Leith Dunn
Biographic Data
| ID | 3697352 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Leith Dunn |
| GIVEN NAMES | Leith |
| FAMILY NAME | Dunn |
| SIGNATURE | DUNN L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of the West Indies System |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Improving household nutrition security and public health in the Caricom, 2018–2022
The Caribbean is experiencing a worsening epidemic of obesity and noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and it has the worst rates of premature mortality from cardiovascular diseases in the region of the Americas. Creating enabling environments to improve dietary diversity would help reduce obesity and diet-related NCDs. The Improving Household Nutrition Security and Public Health in the CARICOM project aimed to increase dietary diversity in the Caribb…
Covid-19 and the social distribution of hunger in three Caribbean Small Island Developing States
Objectives. To determine changes to income and livelihood, food consumption, and hunger due to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in three Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in the Caribbean: Jamaica, St Kitts and Nevis, and St Vincent and the Grenadines. Methods. This was a cross-sectional study conducted in July 2020. Participants were selected using telephone directories and lists of mobile numbers. Data were collected through face-to-face…
African-Caribbean women interrogating diaspora/post-diaspora
This Special Issue of the Caribbean Review of Gender Studies (CRGS) includes articles that have been developed from a two-year project of collaboration between London South Bank University and the Institute for Gender and Development Studies Mona Campus Unit at The University of the West Indies. The project was led by Suzanne Scafe (LSBU) and Leith Dunn (IGDS Mona) and was funded by the UK’s Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) for twenty …
Export processing zones
The author describes incentives used by governments to attract foreign investment and create export processing zones (EPZs), also known as special economic or free trade zones. The low cost of labour, mostly provided by women, is one of these incentives. Making special reference to Jamaica, Belize, and Barbados, the author discusses the impact of EPZs on the Caribbean, and the challenges facing small countries in the face of monopoly agreements. …
Caribbean Women's Struggle and Survival
Strategies of survival and resistance are entwined with the long history to overcome slavery and institutional violence in its many forms write ELEANOR WINT and LEITH DUNN
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Caribbean Women's Struggle and Survival
Strategies of survival and resistance are entwined with the long history to overcome slavery and institutional violence in its many forms write ELEANOR WINT and LEITH DUNN
Export processing zones
The author describes incentives used by governments to attract foreign investment and create export processing zones (EPZs), also known as special economic or free trade zones. The low cost of labour, mostly provided by women, is one of these incentives. Making special reference to Jamaica, Belize, and Barbados, the author discusses the impact of EPZs on the Caribbean, and the challenges facing small countries in the face of monopoly agreements. …
African-Caribbean women interrogating diaspora/post-diaspora
This Special Issue of the Caribbean Review of Gender Studies (CRGS) includes articles that have been developed from a two-year project of collaboration between London South Bank University and the Institute for Gender and Development Studies Mona Campus Unit at The University of the West Indies. The project was led by Suzanne Scafe (LSBU) and Leith Dunn (IGDS Mona) and was funded by the UK’s Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) for twenty …
Improving household nutrition security and public health in the Caricom, 2018–2022
The Caribbean is experiencing a worsening epidemic of obesity and noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and it has the worst rates of premature mortality from cardiovascular diseases in the region of the Americas. Creating enabling environments to improve dietary diversity would help reduce obesity and diet-related NCDs. The Improving Household Nutrition Security and Public Health in the CARICOM project aimed to increase dietary diversity in the Caribb…
Covid-19 and the social distribution of hunger in three Caribbean Small Island Developing States
Objectives. To determine changes to income and livelihood, food consumption, and hunger due to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in three Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in the Caribbean: Jamaica, St Kitts and Nevis, and St Vincent and the Grenadines. Methods. This was a cross-sectional study conducted in July 2020. Participants were selected using telephone directories and lists of mobile numbers. Data were collected through face-to-face…
Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Economics (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Agriculture (2 works) · Business (2 works) · Development economics (2 works) · Environmental health (2 works) · Food security (2 works) · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations (2 works)