Conference Presentations

If you missed out on any presentation at our Inaugural JA KIDS Conference 2018, you can take a look at the presentations below:

 

What have we learned from Cohort Studies around the world? | Dr. Marta Favara, Senior Research Officer, Young Lives, University of Oxford 

The Jamaican Birth Cohort Studies: Impact of the 1986 Birth Cohort Study | Dr. Deanna Ashley,  The University of the West Indies, Mona

Neonatal Mortality in the JA KIDS Cohort | Dr. Oluwayomi Olugbuyi, The University of the West Indies, Mona

Information Seeking Behaviour of Jamaican Parents | Ms. Cynthia Hobbs, Inter-American Development Bank

Concentrations of heavy metals, PCBs and OC Pesticides in Umbilical Cord Serum of Jamaican Newborns | Dr. Mohammad Rahbar, University of Texas Health and Science Centre at Houston

Breast is Best?- Jamaican Attitudes to Infant Nutrition | Dr. Rebecca Tortello, UNICEF Jamaica

Children's Nutrition in Jamaica | Mrs. Vanessa White-Barrow, The University of Technology, Jamaica

Developmental Milestones in Jamaican Children | Mrs. Sydonnie Shakespeare-Pellington, Senior Psychologist at  the JA KIDS Study, The University of the West Indies, Mona

Parents' Perceptions of Children and Child Development Outcomes | Ms. Margo Morrison, JA KIDS Study, The University of the West Indies, Mona

Jamaican Children's Exposure to Violence in the Early Years | Dr. Charlene Coore-Desai, Study Director of the JA KIDS Study, The University of the West Indies, Mona

Illness in Pregnancy and 1 year Post Partum | Ms. Jody-Ann Reece, Research & Data Manager at the JA KIDS,  The University of the West Indies, Mona

Support for Families in Neonatal Intensive Care Units in Jamaican Hospitals | Dr. Charlene Coore-Desai, Study Director of the JA KIDS Study, The University of the West Indies, Mona

Jamaican Children's Health and Well-Being in the first 5 years | Prof. Maureen Samms-Vaughan, Principal Investigator of the JA KIDS Study,  The University of the West Indies, Mona

The Jamaican Birth Cohort Studies: Overview of JA KIDS- The Jamaican Birth Cohort Study 2011 | Prof. Maureen Samms-Vaughan, Principal Investigator of the JA KIDS Study,  The University of the West Indies, Mona

The Emergence of Developmental Disabilities & Disorders in Jamaican Children | Prof. Maureen Samms-Vaughan, Principal Investigator of the JA KIDS Study,  The University of the West Indies, Mona

Keynote speech on Fatherhood – The Research on Fatherhood: The Jamaican PerspectiveProf. Maureen Samms-Vaughan, Principal Investigator of the JA KIDS Study,  The University of the West Indies, Mona