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Dementia among Older Persons in Jamaica: Prevalence and Policy Implications

Issue:

Vol 67, Issue 1: 2018

DOI:

10.7727/wimj.2017.133

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1-8

Synopsis:

This paper described the prevalence of dementia in the ageing Jamaican population. There are service and policy implications given the increasing importance of providing health and social services for persons with dementia.

ABSTRACT

Objective: To determine the prevalence of dementia and dementia types in Jamaica.

Received:

20 Jun, 2017

Accepted:

21 Jun, 2017

Published:

22 Apr, 2018

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e-Published: 21 Jun, 2017

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Disclosure of HIV Status among HIV Clinic Attendees in Jamaica

Issue:

Vol 59, issue 4 (2010)

Pages:

445–9

Synopsis:

There is a low disclosure rate among HIV clinic attendees. There is a need for prevention interventions focussed on de-stigmatization for both infected and non-infected persons.

ABSTRACT

Objective: This study aimed to examine factors related to disclosure of HIV serostatus among clinic attendees in an outpatient HIV clinic at the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI).

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e-Published: 07 Oct, 2013

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Response to First Line HAART using CD4 Cell Counts: Experience in a University Hospital in Kingston

Issue:

Vol 59, issue 4 (2010)

Pages:

439–44

Synopsis:

The recommended guidelines were adhered to for the majority of patients and outcomes were similar to those in developed countries.

ABSTRACT

Objectives: To assess the extent to which the current practice for first line therapy concurs with the recommended guidelines and to examine the response of treatment naïve patients to first line Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART) at the University Hospital of the West Indies, using CD4 cell counts.

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e-Published: 07 Oct, 2013

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Depression: A Major Public Health Problem Facing the Caribbean

Issue:

Vol 54, Issues 6 (2005)

Pages:

353–4

INTRODUCTION

Epidemiological studies indicate that depression is a common disorder worldwide (1, 2). Estimates of the lifetime prevalence for this disorder range from 5–17% of the population in the USA (3–4). However a MEDLINE trawl of two hundred and seventy-five publications on mental health issues in Caribbean people revealed a paucity of written material on depression in the region.

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e-Published: 06 Jun, 2013