• W Indian Med J · Jul 2011

    Chronic disease and ageing in the Caribbean: opportunities knock at the door.

    • D Eldemire-Shearer, K James, C Morris, D Holder-Nevins, H Lawes, and M Harris.
    • Department of Community Health and Psychiatry, The University of the West Indies, Kingston 7, Jamaica. denise.eldemireshearer@uwimona.edu.jm
    • W Indian Med J. 2011 Jul 1; 60 (4): 471-7.

    AbstractAmidst rapid population ageing, the incidence and prevalence of chronic diseases and their sequelae demand reflective and critical looks at the issue and the subsequent development of informed age-sensitive responses. This paper reviews the burden of chronic diseases in the Caribbean, and its relationship to ageing and the demographic transition. Inter-linkages between the social determinants of health, poverty, ageing, and chronic disease are illustrated. Suggestions are made regarding directions to be pursued and the emerging initiative regarding chronic non-communicable diseases being spearheaded at the United Nations by CARICOM countries

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