Mental healthcare in Saint Lucia
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Reducing Health Disparities and Improving Health Equity in Saint Lucia
St. Lucia is an island nation in the Eastern Caribbean, with a population of 179,000 people, where chronic health conditions, such as hypertension and diabetes, are significant. The purpose of this pilot study is to create a model for community health education, tracking, and monitoring of these health conditions, research training, and policy interventions in St. Lucia, which may apply to othe...
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BACKGROUND Continuing education (CE) is crucial for quality improvement in health care. The needs assessment of CE helps ensure effectiveness. However, such an assessment necessitates certain techniques that are unfamiliar to health care communities in developing countries. This study identifies the needs of providing CE to health care personnel in Saint Lucia. METHODS This study was designed...
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Objective: To determine the epidemiology and control of intestinal parasitic infection among children in two communities of south Saint Lucia. Methods: Eight hundred ninety seven children participated in this study. Parasitic infections were confirmed by two stool examinations using the Kato Katz method and the mini-parasep concentration method. Control methods used were treatment of all infect...
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عنوان ژورنال: BJPsych International
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2056-4740,2058-6264
DOI: 10.1192/bji.2017.12