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pro vyhledávání: '"T Alafia Samuels"'
Autor:
Reeta Gobin, Troy Thomas, Sharlene Goberdhan, Manoj Sharma, Robert Nasiiro, Rosana Emmanuel, Madan Rambaran, Shelly McFarlane, Christelle Elia, Davon Van-Veen, Ishtar Govia, Tiffany Palmer, Ursula Read, J Kennedy Cruickshank, T Alafia Samuels, Rainford Wilks, Seeromanie Harding
Publikováno v:
PLoS ONE, Vol 19, Iss 4, p e0301503 (2024)
IntroductionEpidemiological transition to NCDs is a challenge for fragile health systems in the Caribbean. The Congregations Taking Action against NCDs (CONTACT) Study intervention proposes that trained health advocates (HAs) from places of worship (
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https://doaj.org/article/ac021d4b5835400cb8c0d782227ae112
Autor:
Leonor Guariguata, Leandro Garcia, Natasha Sobers, Trevor S Ferguson, James Woodcock, T Alafia Samuels, Cornelia Guell, Nigel Unwin
Publikováno v:
PLOS Global Public Health, Vol 2, Iss 5, p e0000436 (2022)
Diabetes and obesity present a high and increasing burden of disease in the Caribbean that have failed to respond to prevention policies and interventions. These conditions are the result of a complex system of drivers and determinants that can make
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/e11284269a2c483894e17617ec7ddfd4
Autor:
Leonor Guariguata, Etiënne AJA Rouwette, Madhuvanti M Murphy, Arlette Saint Ville, Leith L Dunn, Gordon M Hickey, Waneisha Jones, T Alafia Samuels, Nigel Unwin
Publikováno v:
Nutrients, Vol 12, Iss 2, p 384 (2020)
Many Small Island Developing States of the Caribbean experience a triple burden of malnutrition with high rates of obesity, undernutrition in children, and iron deficiency anemia in women of reproductive age, driven by an inadequate, unhealthy diet.
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https://doaj.org/article/260f6d48f62a4e939be571de51cc4c2e
Publikováno v:
PLoS ONE, Vol 11, Iss 9, p e0163172 (2016)
Data on disparities in mortality within low and middle income countries are limited, with little published data from the Caribbean or Central America. Our aim was to investigate disparities in overall and cause specific premature adult mortality in t
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https://doaj.org/article/1f5ac5dc02de43c48afa4aa1cf443238
Publikováno v:
The Lancet Global Health, Vol 3, Iss 10, p e593 (2015)
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/7720289cb63547ca9ba4b66596c3a308
Autor:
Natasha Sobers-Grannum, Madhuvanti M Murphy, Anders Nielsen, Cornelia Guell, T Alafia Samuels, Lisa Bishop, Nigel Unwin
Publikováno v:
PLoS ONE, Vol 10, Iss 5, p e0126799 (2015)
Diabetes (DM) is estimated to affect 10-15% of the adult population in the Caribbean. Preventive efforts require population wide measures to address its social determinants. We undertook a systematic review to determine current knowledge about the so
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https://doaj.org/article/2200031952e5480bbe51e7d64eb3edab
Publikováno v:
Bulletin of the World Health Organization, Vol 92, Iss 4, Pp 270-276B (2014)
The CARICOM Summit on Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases – the first government summit ever devoted to noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) – was convened by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in Trinidad and Tobago in September 2007. Leaders in attenda
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/3aeadb81c0a94c6ba98bb6eeb270bc21
Childhood obesity on the rise during COVID‐19: A request for global leaders to change the trajectory
Publikováno v:
Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.)
Childhood obesity has been rising in all world regions - 2019 estimates were that 158 million children aged 5-19 are living with obesity, of whom many live in LMICs1 . Yet there has been limited to no progress to halt the rise in more than 20 years a
Publikováno v:
Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública. 46:1
The Caribbean is experiencing a worsening epidemic of obesity and noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and it has the worst rates of premature mortality from cardiovascular diseases in the region of the Americas. Creating enabling environments to improve
Autor:
James Woodcock, Leonor Guariguata, T. Alafia Samuels, Leandro Martin Totaro Garcia, Cornelia Guell, Nigel Unwin
Publikováno v:
Guariguata, L, Unwin, N, Garcia, L, Woodcock, J, Samuels, A & Guell, C 2021, ' Systems science for developing policy to improve physical activity, the Caribbean ', Bulletin of the World Health Organization, vol. 99, no. 10, pp. 722-729 . https://doi.org/10.2471/BLT.20.285297
Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Bulletin of the World Health Organization
The World Health Organization (WHO) Global Action Plan on Physical Activity recommends adopting a systems approach to implementing and tailoring actions according to local contexts. We held group model-building workshops with key stakeholders in the
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https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::fbbc08a5051ac6f464a094fe11ceb44e
https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/publications/6e7510c9-7e13-4116-97fe-3684f279fe36
https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/publications/6e7510c9-7e13-4116-97fe-3684f279fe36