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pro vyhledávání: '"Karen Webster-Kerr"'
Autor:
Karen Webster-Kerr, Andriene Grant, Ardene Harris, Romae Thorpe, Daidre Rowe, Deborah Henningham, Tanielle Mullings, Iyanna Wellington, Jovan Wiggan, Kelly Ann Gordon-Johnson, Carol Lord, Tonia Dawkins-Beharie, Jemma Azille-Lewis, Jacqueline Duncan
Publikováno v:
Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, Vol 48, Iss 36, Pp 1-8 (2024)
Objectives. To describe the characteristics and outcomes of COVID-19 cases in Jamaica and to explore the risk factors associated with severe COVID-19 from 9 March to 31 December 2020. Methods. A cross-sectional analysis of national surveillance data
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/774a98aed04e4e26bdd21bedbea6eaad
Autor:
Sharmaine Edwards, Simone Spence, Evelyn Walker, Simon Anderson, Novie Younger-Coleman, Joette McKenzie, Ishtar Govia, Suzanne Soares-Wynter, Andriene Grant, Kelly-Ann Gordon-Johnson, James Ho, Tamu Davidson, Marshall K. Tulloch-Reid, Nadia R. Bennett, Trevor S. Ferguson, Karen Webster-Kerr
Publikováno v:
F1000Research, Vol 11 (2023)
Background Excess dietary salt consumption is a major contributor to hypertension and cardiovascular disease. Public education programs on the dangers of high salt intake, and population level interventions to reduce the salt content in foods are pos
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/bd75ba2dc21f40689d452b65ad08c5d5
Autor:
Joshua J. Anzinger, Chadwic D. Mears, A.E. Ades, Keisha Francis, Yakima Phillips, Ynolde E. Leys, Moira J. Spyer, David Brown, Ana M. Bispo de Filippis, Eleni Nastouli, Thomas Byrne, Heather Bailey, Paulette Palmer, Lenroy Bryan, Karen Webster-Kerr, Carlo Giaquinto, Claire Thorne, Celia D.C. Christie
Publikováno v:
Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 28, Iss 2, Pp 473-475 (2022)
To determine the extent of exposure to Zika virus (ZIKV) and chikungunya virus (CHIKV) in Jamaica, we collected serum from 584 pregnant women during 2017–2019. We found that 15.6% had antibodies against ZIKV and 83.6% against CHIKV. These results i
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/987590da8f3548049f93af0a2ea925bd
Autor:
Aileen May Lue, Michelle-Ann Elizabeth Hue Richards-Dawson, Georgiana Marie Gordon-Strachan, Syed Matthew Kodilinye, Jacqueline Anne Theresa Dunkley-Thompson, Tracia Dahlia James-Powell, Curtis Alphonso Pryce, Chadwic De'sean Mears, Joshua James Anzinger, Karen Webster-Kerr, Celia Dana Claire Christie
Publikováno v:
Frontiers in Medicine, Vol 9 (2022)
ObjectiveIn 2019, dengue was among the “top-ten threats to global health,” with 3.1 million cases reported from the Americas, the highest ever. Simultaneously, Jamaica reported its largest dengue outbreak in 40 years, following Chikungunya and Zi
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/f337e40ce3e54b90a720735b22217eb7
Autor:
Trevor S. Ferguson, Karen Webster-Kerr, Marshall K. Tulloch-Reid, Nadia R. Bennett, James Ho, Tamu Davidson, Andriene Grant, Kelly-Ann Gordon-Johnson, Ishtar Govia, Suzanne Soares-Wynter, Novie Younger-Coleman, Joette McKenzie, Evelyn Walker, Simon Anderson, Sharmaine Edwards, Simone Spence
Publikováno v:
F1000Research. 11:721
Background: Excess dietary salt consumption is a major contributor to hypertension and cardiovascular disease. Public education programs on the dangers of high salt intake, and population level interventions to reduce the salt content in foods are po
Autor:
Ishtar Govia, Trevor S. Ferguson, Renee Walters, David R. Williams, Karen Webster-Kerr, Rainford J. Wilks, Andriene Grant, Shelly R. McFarlane, Damian Francis, Marshall K. Tulloch-Reid, Joette A. McKenzie, Nadia R. Bennett, Tamu Davidson, Novie O. Younger-Coleman
BACKGROUNDIdeal cardiovascular health (ICH) is associated with greater longevity and reduced morbidity, but no research on ICH has been conducted in Jamaica. We estimated the prevalence of ICH in urban Jamaica and evaluated associations between ICH a
Externí odkaz:
https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::ac64d6a5bdf3edb7e1eee616e01f2d3f
https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.01.12.20017277
https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.01.12.20017277
Autor:
Rainford J. Wilks, Marshall K. Tulloch-Reid, Novie Younger, Karen Webster-Kerr, Damian Francis, Renee Walters, Trevor S. Ferguson, Ishtar Govia, Shelly R. McFarlane, Joette A. McKenzie, Andriene Grant, Nadia R. Bennett, David R. Williams, Tamu Davidson
Publikováno v:
BMJ Open
ObjectiveIdeal cardiovascular health (ICH) is associated with greater longevity and reduced morbidity, but no research on ICH has been conducted in Jamaica. We aimed to estimate the prevalence of ICH in urban Jamaica and to evaluate associations betw
Autor:
Colette Cunningham-Myrie, Nathlee McMorris, Daisylyn Chin, Karen Webster-Kerr, Andriene Grant, Marcia Graham, Marshall K. Tulloch-Reid, Jacqueline Duncan, Kelly Ann Gordon-Johnson, Kacey C. Ernst
Publikováno v:
Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública
Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, Vol 41, Iss 0 (2017)
Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, Vol 41, Iss 0 (2017)
Objectives. To describe the clinical presentation of chikungunya virus (CHIKV) illness in adults during the 2014 outbreak in Jamaica and to determine the predictive value of the case definition. Methods. A cross-sectional study was conducted using cl
Autor:
Karen Webster-Kerr, Eva Lewis-Fuller, Pauline L. Weir, Keith H. Carter, Sheila Campbell-Forrester, Karen Lewis-Bell, Jeannette Horner-Bryce, J. Peter Figueroa, Marion Bullock DuCasse, Everton Baker
Publikováno v:
Tropical Medicine & International Health. 16:298-306
Summary In 2006, after 44 years of eradication of malaria, Jamaica had an outbreak of Plasmodium falciparum: 406 confirmed cases between September 2006 and December 2009 with a peak of the epidemic in December 2006. In response to the outbreak, the M
Autor:
Karen, Webster-Kerr, J, Peter Figueroa, Pauline L, Weir, Karen, Lewis-Bell, Everton, Baker, Jeannette, Horner-Bryce, Eva, Lewis-Fuller, Marion, Bullock Ducasse, Keith H, Carter, Sheila, Campbell-Forrester
Publikováno v:
Tropical medicineinternational health : TMIH. 16(3)
In 2006, after 44 years of eradication of malaria, Jamaica had an outbreak of Plasmodium falciparum: 406 confirmed cases between September 2006 and December 2009 with a peak of the epidemic in December 2006. In response to the outbreak, the Ministry