The Global Burden of Disease, Injuries, and Risk Factor study 2013 (GBD 2013) is the first of a s... more The Global Burden of Disease, Injuries, and Risk Factor study 2013 (GBD 2013) is the first of a series of annual updates of the GBD. Risk factor quantification, particularly of modifiable risk factors, can help to identify emerging threats to population health and opportunities for prevention. The GBD 2013 provides a timely opportunity to update the comparative risk assessment with new data for exposure, relative risks, and evidence on the appropriate counterfactual risk distribution. Attributable deaths, years of life lost, years lived with disability, and disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) have been estimated for 79 risks or clusters of risks using the GBD 2010 methods. Risk-outcome pairs meeting explicit evidence criteria were assessed for 188 countries for the period 1990-2013 by age and sex using three inputs: risk exposure, relative risks, and the theoretical minimum risk exposure level (TMREL). Risks are organised into a hierarchy with blocks of behavioural, environmental...
As cancer increases as a global health challenge, the use of available technological platforms fo... more As cancer increases as a global health challenge, the use of available technological platforms for communication is required. To develop a collaborative program of cancer prevention research between the U.S. and the Caribbean, we relied on several mobile phone and Internet-based communication platforms. In 2016-2017, a two-phase advocacy-engaged research study was initiated to determine 1) women’s perceptions of breast and cervical cancer screening and 2) gatekeepers’ perceptions of the quality and availability of breast and cervical cancer screening and treatment services in the four countries of the English-speaking Windward Islands. Our results revealed that mobile communication and Internet-platform technologies successfully trained Caribbean community researchers on qualitative data collection and analysis methods as well as dissemination strategies. In particular, mobile platforms including GoToTraining, WhatsApp, YouTube, Dedoose, Google Drive, and email were used to deliver ...
Journal of Infectious Diseases & Case Reports, 2020
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a potentially severe acute respiratory infection caused by... more Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a potentially severe acute respiratory infection caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2.The virus was identified as the cause of an outbreak of pneumonia of unknown cause in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China, in December 2019. The clinical presentation is that of a respiratory infection with a symptom severity ranging from a mild common cold-like illness, to a severe viral pneumonia leading to acute respiratory distress syndrome that is potentially fatal [1,2].
IntroductionThe UN General Assembly has declared 2011-2020 as the "Decade of Action for Road... more IntroductionThe UN General Assembly has declared 2011-2020 as the "Decade of Action for Road Safety". This is significant as road traffic accidents (RTAs) are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in both developing and developed countries (1-4). Annually over 1.3 million people worldwide die as a result of RTAs, and approximately 20-50 million sustain severe injuries, the majority of which require longterm treatment (5). However, low and middle-income countries LMICs are disproportionately affected (6) where it is estimated that 94% of road traffic-related deaths occur. Though these countries have just over half of the world's registered vehicles. The burden of is higher among the youth and young adults as well as middle-aged individuals who, combined, constitute the economically most productive age groups of society (1, 3, 6, 7). Consequently, RTA rates remains one of the most important health and social policy issues that spans all countries across all continen...
IntroductionThe WHO Global School-Based Student Health Survey (GSHS) among 13-15 year olds, deter... more IntroductionThe WHO Global School-Based Student Health Survey (GSHS) among 13-15 year olds, determined that in the Caribbean region approximately 20% of girls and 40% of boys reported to have been sexually active (1). The Caribbean GSHS reported that 56% of girls and 79% of boys on average had early debut of sex before aged 14. The Caribbean adolescents, who were sexually active, also reported high risk behaviours such as multiple partners and no condom use. Interventions aimed at reducing the risks of STIs and pregnancies among adolescents in the Caribbean need to focus prevention strategies on the factors that affect sexual risk-taking behaviours.Multiple factors combine together to affect the health of individuals and communities. These influencing factors, which could include both social and behavioral factors, are important determinants of health outcomes in a number of medical conditions. Studies investigating the distribution of these health factors among populations are esse...
The Global Burden of Disease, Injuries, and Risk Factor study 2013 (GBD 2013) is the first of a s... more The Global Burden of Disease, Injuries, and Risk Factor study 2013 (GBD 2013) is the first of a series of annual updates of the GBD. Risk factor quantification, particularly of modifiable risk factors, can help to identify emerging threats to population health and opportunities for prevention. The GBD 2013 provides a timely opportunity to update the comparative risk assessment with new data for exposure, relative risks, and evidence on the appropriate counterfactual risk distribution. Attributable deaths, years of life lost, years lived with disability, and disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) have been estimated for 79 risks or clusters of risks using the GBD 2010 methods. Risk-outcome pairs meeting explicit evidence criteria were assessed for 188 countries for the period 1990-2013 by age and sex using three inputs: risk exposure, relative risks, and the theoretical minimum risk exposure level (TMREL). Risks are organised into a hierarchy with blocks of behavioural, environmental...
As cancer increases as a global health challenge, the use of available technological platforms fo... more As cancer increases as a global health challenge, the use of available technological platforms for communication is required. To develop a collaborative program of cancer prevention research between the U.S. and the Caribbean, we relied on several mobile phone and Internet-based communication platforms. In 2016-2017, a two-phase advocacy-engaged research study was initiated to determine 1) women’s perceptions of breast and cervical cancer screening and 2) gatekeepers’ perceptions of the quality and availability of breast and cervical cancer screening and treatment services in the four countries of the English-speaking Windward Islands. Our results revealed that mobile communication and Internet-platform technologies successfully trained Caribbean community researchers on qualitative data collection and analysis methods as well as dissemination strategies. In particular, mobile platforms including GoToTraining, WhatsApp, YouTube, Dedoose, Google Drive, and email were used to deliver ...
Journal of Infectious Diseases & Case Reports, 2020
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a potentially severe acute respiratory infection caused by... more Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a potentially severe acute respiratory infection caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2.The virus was identified as the cause of an outbreak of pneumonia of unknown cause in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China, in December 2019. The clinical presentation is that of a respiratory infection with a symptom severity ranging from a mild common cold-like illness, to a severe viral pneumonia leading to acute respiratory distress syndrome that is potentially fatal [1,2].
IntroductionThe UN General Assembly has declared 2011-2020 as the "Decade of Action for Road... more IntroductionThe UN General Assembly has declared 2011-2020 as the "Decade of Action for Road Safety". This is significant as road traffic accidents (RTAs) are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in both developing and developed countries (1-4). Annually over 1.3 million people worldwide die as a result of RTAs, and approximately 20-50 million sustain severe injuries, the majority of which require longterm treatment (5). However, low and middle-income countries LMICs are disproportionately affected (6) where it is estimated that 94% of road traffic-related deaths occur. Though these countries have just over half of the world's registered vehicles. The burden of is higher among the youth and young adults as well as middle-aged individuals who, combined, constitute the economically most productive age groups of society (1, 3, 6, 7). Consequently, RTA rates remains one of the most important health and social policy issues that spans all countries across all continen...
IntroductionThe WHO Global School-Based Student Health Survey (GSHS) among 13-15 year olds, deter... more IntroductionThe WHO Global School-Based Student Health Survey (GSHS) among 13-15 year olds, determined that in the Caribbean region approximately 20% of girls and 40% of boys reported to have been sexually active (1). The Caribbean GSHS reported that 56% of girls and 79% of boys on average had early debut of sex before aged 14. The Caribbean adolescents, who were sexually active, also reported high risk behaviours such as multiple partners and no condom use. Interventions aimed at reducing the risks of STIs and pregnancies among adolescents in the Caribbean need to focus prevention strategies on the factors that affect sexual risk-taking behaviours.Multiple factors combine together to affect the health of individuals and communities. These influencing factors, which could include both social and behavioral factors, are important determinants of health outcomes in a number of medical conditions. Studies investigating the distribution of these health factors among populations are esse...
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