At least four antenatal visits are the advice from the World Health Organization to mothers-to-be. It comes against the background of monitoring the health of the woman and the progress […]
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Educational Attainment and Total Fertility Rate
Kingston Metropolitan Area has a total fertility rate of 2.2 that is higher than the national rate. Recently there was confirmation that the country’s total fertility rate (TFR) had dipped […]
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Losing Her Figure
Over the last 45 years Jamaica’s population age structure has morphed from a pyramid shape to one with a narrower base, a more rotund mid-section and an increasingly wider top […]
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Parenting – The Most Important Job
Parenting is by far the most important job you can be entrusted to perform. Parenting requires patience, time, and the sharing of resources. Admittedly not everyone is cut out to […]
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HIV Self-test Opportune
With the introduction and availability of the HIV self-test many more sexually active individuals can test themselves at home and know their status in a matter of 20 minutes. This […]
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A Hermeneutic Phenomenological Exploration
This qualitative research (which represents excerpts from a >300-page dissertation), introduces a hermeneutic phenomenological exploration of the extent to which the lived experience of adolescent mothers has influenced future educational […]
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Adolescent Motherhood In Jamaica: A Social State Of Powerlessness?
Adolescent motherhood continues to be of both public health and socio-economic concerns at the micro and macro levels. This paper took a qualitative approach in seeking to determine the extent […]
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Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic Restrictions on Major Crimes and Sexual Offences in Jamaica
On March 11, 2020 the World Health Organisation declared COVID-19 a global pandemic, the virus is highly contagious and has survived in all climatic conditions. At the end of 2020, […]
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De oler de bull
On March 11, 2020 the World Health Organisation declared COVID-19 a global pandemic, the virus is highly contagious and has survived in all climatic conditions. At the end of 2020, […]
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Young bud no know
Timing is everything and with the approach of the summer holidays, it’s time to address the birds and the bees. Several students will proceed on summer break and spend numerous […]
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