Patricia Desai

Datos Biográficos

ID5414265
NOMBREPatricia Desai
NOMBRESPatricia
APELLIDODesai
FIRMADESAI P
AFILIACIONESUniversity of the West Indies System
VERIFICADONo
TOTAL DE OBRAS6
TOTAL DE CITAS2
OBRAS COMO AUTOR6
OBRAS COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN1969
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN1983
ÍNDICE H1

  • Child-Rearing Practices in Kingston, Jamaica

    Jacqueline Landman, Sally Grantham‐mcgregor et al.ARTICLECaribbean Quarterly1983Citada por: 2Referencias: 3

    Child-rearing practices influence patterns of child development, so before planning educational and social services for young children, it is important to take into account normal cultural patterns. Little information is available on child-rearing practices in Jamaica, particularly in relation to very young children. In her now classic work, Clarke (1972) described the social background and family structure of rural Jamaica in the 1940s but made …

  • Studies in Social Dynamics of Primary Health Care

    Robert N Grosse, Ashish Bose et al.ARTICLEPopulation and Development Review1983

  • Do Child Welfare Clinics Influence Growth?

    Open AccessPatricia Desai, Leotta M Clarke et al.ARTICLEJournal of Biosocial Science1970

    Child welfare clinics established in a rural Jamaican community for research purposes are described. These special clinics were able to devote more resources to the care of their children than is usual, yet the growth and health of these children were very similar to those in another group to whom this service was not available and who attended routine government welfare clinics only infrequently.

  • Malnutrition, Infection and Child Growth in Jamaica

    Open AccessW E Miall, Patricia Desai et al.ARTICLEJournal of Biosocial Science1970

    A semi-longitudinal study of factors influencing child growth in a rural community in Jamaica provided an opportunity to explore the relationships between diarrhoea, respiratory infections and body weight. Respiratory infections and diarrhoea both reached peak incidences between the ages of 6 and 24 months when children are at highest risk of malnutrition. Respiratory infections had no demonstrable influence on growth. Diarrhoea was more common i…

  • Socio-Economic and Cultural Influences on Child Growth in Rural Jamaica

    Open AccessPatricia Desai, K L STANDARD et al.ARTICLEJournal of Biosocial Science1970

    A semi-longitudinal study of growth in children up to 5 years of age in a rural Jamaican community is described. One of its aims was to investigate the relationship between growth and factors in the social environment such as family structure, parental characteristics, housing and income. A strong relationship between growth and socio-economic variables was found. This apparently masked whatever effects the quality of care or separation from pare…

  • A longitudinal study of child growth in a rural community in Jamaica

    Open AccessK L STANDARD, Patricia Desai et al.ARTICLEJournal of Biosocial Science1969

    A longitudinal study of the growth of a cohort of 229 infants born in a rural area in Jamaica and followed to their 4th birthdays is described, and this paper reports analyses of the anthropometric measurements. Moderate impairment of growth affected the majority of children and was most marked between the ages of 3 and 15 months. Severe impairment occurred in boys more often than girls and in this comm unity was rarely attributable to disease. T…