Donations of food, gifts bring taste of Trinidad and Tobago to stranded farm workers
Roughly 400 people from Trinidad and Tobago are stuck on Canadian farms after labouring through the pandemic as essential workers. They won't be home for Christmas, but the community is bringing the celebration to them. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - December 23, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Hamilton Source Type: news
It's never one type: the co-occurrence of child abuse and neglect among children living in community residences in Trinidad - Descartes CH, Maharaj PE, Quammie M, Mills J, Ramesar M, Pulwarty H.
This study aimed to provide evidence of the prevalence of multi-type maltreatment and patterns of co-... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 7, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Venezuela oil tanker that was abandoned with 1.1million gallons of oil has been kept afloat and is having the oil safely removed
Officials in the Caribbean nation of Trinidad & Tobago say a damaged Venezuelan oil tanker in shared waters no longer poses a risk of spilling (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - October 30, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Caribbean Threatened By 1.3 Million Barrels Of Oil From Sinking Oil Tanker
A state of emergency is being called for in Trinidad and Tobago over a slowly sinking oil tanker with 1.3 million barrels of oil (60... (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - October 21, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Development and treatment of aggression in individuals with dementia - Gilmore MC, Stebbins L, Arg üelles-Borge S, Trinidad B, Golden CJ.
Behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) are a group of non-cognitive symptoms and behaviors that often occur with a diagnosis of dementia. Aggression is the most prevalent and serious of these noncognitive symptoms. However, the developmen... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - October 20, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news
An updated review of the epidemiology of swimming injuries - Trinidad A, Gonz ález-Garcia H, López-Valenciano A.
OBJECTIVE: To carry out a systematic review to update the scientific evidence on the incidence and prevalence of injuries in the swimming discipline, as well as the location, type and mechanism of the injuries, and to assess whether studies are meeting met... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - October 5, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Drowning, Suffocation Source Type: news
UK coronavirus: Wales to prioritise reopening schools; M & S sandwich supplier closes factory after outbreak – as it happened
Reopening schoolswill be given ‘top priority’, says Welsh first minister;Greencore staff to self-isolate for 14 days; Croatia, Austria and Trinidad and Tobago off safe list from4am SaturdayExclusive: UK ’s cheap food could fuel Covid spread, says WHO envoyCovid eviction threat: reprieve for renters in England and WalesOldham to face tougher restrictions but escapes full lockdownCall to make Covid testing compulsory for universities studentsCoronavirus global updates – live7.03pmBSTThat ’s all from the UK blog today, as always you can continue reading over on our global coronavirus blog after Italy records its big...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - August 21, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Jessica Murray (now) and Sarah Marsh (earlier) Tags: Coronavirus outbreak Birmingham Boris Johnson Infectious diseases Politics Science UK news Medical research Microbiology Source Type: news
UK coronavirus live: scramble to beat quarantine deadline; Wigan to come out of lockdown
Wigan joinstwo Lancashire areas also easing restrictions; Croatia, Austria and Trinidad and Tobago off safe list from4am SaturdayShapps rejects idea of partial quarantine for countriesLockdown fears for Birmingham amid sharp rise in casesRetail sales rise above pre-Covid levelsCovid-19 drives UK national debt to £2tnCoronavirus global updates – live1.13pmBSTTens of thousands of frantic school-leavers are still waiting to hear if they will be accepted at the university of their choice afterreceiving better A-level grades this week. But vice-chancellors are warning that taking large numbers of extra undergraduates would p...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - August 21, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Jessica Murray (now) and Sarah Marsh (earlier) Tags: Coronavirus outbreak Birmingham Boris Johnson Infectious diseases Politics Science UK news Medical research Microbiology Source Type: news
UK coronavirus live: Croatia, Austria and Trinidad and Tobago added to quarantine list – as it happened
Shapps announces change asPortugal added to Covid safe list;Birmingham ‘likely to join Covid watch list’as cases rise; Sturgeon keeps Scotland incurrent state of lockdownas country records 77 new casesPortugal added to Covid safe list as Croatia taken offCoronavirus cases in England rise by 27% in a weekGovernment spends £56m on consultants to help with pandemicEnd of eviction ban ‘could lead to Covid surge’Global coronavirus live: latest updates6.58pmBSTThat ’s all from me today, folks. Thanks for reading. Here is a summary of today’s key events:6.30pmBSTThe shadow transport secretary, Jim McMahon, is calling...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - August 20, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Helen Pidd; Fran Lawther and Kevin Rawlinson Tags: Coronavirus outbreak UK news Education GCSEs A-levels Sixth form Exams Schools Boris Johnson Gavin Williamson Infectious diseases Politics Science Medical research Source Type: news
Factors affecting mortality in major trauma patients in Trinidad and Tobago - a view from the developing world - Varachhia S, Ramcharitar Maharaj V, Paul JF, Robertson P, Nunes P, Sammy I.
This study investigated the characteristics and outcomes of seriously injured patients in Trinidad and Tobago, using Trauma and Injury Severity Score (TRISS) methodology. We also aim... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - July 22, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Doctoral student awarded Fulbright to study diseases in migratory birds
(Virginia Tech) Krisangel Lopez, a first-year Ph.D. student in Jonathan Auguste's lab at Virginia Tech, received a Fulbright Fellowship to research how migratory birds can transmit diseases and which pathogens they may carry. When it's safe to travel again, she will spend a year at the University of the West Indies in Trinidad and Tobago. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - July 17, 2020 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Child sexual abuse and the complexities of gender, power, and sexuality - Reddock R, Reid SD, Nickenig T.
This article contributes to the still limited analysis of gender and sexuality in the exploration of HIV infection in the Caribbean. In Trinidad and Tobago, child sexual abuse was identified as a prevalent behavior. This motivated a gendered exploration of... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - May 2, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
"Jumping at the opportunity": the role of situational and opportunity factors in juvenile delinquency in Southern Europe - Trinidad A, Vozmediano L, San-Juan C.
Juvenile delinquency is influenced by opportunities and situations: the existing evidence has pointed out that variables such as leisure places or poor social cohesion are associated to offenses committed by youths. Considering the opportunity perspective,... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 13, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
The Lives Lost to Coronavirus
One of the biggest challenges of this unsettling time is the isolation we feel as we’re separated from friends and family, all the people for whom we care most deeply. But just being alone is only part of the difficulty. Our sense of remoteness is intensified by a pall of unease we can’t define: Loss and sorrow are also in the air. We fear losing—or we may have already lost—people we love. And when we work up the courage to look beyond our individual personal spheres, we see that many people who have made our world better, in big and small ways, have vanished before we were ready to let them go.
But...
Source: TIME: Health - April 3, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: TIME Staff Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 feature remembrance Source Type: news
Arts, Culture – Trying to Keep the Lights on amid Covid-19
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Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - March 24, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: SWAN Tags: Arts Health Source Type: news
