OBJECTIVE: The object of this study is to establish the correlates of the phenomenology of conflict and power management in the Jamaican population. METHODS: A total of 1506 adult individuals were sampled from 2150 households using a stratified sampling method and assessed using the 12 questions of the J...
Agresión/psicología,
Conflicto Psicológico,
Trastornos Disruptivos, del Control de Impulso y de la Conducta/epidemiología,
Trastornos Disruptivos, del Control de Impulso y de la Conducta/psicología,
Jamaica/epidemiología,
Trastornos de la Personalidad/epidemiología,
Trastornos de la Personalidad/psicología,
Inventario de Personalidad,
Poder Psicológico,
Encuestas y Cuestionarios
OBJECTIVE: To establish the prevalence of psychological dependency in the Jamaican society in order to examine the relationship between the psychological correlates of dependency and socio-political dependency in this post-colonial country. METHODS: A total of 1506 adult individuals were sampled from 215...
OBJECTIVE: To examine the relationship between the psychopathological correlates of psychosexual phenomena in post-colonial Jamaica. METHODS: A total of 1506 adult individuals were sampled from 2150 households using a stratified sampling method and assessed with the Jamaica Personality Disorder Inventory...
OBJECTIVE: Of particular public health concern to the Jamaican authorities is the consistently high numbers of new HIV infections among adolescents and young adults. The thrust in HIV/AIDS prevention campaigns has largely been toward an increase in knowledge and attitudes as opposed to personality variab...
OBJECTIVE: To identify the prevalence and correlates of personality disorder in a representative sample of the Jamaican population using the Jamaica Personality Disorder Inventory (JPDI). METHOD: A four-stage stratified random sampling method was used to obtain a representative population sample consisti...
OBJECTIVE: The current study investigated the prevalence of Type D personality in persons with selfreported cardiovascular disease and the interactions of Type D personality, reported cardiovascular disease and gender in a Trinidadian cardiac population. METHODS: Between June 2009 and August 2009, 425 pa...
OBJECTIVE: Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection has become a chronic disorder for which adaptation of current healthcare practices is needed. In Curaçao, a new organization of chronic HIV care is being set up based on task shifting in which healthcare workers (HCWs) will deliver HIV care more pr...
Actitud del Personal de Salud,
Enfermedad Crónica,
Competencia Clínica/estadística & datos numéricos,
Atención a la Salud/métodos,
Manejo de la Enfermedad,
Infecciones por VIH/tratamiento farmacológico,
Personal de Salud/educación,
Personal de Salud/psicología,
Antillas Holandesas,
Calidad de la Atención de Salud,
Encuestas y Cuestionarios
OBJECTIVE: To determine accuracy of knowledge and sexual behaviour patterns of junior high school students in New Providence towards HIV/AIDS and identify gender variations. METHODS: A cross-sectional study with cluster sampling of classrooms was undertaken at two schools utilizing a questionnaire. SPSS ...
OBJECTIVE: The goal of the present study was to assess knowledge and attitudes related to HIV/AIDS among the migrant female workers in the restaurant industry in Guangzhou City, China. METHODS: We performed a questionnaire survey using a judgmental sampling method in the health examination clinic of Yuex...
Factores de Edad,
China,
Condones/estadística & datos numéricos,
Estudios Transversales,
Escolaridad,
Infecciones por VIH/prevención & control,
Infecciones por VIH/transmisión,
Conocimientos, Actitudes y Práctica en Salud,
Estado Civil,
Restaurantes,
Conducta Sexual/estadística & datos numéricos,
Encuestas y Cuestionarios,
Migrantes/estadística & datos numéricos
CONTEXTO: Evidências demonstram que a prevalência de insatisfação corporal entre jovens tem aumentado nos últimos anos. Parece que o período da adolescência é o principal precursor para esse aumento. OBJETIVO: Avaliar a insatisfação corporal em adolescentes ao longo de um ano. MÉTODOS: A inves...
