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DE Ashley

Relationship between Early Life Factors and Renal Function in Afro-Caribbean Young Adults: Analysis from the Jamaica 1986 Birth Cohort Study

Issue: 
Vol 67, Issue 2: 2018
DOI: 
10.7727/wimj.2015.450
Pages: 
165-72
Synopsis: 
This study examines the relationship between birth weight and renal function among an Afro-Caribbean population of young adults from the 1986 Jamaica Birth Cohort. Our analyses show significant associations between low birth weight and reduced, estimated, glomerular filtration rate.

ABSTRACT

Objective: To investigate the relationship between intrauterine growth and renal function among Jamaican young adults.

Received: 
17 Aug, 2015
Accepted: 
08 Sep, 2015
Published: 
05 Jul, 2018
PDF Attachment: 
PDF icon wimj-iss2-2018_165_172.pdf
Journal Sections: 
Renal Forum
Keywords: 
Birthweight
Caribbean
chronic kidney disease
estimated glomerular filtration rate
intrauterine growth
Jamaica
urinary albumin
Journal Authors: 
KD Rocke
TS Ferguson
NO Younger-Coleman
MK Tulloch-Reid
JM Knight-Madden
ME Samms-Vaughan
DE Ashley
AM McCaw-Binns
RJ Wilks
e-Published: 08 Sep, 2015

Perinatal Factors in Students Admitted to The University of the West Indies Data from the Jamaican Perinatal Study

Issue: 
Vol 59, issue 3 (2010)
Pages: 
295–9
Synopsis: 
University students were more likely to come from smaller families with features indicative of better quality of life.

ABSTRACT

Objective: To compare perinatal and social factors in students admitted to The University of the West Indies (UWI), Kingston, Jamaica, at age 18 years with those in the rest of the Jamaican Perinatal Cohort.

PDF Attachment: 
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Journal Sections: 
Original Articles
Keywords: 
social factors
Admission to university
perinatal
Journal Authors: 
K Foster-Williams
N Younger
A Brown-Dennis
DE Ashley
A McCaw-Binns
M Samms-Vaughan
W Williams
GR Serjeant
e-Published: 07 Oct, 2013

The Jamaica Injury Surveillance System A Profile of the Intentional and Unintentional Injuries in Jamaican Hospitals

Issue: 
Vol 59, issue 1 (2010)
Pages: 
7–13
Synopsis: 
Injuries in Jamaica are a major public health problem. Causes of unintentional injuries were falls, lacerations and blunt injuries. Motor vehicle related injuries were in motorcars, riding motorbikes/bicycles or as pedestrians. Violence-related injuries were mostly fights with acquaintances using sharp objects to inflict injury.

ABSTRACT

Background: Injuries in Jamaica are a major public health problem as demonstrated by a hospital based computerized injury surveillance system established in 1999 that provides a risk profile for injuries.

PDF Attachment: 
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Journal Sections: 
Original Articles
Keywords: 
Injury Surveillance
Unintentional Injuries
Intentional Injuries
Motor Vehicle Related Injuries
Jamaica.
Journal Authors: 
E Ward
T McCartney
S Arscott-Mills
N Gordon
A Grant
AH McDonald
DE Ashley
e-Published: 01 Oct, 2013

Integrating Research into Policy and Programmes

Issue: 
Vol 57, Issue 6 (2008) - Special Issue on UWI 60th Anniversary, 1948 - 2008
Pages: 
555–61
Synopsis: 
Special emphasis is placed on health research that focussed on the perinatal period, the young child and adolescent, the epidemics of chronic diseases and violence and the linkage between health and tourism.
ABSTRACT
 
PDF Attachment: 
PDF icon ashley_integrating_research_into_policy_and_programmes_examples_etc.pdf
Journal Sections: 
Original Articles
Keywords: 
policy
research
Journal Authors: 
DE Ashley
A McCaw-Binns
e-Published: 25 Jul, 2013

Growth Curves for Normal Jamaican Neonates

Issue: 
Vol 55, Issue 6 (2006)
Pages: 
368–74
Synopsis: 
This study provides ethnic- and gender-specific growth curves for the Jamaican newborn and is based on the most extensive data-set currently available in Jamaica for babies of West African descent.

ABSTRACT

PDF Attachment: 
PDF icon samms-vaughan_growth_curves_for_normal_jamaican_neonates.pdf
Journal Sections: 
Original Articles
Keywords: 
Growth Curves for Jamaican Neonates
Journal Authors: 
M Samms-Vaughan
M Thame
C Osmond
IR Hambleton
A McCaw-Binns
DE Ashley
GR Serjeant
e-Published: 17 Jun, 2013

High Risk Health Behaviours among Adult Jamaicans

Issue: 
Vol 54, Issues 1 (2005)
Pages: 
70–6
Synopsis: 
A population based survey in Jamaican adults finds that high risk health behaviour remains common.

                                                                    ABSTRACT

PDF Attachment: 
PDF icon figueroa_high_risk_health_behaviour_among_adult_jamaicans.pdf
Journal Sections: 
Special Article
Keywords: 
Jamaica
High Risk Health
Journal Authors: 
JP Figueroa
E Ward
C Walters
DE Ashley
RJ Wilks
e-Published: 04 Jun, 2013

Urban Jamaican Children's Exposure to Community Violence

Issue: 
Vol 54, Issues 1 (2005)
Pages: 
14–21
Synopsis: 
Jamaican children, particularly boys, primary school students and those of lower socio-economic status report high levels of exposure to violence as witnesses and victims. The single commonest exposure as victims is loss of a family member or close family friend to murder.

                                                                     ABSTRACT

PDF Attachment: 
PDF icon samms-vaughan_urban_jamaican_childrens_exposure.pdf
Journal Sections: 
Original Articles
Keywords: 
Community Violence
Jamaican Children's
Journal Authors: 
ME Samms-Vaughan
MA Jackson
DE Ashley
e-Published: 04 Jun, 2013
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West Indian Medical Journal

Faculty of Medical Sciences,
The University of the West Indies,
Mona, Kingston 7
Tel: (876) 927-1214
Fax: (876) 927-1846
wimj@uwimona.edu.jm
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