Deepak Mahabir
Biographic Data
| ID | 3927447 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Deepak Mahabir |
| GIVEN NAMES | Deepak |
| FAMILY NAME | Mahabir |
| SIGNATURE | MAHABIR D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ministry of Health |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Self-administration of a food security scale by adolescents
Objective To evaluate the reliability and validity of a six-item food security scale when self-administered by adolescents. Design Cross-sectional questionnaire survey including the six-item food security measure, socio-economic variables and a food-frequency questionnaire. Setting Representative sample of 29 schools in Trinidad. Subjects In total 1903 students aged approximately 16 years. Results Item affirmatives ranged from 514 (27%) for the ‘…
Reliability and validity of a short form household food security scale in a Caribbean community
The household food security scale gives reliable and valid responses in this setting. Differing relative item thresholds compared with US data do not require alteration to the cut-points for classification of 'food insecurity without hunger' or 'food insecurity with hunger'. The data provide further evidence that re-evaluation of the 'balanced meal' item is required
Utilisation of private care by public primary care clinic attenders with diabetes
Stroke in Trinidad and Tobago
This study describes the burden of stroke on hospital services in a Caribbean community. The settings are the two main acute general hospitals in Trinidad observed over a 12-month period. All subjects were admitted with a clinical diagnosis of acute stroke. The measures were hospital admission rates, length of hospital stay, case-fatality rates, disability at discharge, and risk factors for stroke. There were 1,105 hospital admissions with a diag…
Social inequalities in morbidity from diabetes mellitus in public primary care clinics in Trinidad and Tobago
Stroke in Trinidad and Tobago
This study describes the burden of stroke on hospital services in a Caribbean community. The settings are the two main acute general hospitals in Trinidad observed over a 12-month period. All subjects were admitted with a clinical diagnosis of acute stroke. The measures were hospital admission rates, length of hospital stay, case-fatality rates, disability at discharge, and risk factors for stroke. There were 1,105 hospital admissions with a diag…
Social inequalities in morbidity from diabetes mellitus in public primary care clinics in Trinidad and Tobago
Utilisation of private care by public primary care clinic attenders with diabetes
Reliability and validity of a short form household food security scale in a Caribbean community
The household food security scale gives reliable and valid responses in this setting. Differing relative item thresholds compared with US data do not require alteration to the cut-points for classification of 'food insecurity without hunger' or 'food insecurity with hunger'. The data provide further evidence that re-evaluation of the 'balanced meal' item is required
Self-administration of a food security scale by adolescents
Objective To evaluate the reliability and validity of a six-item food security scale when self-administered by adolescents. Design Cross-sectional questionnaire survey including the six-item food security measure, socio-economic variables and a food-frequency questionnaire. Setting Representative sample of 29 schools in Trinidad. Subjects In total 1903 students aged approximately 16 years. Results Item affirmatives ranged from 514 (27%) for the ‘…
Medicine (5 works) · Demography (3 works) · Demography (3 works) · Agriculture (2 works) · Child Nutrition and Water Access (2 works) · Chronic Disease Management Strategies (2 works) · Confidence interval (2 works) · Ethnic group (2 works) · Food security (2 works) · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations (2 works)