OBJECTIVE: To examine psychosocial functioning in eating disorder (ED) patients with restrictive and purgative subtypes. METHOD: Forty-four adult female patients with a diagnosis of ED were divided into restrictive (RP) and purgative (PP) groups according the presence of purgative symptoms. Functioning w...
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: 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...
BACKGROUND: Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevalence among men who have sex with men (MSM) is thought to be high in Jamaica. The objective of this study was to estimate HIV prevalence and identify risk factors in order to improve prevention approaches. METHODS: With the help of influential MSM, an e...
Homosexualidad Masculina/estadística & datos numéricos,
Infecciones por Chlamydia/epidemiología,
Víctimas de Crimen/estadística & datos numéricos,
Estudios Transversales,
Gonorrea/epidemiología,
Infecciones por VIH/epidemiología,
Personas con Mala Vivienda/estadística & datos numéricos,
Jamaica/epidemiología,
Prevalencia,
Factores de Riesgo,
Enfermedades de Transmisión Sexual/epidemiología,
Factores Socioeconómicos,
Sífilis/epidemiología,
Tricomoniasis/epidemiología,
Sexo Inseguro,
Poblaciones Vulnerables
OBJECTIVE: To develop a Caribbean regional profile of youth sexual behaviour associated with risk of HIV. DESIGN AND METHODS: A review of sexual behaviour surveys with youth aged 15-24 years was conducted as part of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) HIV Caribbean Office's Review and Gender Anal...
BACKGROUND: Stable heterosexual relationships are a major determinant of the HIV epidemic and seroprevalence rate of HIV amongst antenatal women is a reflection of what is happening in the larger society. OBJECTIVES: This study aims to determine the HIV seroprevalence rate and to identify factors respons...
Atención Ambulatoria,
Estudios Transversales,
Infecciones por VIH/epidemiología,
Nigeria/epidemiología,
Paridad,
Complicaciones Infecciosas del Embarazo/epidemiología,
Atención Prenatal,
Prevalencia,
Factores de Riesgo,
Conducta Sexual/estadística & datos numéricos,
Parejas Sexuales,
Factores Socioeconómicos
OBJECTIVE: To examine the history of personality disorder in the context of contemporary post-colonial Jamaican society. METHODS: The literature outlining the development and classification of personality disorder is reviewed. The social, psychiatric and epidemiological studies of personality disorder in...
Antecedentes. Los estados de inmunodeficiencia impactan en el funcionamiento familiar. Objetivo. Comparar el funcionamiento
familiar y aspectos clínico-nutricionales entre niños con alto nivel de sospecha de inmunodeficiencias primarias
y aquellos con menor nivel de sospecha. Lugar de aplicación. Clí...
Introducción: el colesterol HDL (c-HDL) es una lipoproteína encargada de la remoción del colesterol en exceso a nivel de las arterias, por lo que sus niveles bajos promueven la formación de placas ateromatosas y si a esto le sumamos otros factores de riesgo cardiovascular, en su gran mayoría modific...
CONTEXTO: Pacientes com transtorno bipolar possuem risco maior de suicídio, quando comparados com a população geral e com outros transtornos psiquiátricos. Este artigo tem como objetivo revisar os aspectos sociodemográficos, clínicos e neuroanatômicos associados ao comportamento suicida em pacient...
