Due to our privacy policy, only current members can send messages to people on ResearchGate. Overweight and obesity have increased to epidemic proportions among adolescents and are associated with chronic non-communicable diseases and excess mortality in adulthood. A questionnaire was mailed to g... Childhood overweight is not restricted to developed countries: a number of lower- and middle-income countries are struggling with the double burden of underweight and overweight. Although the Jamaica road traffic act mandates motorcycle riders to wear approved helmets, opponents suggest that the local road conditions obviate any benefits from helmet use that have been proven in Developed countries. It was designed in three phases: (1) a retrospective review of survei... Violence, a leading cause of injuries and death, is recognized as a major public health problem. This study sought to determine the incidence of emergence delirium and risk factors in patients at a specialist pediatric hospital in Kingston, Jamaica. This study analyses 6 months of data from three hospitals participating in the computerized emergency room-based Jamaica Injury Surveillance System (JISS) since 1999. Exclusive breastfeeding rates (EBRs) may be influenced by sociodemographic and sociocultural factors, including maternal age, socioeconomic status, education, and breastfeeding knowledge. This leads to increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality worldwide. We developed a 10-item questionnaire, which was administered to 120 parents/caregivers of children attending hospital-based clinics/pediatric neurologists' offices. Although obviously not recorded on YouTube for posterity, reporters wised up, eager not to be the next object of fun. Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a Page. In 1997, the rate of homicide (45/100,000) in Jamaica was over five times the US rate in 1997 (7.9/100,000). Abstract [68 (8) 823–827], Renal impairment as a complication of uterine fibroids: A retrospective hospital-based study, Severe Sepsis in the Emergency Department - An Observational Cohort Study from the University Hospital of the West Indies, Morinda citrifolia (Noni) as an Anti-Inflammatory Treatment in Women with Primary Dysmenorrhoea: A Randomised Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Trial, Acute Pyelonephritis in Pregnancy: A Retrospective Descriptive Hospital Based-Study, Role of Routine Chest Radiographs in the Evaluation of Patients with Stable Blunt Chest Trauma - A Prospective Analysis, National Health Surveys and Health Policy: Impact of the Jamaica Health and Lifestyle Surveys and the Reproductive Health Surveys, Cardiovascular Risk Factors in an Eastern Caribbean Island: Prevalence of Non-communicable Chronic Diseases and Associated Lifestyle Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Morbidity and Mortality in the British Virgin Islands, The Role of Pre-induction Ketamine in the Management of Postoperative Pain in Patients Undergoing Elective Gynaecological Surgery at the University Hospital of the West Indies, Complicações pós-operatórias menores relacionadas à anestesia em pacientes de cirurgias eletivas ginecológicas e ortopédicas em um hospital universitário de Kingston, Jamaica, Minor Postoperative Complications Related to Anesthesia in Elective Gynecological and Orthopedic Surgical Patients at a Teaching Hospital in Kingston, Jamaica, Open Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair in the Era of Endovascular Repair, Glaucoma Medication Compliance Issues in a Jamaican Hospital Eye Clinic, Adolescent health screening practices by physicians in Jamaica, Household food insecurity and childhood overweight in Jamaica and Qu?