"I started cooking food and bringing it to the mental health clinic every Wednesday, because I thought to myself that many people would be there for hours and would not have anything to eat," he said. "One day, one of the nurses at the mental health clinic reached out to me and aske...
healthandHIVThis cross-sectional study explored the range of psychiatric and substance use disorders and unmet need for mental health care among 84 HIV-positive and 44 HIV-negative public clinic attendees in Jamaica. We used a brief interviewer-administered diagnostic tool, the Client Diagnostic ...
A "Psycho-Social Determinants of Maternal Adolescent Health Model" is introduced that provided guidance for the thematic analysis of study findings. Innovation in the infrastructure of the teen-centered clinic, expansion of the roles and philosophy of the staff, as well as a structured group ...
Long story short: The Mayo Clinic in Phoenix “fixes” NPH by installing a shunt in your skull. It’s like the condensation hose on your AC unit. Excess fluid drains away and is absorbed, harmlessly, into the abdomen. A medical equivalent of this installed in my Dad’s skull to treat ...
Pet Clinic Jan 13 2021 5 Diseases Often Experienced by Breed Dogs Dogs as the most loyal pets must always be kept in good health. The reason is, there are various diseases that can attack dogs, including purebred dogs. Well, if not handled properly, in some cases this disease can have ...
CHAs did a lot of routine clinic health work but focussed mainly on maternal and child welfare. They had to encourage exclusive breast feeding; improve weaning practices; encourage a more balanced and affordable family diet by reducing the reliance on imported foods and increase the use of home-...
CHAs did a lot of routine clinic health work but focussed mainly on maternal and child welfare. They had to encourage exclusive breast feeding; improve weaning practices; encourage a more balanced and affordable family diet by reducing the reliance on imported foods and increase the use of home-...
Abstract Syndemics approaches explore the convergence of psychosocial factors that elevate HIV vulnerabilities. Less research has explored syndemics among lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) persons in contexts where criminalization has downstream impacts on LGBT discrimination, such as Jamaica. ...
The purpose of the study was to explore the experiences and the impact of pregnancy on pregnant adolescent psychological health. Individual interviews and focus groups were conducted with adolescents in two Jamaican antenatal clinics. One clinic was designed as a 'Teen Pregnancy Clinic' and the ...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between disease severity (sickle-cell type and hospital, emergency room and clinic emergency visits (CEU)), religious coping (positive and negative) and depression. This was accomplished through secondary analysis of a data set based on...