Research and Scientific Publication

Research and Scientific Publications

CARPHA is involved in conducting research on NCDs as a means of providing information for supporting evidence-informed decision making at the national and regional levels. Such research is often done in collaboration with international and regional partners, including the US National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes for Health (US NCI/NIH), US Centres of Disease Control (US CDC), the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), the North American Association of Central Cancer Registries (NAACCR), African Caribbean Consortium on Cancer (AC3) as well as academic institutions, including, the University of the West Indies and Harvard University T. H. Chan School of Public Health and CMS. Results are presented at regional and international meetings and scientific conferences as well as published in peer reviewed journals.

Recent presentations have been made on cancer at the CARPHA Annual Caribbean Health Research Conference, the Conference of the International Association of Cancer Registries and the Annual Conference of NAACCR Links to abstracts presented at the conferences are provided below:

CARPHA Health Research Conference:

• (O-44) Supporting the improvement of data availability for cancer control and prevention in the Caribbean S Quesnel-Crooks, G Andall-Brereton, D Martin, B Kohler, B Edwards, L Mery
• http://conference.carpha.org/Portals/0/Documents/CARPHA%202019%20WIMJ%20Supplement.pdf
• O-13) Non-communicable disease mortality in the English and Dutch-speaking Caribbean Region H Razzaghi, S Quesnel-Crooks, Y Hong, E Gregg, D Martin, G Andall-Brereton, V Gawryszewski, D Duran, M Saraiya
• http://conference.carpha.org/Portals/0/Documents/CARPHA%20Health%20Research%20Conference%202017-Programme.pdf

Conference of the International Association of Cancer Registries

• Supporting the improvement of data availability for cancer control and prevention in the Caribbean (Plenary - Session 3 Page 41)
• http://www.iacr.com.fr/images/AnnualMeetings/Abstracts/2018Arequipa_Book-of-Abstracts.pdf

NAACCR Conference

• Implementing A Sub-Regional Virtual Cancer Registry To Support Cancer Registration In 10 Caribbean Countries
• Overcoming Challenges Related To Cancer Case Identification In Rural West Guyana
• A First Look At Cancer Incidence Rates And Trends In Bermuda Over The 10-Year Period 2007-2016
• Advancing Cancer Surveillance In Less Resourced Settings Through Adaptation Of Seer Analysis Tools
• https://www.naaccr.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/2018-NAACCR-Final-Abstract-Program.pdf
• An Approach To Strengthen Cancer Prevention And Control In The English- And Dutch-Speaking Caribbean
• https://www.naaccr.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/NAACCR-2017-Abstract-Final-Program.pdf
• Scientific publications on cancer mortality, NCD mortality, risk factors for NCDs and health systems performance have been published in peer reviewed journals. Below are hyperlinks to the scientific publications :

Cancer Mortality:

• Leading Causes of Cancer Mortality - Caribbean Region, 2003-2013

Non-Communicable Disease Mortality:

• 10-year trends in noncommunicable disease mortality in the Caribbean region

Risk Factors for Cervical Cancer:

• Prevalence of high-risk human papillomavirus among women in two English-speaking Caribbean countries.
• Human papillomavirus genotypes and their prevalence in a cohort of women in Trinidad.
• 'Have a Pap smear!'--doctors, their clients, and opportunistic cervical cancer screening.

Cancer Prevention and Control

• Cancer control in the Caribbean island countries and territories: some progress but the journey continues.
• Advancing cancer care and prevention in the Caribbean: a survey of strategies for the region.
• Advancing Cancer Control Through Research and Cancer Registry Collaborations in the Caribbean.

Prevalence of NCDs

• Diabetes Prevalence and Its Relationship With Education, Wealth, and BMI in 29 Low- and Middle-Income Countries.

Risk Factors for NCDs

• Consumption of Fruits and Vegetables Among Individuals 15 Years and Older in 28 Low- and Middle-Income Countries.
• Evaluation of sex differences in dietary behaviours and their relationship with cardiovascular risk factors: a cross-sectional study of nationally representative surveys in seven low- and middle-income countries.
• Cigarette smoking among school teachers in Tobago.

Health Systems Performance for NCDs

• The state of hypertension care in 44 low-income and middle-income countries: a cross-sectional study of nationally representative individual-level data from 1·1 million adults. and Middle-Income Countries.
• Health system performance for people with diabetes in 28 low- and middle-income countries: A cross-sectional study of nationally representative surveys.
• Improving management of type 2 diabetes, hypertension and dyslipidaemia in the Caribbean: a systematic review of intervention studies.

Injury Surveillance

• Assessing Violence and injury Surveillance in the Caribbean