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 determine the rate of recurrence of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) in HIVpositive women evaluated at the University H ospital of the West Indies (UHWI). METHOD: A chart review of all non-pregnant HIV-positive women who attended the gynaecologic and colposcopic clinics between Janu...
Técnicas de Ablación,
Estudios de Casos y Controles,
31574/complicaciones,
31574/terapia,
Estudios de Cohortes,
Colposcopía,
Infecciones por VIH/complicaciones,
Hospitales Universitarios,
Jamaica,
Recurrencia Local de Neoplasia,
Prueba de Papanicolaou,
Modelos de Riesgos Proporcionales,
Factores de Tiempo,
Resultado del Tratamiento,
Neoplasias del Cuello Uterino/complicaciones,
Neoplasias del Cuello Uterino/terapia,
Frotis Vaginal
OBJECTIVE: The twin epidemics of HIV and homelessness present several challenging aspects to the development of programmes for the provision of treatment and care. This paper describes the characteristics of this population being managed by a collaborative effort between the Centre for HIV/AIDS Research,...
Terapia Antirretroviral Altamente Activa/métodos,
Terapia Antirretroviral Altamente Activa/estadística & datos numéricos,
Conducta Cooperativa,
Infecciones por VIH/tratamiento farmacológico,
Infecciones por VIH/epidemiología,
Infecciones por VIH/transmisión,
Accesibilidad a los Servicios de Salud/estadística & datos numéricos,
Hepatitis C/epidemiología,
Personas con Mala Vivienda/estadística & datos numéricos,
Hospitales Universitarios,
Jamaica/epidemiología,
Cumplimiento de la Medicación/estadística & datos numéricos,
Estudios Retrospectivos,
Conducta Sexual/estadística & datos numéricos,
Trastornos Relacionados con Sustancias/epidemiología
OBJECTIVE: Current epidemiological research indicates that HIV/AIDS endures and continues to be a significant vulnerability among adolescents and youths despite the increased access to antiretroviral drugs and the reduction in the global progression of the disease. This study examined the association bet...
Terapia Antirretroviral Altamente Activa,
Ansiedad/epidemiología,
Ansiedad/psicología,
Estudios Transversales,
Depresión/epidemiología,
Depresión/psicología,
Infecciones por VIH/tratamiento farmacológico,
Infecciones por VIH/epidemiología,
Infecciones por VIH/psicología,
Jamaica/epidemiología,
Estrés Psicológico/epidemiología,
Estrés Psicológico/psicología,
Trastornos Relacionados con Sustancias/epidemiología,
Trastornos Relacionados con Sustancias/psicología
The recommendations for controlling HIV/AIDS, whether prescriptive or descriptive, underscore the value of information: its translation into knowledge, and knowledge into behaviour. Thus, accessing, evaluating, disseminating and applying authoritative, credible and scholarly information on HIV/AIDS are c...
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...
OBJECTIVE: To describe the creation and validation of the Jamaica Personality Disorder Inventory (JPDI) screening questionnaire. METHOD: Using the phenomenological triad of power management, dependency and psychosexual issues, drafts of the JPDI were piloted on patients from psychiatric and medical wards...
The project has also benefitted from the support of the office of the Permanent Secretary, as well as the Ministry of Health as a whole, since its beginning. Communication related to the project has been supported by the work of a dedicated communications group. Both the Washington, DC and Jamaica office...
