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Tutor assessment of PBL process: does tutor variability affect objectivity and reliability?

Authors: Bidyadhar Sa, Chidum Ezenwaka, Keerti Singh, Sehlule Vuma and Md. Anwarul Azim Majumder

Citation: BMC Medical Education 2019 19:76

Content type: Research article Published on: 8 March 2019
Experiences of gender-based violence among female sex workers, men who have sex with men, and transgender women in Latin America and the Caribbean: a qualitative study to inform HIV programming

Authors: Emily Evens, Michele Lanham, Karin Santi, Juana Cooke, Kathleen Ridgeway, Giuliana Morales, Caleb Parker, Claire Brennan, Marjan de Bruin, Pavel Chladni Desrosiers, Xenia Diaz, Marta Drago, Roger McLean, Modesto Mendizabal, Dirk Davis, Rebecca B. Hershow…

Citation: BMC International Health and Human Rights 2019 19:9

Content type: Research article Published on: 5 March 2019
Stigma in health facilities: why it matters and how we can change it

Authors: Laura Nyblade, Melissa A. Stockton, Kayla Giger, Virginia Bond, Maria L. Ekstrand, Roger Mc Lean, Ellen M. H. Mitchell, La Ron E. Nelson, Jaime C. Sapag, Taweesap Siraprapasiri, Janet Turan and Edwin Wouters

Citation: BMC Medicine 2019 17:25

Content type: Correspondence Published on: 15 February 2019
What is the financial incentive to immigrate? An analysis of salary disparities between health workers working in the Caribbean and popular destination countries

Authors: Gavin George, Bruce Rhodes and Christine Laptiste

Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:109

Content type: Research article Published on: 8 February 2019
Assessing the impact of the Barbados sugar-sweetened beverage tax on beverage sales: an observational study

Authors: Miriam Alvarado, Nigel Unwin, Stephen J. Sharp, Ian Hambleton, Madhuvanti M. Murphy, T. Alafia Samuels, Marc Suhrcke and Jean Adams

Citation: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2019 16:13

Content type: Research Published on: 30 January 2019
Prevalence and associations of depression among patients with cardiac diseases in a public health institute in Trinidad and Tobago

Authors: Mandreker Bahall

Citation: BMC Psychiatry 2019 19:4

Content type: Research article Published on: 7 January 2019
The National Alcohol Survey of Households in Trinidad and Tobago (NASHTT): willingness to support changes in policy, laws and regulations

Authors: Rohan G. Maharaj, Terence Babwah, M. Shastri Motilal, Paula Nunes, Rachel Brathwaite, George Legall and Sandra D. Reid

Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:1202

Content type: Research article Published on: 25 October 2018
Gut microbiota, short chain fatty acids, and obesity across the epidemiologic transition: the METS-Microbiome study protocol

Authors: Lara R. Dugas, Louise Lie, Jacob Plange-Rhule, Kweku Bedu-Addo, Pascal Bovet, Estelle V. Lambert, Terrence E. Forrester, Amy Luke, Jack A. Gilbert and Brian T. Layden

Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:978

Content type: Study protocol Published on: 6 August 2018
Social determinants of prostate cancer in the Caribbean: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Authors: Catherine R. Brown, Ian Hambleton, Shawn M. Hercules, Nigel Unwin, Madhuvanti M. Murphy, E. Nigel Harris, Rainford Wilks, Marlene MacLeish, Louis Sullivan and Natasha Sobers-Grannum

Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:900

Content type: Research article Published on: 20 July 2018
Cancer incidence and mortality rates and trends in Trinidad and Tobago

Authors: Wayne A. Warner, Tammy Y. Lee, Kimberly Badal, Tanisha M. Williams, Smriti Bajracharya, Vasavi Sundaram, Nigel A. Bascombe, Ravi Maharaj, Marjorie Lamont-Greene, Allana Roach, Melissa Bondy, Matthew J. Ellis, Timothy R. Rebbeck, Simeon Slovacek, Jingqin Luo, Adetunji T. Toriola…

Citation: BMC Cancer 2018 18:712

Content type: Research article Published on: 4 July 2018
The ethics of relationality in implementation and evaluation research in global health: reflections from the Dream-A-World program in Kingston, Jamaica

Authors: Nicole A. D’souza, Jaswant Guzder, Frederick Hickling and Danielle Groleau

Citation: BMC Medical Ethics 2018 19(Suppl 1):50

Content type: Debate Published on: 15 June 2018

This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 19 Supplement 1
Elevated blood pressure and illness beliefs: a cross-sectional study of emergency department patients in Jamaica

Authors: Taneisha T. Wilson, Jean Williams-Johnson, Maxine Gossel-Williams, Elizabeth M. Goldberg, Rainford Wilks, Shuvra Dasgupta, Georgiana M. Gordon-Strachan, Eric W. Williams and Philip D. Levy

Citation: International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2018 11:30

Content type: Original Research Published on: 30 May 2018
Prospective Observational Study on acute Appendicitis Worldwide (POSAW)

Authors: Massimo Sartelli, Gian L. Baiocchi, Salomone Di Saverio, Francesco Ferrara, Francesco M. Labricciosa, Luca Ansaloni, Federico Coccolini, Deepak Vijayan, Ashraf Abbas, Hariscine K. Abongwa, John Agboola, Adamu Ahmed, Lali Akhmeteli, Nezih Akkapulu, Seckin Akkucuk, Fatih Altintoprak…

Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2018 13:19

Content type: Research article Published on: 16 April 2018
Health services in Trinidad: throughput, throughput challenges, and the impact of a throughput intervention on overcrowding in a public health institution

Authors: Mandreker Bahall

Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:129

Content type: Research article Published on: 20 February 2018
Quality of life of patients with first-time AMI: a descriptive study

Authors: Mandreker Bahall and Katija Khan

Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2018 16:32

Content type: Research Published on: 13 February 2018
Rapid increase of overweight and obesity among primary school-aged children in the Caribbean; high initial BMI is the most significant predictor

Authors: Walaa A. Mumena, Isabella Francis-Granderson, Leroy E. Phillip and Katherine Gray-Donald

Citation: BMC Obesity 2018 5:4

Content type: Research article Published on: 30 January 2018
Raising concerns about the Sepsis-3 definitions

Authors: Massimo Sartelli, Yoram Kluger, Luca Ansaloni, Timothy C. Hardcastle, Jordi Rello, Richard R. Watkins, Matteo Bassetti, Eleni Giamarellou, Federico Coccolini, Fikri M. Abu-Zidan, Abdulrashid K. Adesunkanmi, Goran Augustin, Gian L. Baiocchi, Miklosh Bala, Oussema Baraket, Marcelo A. Beltran…

Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2018 13:6

Content type: Review Published on: 25 January 2018
Incidence of endophthalmitis after 23-gauge pars plana vitrectomy

Authors: Zhong Lin, Xiaofen Feng, Liya Zheng, Nived Moonasar, Lijun Shen, Ronghan Wu and Feng Chen

Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2018 18:16

Content type: Research article Published on: 23 January 2018
Independent association of resting energy expenditure with blood pressure: confirmation in populations of the African diaspora

Authors: Chloe Creber, Richard S. Cooper, Jacob Plange-Rhule, Pascal Bovet, Estelle V. Lambert, Terrence E. Forrester, Dale Schoeller, Walter Riesen, Wolfgang Korte, Guichan Cao, Amy Luke and Lara R. Dugas

Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2018 18:4

Content type: Research article Published on: 10 January 2018
Prevalence, patterns, and perceived value of complementary and alternative medicine among HIV patients: a descriptive study

Authors: Mandreker Bahall

Citation: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2017 17:422

Content type: Research article Published on: 23 August 2017