Researching women's health
Examines the relationship between women, health and development in the Caribbean...
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The environment: basic public health issues
Researching STD's in the Caribbean
This article is devoted to the study of STD's amongst women in the Caribbean...
Challenges in parenting as it relates to health
Parenting should not only be seen as the mother raising the child as is the tradition, but the role of the father should also be emphasized. Various health problems arising in both mother and child are discussed especially those occuring in disabled children and teenage mothers. It is important to realiz...
The state's social policy: basis for the integration of public health and social institutions in the English Caribbean
The purpose of this study is to formulate guidelines for determining a legal basis for the integration of public health and social security institutions in the countries of the English-speaking Caribbean...
Health dimensions of economic reform: with special reference to women's health status
Stress and the female physician
Discusses the area of stress as it relates to the female physician. Based on an analysis of a questionnaire entitled Stress and the female physician...
Challenges to orthodox medicine: self-help approaches in the USA
Argues that women, by choice or necessity are becoming more active participants in the protection of their own health. Through empowering methods of self-help women are breaking the conspiracy of silence about their health...
Violence against women; medico-legal issues
This paper focuses on four main categories of violence, highlighting their legal responses: Domestic violence, Rape, Incest, and other sexual offences. Whether these legal responses adequately take into account medical and sociological considerations is questioned...
Abortion research issues for the Caribbean
This paper uses the experience of a recent study conducted in Barbados, where the termination of pregnancy is relatively unrestricted, to highlight some of the constraints to conducting abortion-related research in the english-speaking Caribbean region. The author also suggests issues which should be inc...