Lansford, Hambleton, Ian R, Thein, Swee L, Happich, Margit

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

Cohort development for assessing health disparities

Extending a Jamaican cohort to facilitate research addressing health disparities among African descent populations.

A Plea for the Newborn Diagnosis of Hb S-Hereditary Persistence of Fetal Hemoglobin.

The gene for hereditary persistence of fetal hemoglobin (HPFH) in the Caribbean is much more common than previously estimated. To avoid …

Graham R. Serjeant, Beryl E. Serjeant, Ian R. Hambleton, Matthew Oakley, Swee Lay Thein, Barnaby Clark

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

Newborn Screening for Sickle Cell Disease: Jamaican Experience.

OBJECTIVES: To review the history of newborn screening for sickle cell disease with especial reference to Jamaica. METHODS: A summary …

K. Mason, F. Gibson, R. Gardner, L. Warren, C. Fisher, D. Higgs, M. Happich, A. Kulozik, I. Hambleton, B. E. Serjeant, G. R. Serjeant

Homozygous sickle cell disease in Uganda and Jamaica a comparison of Bantu and Benin haplotypes.

OBJECTIVE: To compare the haematological and clinical features of homozygous sickle cell (SS) disease in Bantu and Benin haplotypes in …

C. Ndugwa, D. Higgs, C. Fisher, I. Hambleton, K. Mason, B. E. Serjeant, G. R. Serjeant

Ethnic differences in F cell levels in Jamaica: a potential tool for identifying new genetic loci controlling fetal haemoglobin.

High levels of fetal haemoglobin (HbF) are protective in beta-haemoglobinopathies. The proportion of erythrocytes containing HbF …

Lisa E. Creary, Colin A. McKenzie, Stephan Menzel, Neil A. Hanchard, Veronica Taylor, Ian Hambleton, Tim D. Spector, Terrence E. Forrester, Swee Lay Thein

Growth curves for normal Jamaican neonates.

The aim of this study was to provide standards for the assessment of birthweight, head circumference and crown-heel length for normal, …

M. Samms-Vaughan, M. Thame, C. Osmond, I. R. Hambleton, A. McCaw-Binns, D. E. Ashley, G. R. Serjeant

Medical paediatric admission patterns at the University Hospital of the West Indies: issues for future planning.

An understanding of the epidemiological trend in hospital admissions, including morbidity and mortality patterns and the economic …

C. Eck, R. B. Pierre, I. R. Hambleton