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Vision-related quality-of-life in Jamaican glaucoma patients at Kingston Public Hospital [PDF]
International Journal of Ophthalmology, 2022 AIM: To determine the vision-related quality-of-life of glaucoma patients and the association between clinical and socioeconomic factors, and vision-related quality-of-life. METHODS: This was a cross-sectional study.
Valence A Jordan, Lizette L Mowatt
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Critical Approaches to Discourse Analysis across Disciplines, 2023 Historically, Jamaican culture has been positioned at odds with the development of LGBTQ rights. Though the locale has been making steps towards accepting different groups, its stalwart history of heterotypical male and female roles is still ingrained in
Nadia Whiteman-Charles
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Industrially produced trans fat and saturated fat content of food products in Jamaica
Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, 2023 Objective. To estimate industrially produced trans and saturated fatty acid levels in foods within the Jamaican food system. Methods. A total of 308 commonly consumed foods were selected for analysis based on their potential to contain trans fatty acids.
Rasheed Perry +2 more
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Comparative cost of diets for low-income families in the Caribbean
Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, 2022 Objective. To assess the ability of low-income families to obtain a standard basket of healthy foods before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods.
Fitzroy J. Henry +2 more
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Culinary tourism and post-pandemic travel: Ecosystem responses to an external shock [PDF]
Journal of Tourism, Heritage & Services Marketing, 2021 Purpose: The COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) global pandemic forced hospitality and tourism service providers to respond by pivoting business models in line with governmental restrictions to curb the spread of the virus.
Pauline A. Milwood, Anne P. Crick
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Journal of Public Health Research, 2022 Background: Rational use of medicines (RUM) offers a cost-saving strategy to maximize therapeutic outcomes. The aims of this study were to assess RUM for chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs) using the World Health Organization’s (WHO) prescribing ...
Donna-Marie Wynter-Adams +4 more
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BMJ Open, 2023 Objective To assess the effects of three different front-of-package labelling (FOPL) schemes on objective understanding and intention to purchase of products, in Jamaica.Setting Supermarkets in Jamaica.Participants Adult supermarket shoppers in Jamaica ...
Audrey Morris +6 more
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IMF Staff Country Reports, 2020 The COVID-19 shock hit Jamaica only a few months after the successful completion of its precautionary Stand-By Arrangement with the Fund, which was underpinned by strong ownership and civil society oversight. Jamaica’s established track record of economic reforms has created buffers that are invaluable today in responding to the COVID-19 crisis ...
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Trends in the utilization of nuclear medicine technology in Jamaica: Audit of a private facility
World Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 2021 This study sought to evaluate the types and frequencies of nuclear medicine studies that were carried out at a privately-run nuclear medicine facility in Kingston, Jamaica.
Tracia-Gay Kennedy-Dixon +3 more
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Reversible Inferolateral ST-Segment Elevation Associated with Small Bowel Obstruction
Case Reports in Medicine, 2017 ST-segment elevation is an important and alarming electrocardiographic sign that necessitates immediate attention but does not always indicate that the primary pathology is cardiac in origin.
Ankit Upadhyay +4 more
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