Deanna Ashley

Datos Biográficos

ID3700403
NOMBREDeanna Ashley
NOMBRESDeanna
APELLIDOAshley
FIRMAASHLEY D
AFILIACIONESMinistry of Health
VERIFICADONo
TOTAL DE OBRAS8
TOTAL DE CITAS18
TOTAL COMO AUTOR8
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN1985
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2010
ÍNDICE H2

  • Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome and its components in relation to socioeconomic status among Jamaican young adults

    Open AccessTrevor S Ferguson, Marshall K Tulloch-Reid et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2010

    Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome is low, but central obesity and low HDL are present in 16% and 47% of Jamaican youth, respectively. Central obesity is inversely associated with occupation and education in females

  • Physical and psychological violence in Jamaica's health sector

    Open AccessMaria Jackson, Deanna AshleyARTICLERevista Panamericana de Salud…2005

    Violence in the health sector workplace in Jamaica is an occupational hazard that is of public health concern. Evaluation of the environment that creates risks for violence is necessary to guide the formulation of meaningful interventions for the country

  • Nutritional status of 11–12-year-old Jamaican children

    Open AccessMaria Jackson, Maureen Samms-Vaughan et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2002

    Objective: To determine the nutritional status of a cohort of 11–12 year olds and ascertain social and demographic factors associated with under- and overweight in early adolescence. Design: Cross-sectional. Subjects: Subgroup ( n =1698) of the birth cohort (September–October 1986) of the Jamaican Perinatal Survey enrolled in schools in the Kingston Metropolitan area. One thousand and sixty-three parents or caregivers provided social and demograp…

  • Under-users of antenatal care

    Open AccessAffette Mccaw-Binns, Janet La Grenade et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine1995Citada por: 12Referencias: 10

  • Determinants of pregnancy outcomes and targeting of maternal health services in Jamaica

    Open AccessPaul Gertler, Omar Rahman et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine1993Citada por: 6Referencias: 7

  • Prevalence and determinants of caesarean section in Jamaica

    Open AccessLinda A Webster, Janet R Daling et al.ARTICLEJournal of Biosocial Science1992

    The prevalence and determinants of primary caesarean section in Jamaica were estimated from a survey of women aged 14–49 years. Among 2328 women reporting 2395 live hospital births during the period January 1984 to May 1989, the prevalence of caesarean section was 4·1%. Repeat caesarean sections accounted for 1·3% of the hospital births during that period. Of the medical complications studied, prolonged labour and/or cephalopelvic disproportion c…

  • The quality of care is related to death rates

    Gordon J Walker, Deanna Ashley et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health1988Referencias: 11

    The quality of care of random samples of about 40 infants admitted with acute gastroenteritis to each of five hospitals in Jamaica was assessed. Low levels of adherence to consensus care criteria appeared to be correlated with high levels of hospital-specific severity standardized mortality ratios X100 (SSMRs); poor adherence, SSMR 127-230; intermediate adherence, SSMR 95; good adherence, SSMR 14. The main deficiencies in care at certain hospital…

  • A review of poliomyelitis epidemics in Jamaica

    Open AccessDeanna Ashley, Richard L Bernal et al.ARTICLEDisasters1985

    The prevalence of communicable diseases in the English speaking Caribbean has declined considerably over the last two decades, creating a false sense of security and complacency in implementing continuous preventive measures such as immunization. Poliomyelitis is one such case in paint. The last case of paralytic poliomyelitis was reported in Jamaica in 1969. Then twelve years later, in May 1982, the Ministry of Health announced the outbreak of p…