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Knowledge, beliefs and practices regarding sickle cell eye disease of patients at the sickle cell unit, Jamaica

open access: yesThe Pan African Medical Journal, 2019
INTRODUCTION: Sickle cell disease can result in visually threatening eye disease (proliferative sickle cell retinopathy). This can be prevented with timely eye screening. It is important for patients to understand their role. Our research is to determine
Lizette Mowatt   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mental Health in Jamaica: An approach to awareness and treatment in children [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
The awareness, perception and treatment of Autism was studied during a service study abroad class to Petersfield, Jamaica during the winters of 2013 and 2014. The program was developed to gain a basic understanding of the etiology of the disorder, and to
Curran, Sam, Naqvi, Lilly
core   +2 more sources

Do Donors Provide Foreign Aid Based on Needs? An Analysis of Funding Flows to Higher Education During the Implementation of the SDGs

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A key objective of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is to leave no one behind and support least developed and other fragile countries first. The same is an objective of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) group of bilateral donors.
Savo Heleta, Logan Cochrane
wiley   +1 more source

Tablet Nuff but Life Still Rough: Technology for Early Childhood Sustainable Development in Jamaica

open access: yesDiscourse and Communication for Sustainable Education, 2017
Early childhood education has a role to play in constructing a sustainable society. In particular, increasing global attention has focused on how early childhood may help alleviate poverty among children and their families and promote economic growth ...
Kelly-Williams Suzette   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

JAMAICA & e–BANKING [PDF]

open access: yes
In Jamaica there has been some improvement in electronic banking referred to e- banking worldwide. We are definitely on the road to this ultimate digital revolution.
Peter W Jones
core  

Political Stability and Economic Development: Institutional Sclerosis and the Moderating Role of Institutions

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the non‐linear effects of political stability on economic development and explores the moderating role of institutional factors. Drawing on panel data from 162 countries between 2007 and 2022, we employ a system generalised method of moments (system‐GMM) estimator to test the hypothesis that political stability follows ...
Yu Ri Kim   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Malignant mesothelioma presenting as recurrent hydro-pneumothorax: An atypical case presentation and literature review

open access: yesRespiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2018
Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma (MPM) is a rare pleural malignancy, with a vague presentation complicated by a decades-long latency period between environmental exposure and clinical manifestations. Spontaneous hydro-pneumothorax is a rare presentation of
Nadia Sattar   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Financing For Life Long Education:For Real GDP Growth In Jamaica [PDF]

open access: yes
In order for Jamaica to transition from a Developing Country to a Developed Country it will be highly necessary to create a Knowledge based society, the inability to seriously overcome this challenge will mean Jamaica will be in transition to a developed
Peter W Jones
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On an Aggregation Theory for Indicators Expressing Behaviors of Complex Systems With an Application to Sustainability

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Certain attributes of large‐scale complex systems are often expressed through sets of indicators. For example, the sustainability of an entity, be it a nation, a city, an energy system, a corporation etc., can be effectively represented by indicators and corresponding data series.
Vassilis S. Kouikoglou   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comparing and Contrasting Special Education in the United States and Jamaica [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
The purpose of this thesis is to define, compare and contrast special education services in the United States and Jamaica. Both the United States and Jamaica seeks to provide special education services and resources to students with disabilities. However,
Searle, Sarah
core   +1 more source

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