Publications

Using Group Model Building to Describe the System Driving Unhealthy Eating and Identify Intervention Points: A Participatory, Stakeholder Engagement Approach in the Caribbean

Using Group Model Building to Describe the System Driving Unhealthy Eating and Identify Intervention Points:

Guariguata L, Rouwette E, Murphy M, Saint Ville A, Dunn LL, Hickey GM, Jones W, Samuels TA, Unwin N. Using group model building to describe the system driving unhealthy eating and identify intervention points- a participatory, stakeholder engagement approach in the Caribbean. Nutrients. 2020; 12(2), 384; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12020384

A COVID-19 opportunity: Applying a systems approach to food security and noncommunicable diseases

A COVID-19 opportunity: Applying a systems approach to food security and noncommunicable diseases

Murphy MM, Guariguata L, Samuels TA. A COVID-19 opportunity: Applying a systems approach to food security and noncommunicable diseases. Rev Panam Salud Publica. 2020; 44:e84. https://doi.org/10.26633/RPSP.2020.84

Understanding the need for a whole-of society approach in school nutrition policy implementation: a qualitative analysis

Understanding the need for a whole-of society approach in school nutrition policy implementation: a qualitative analysis

Sobers NP, Bishop L, Ng SW, Greaves N, Murphy MM. Understanding the need for a whole-of-society approach in school nutrition policy implementation: a qualitative analysis. Implement Sci Commun.. 2021; 2: 79. https://doi.org/10.1186/s43058-021-00184-z

Childhood obesity on the rise during COVID-19: A request for global leaders to change the trajectory

Childhood obesity on the rise during COVID-19: A request for global leaders to change the trajectory

Hauerslev M, Narang T, Gray N, Samuels TA, Bhutta ZA. Childhood obesity on the rise during COVID- 19: A request for global leaders to change the trajectory. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2021; 00:1–4. http://doi.org/10.1002/oby.23307

Impact of COVID-19 on Food Security in the Caribbean

Impact of COVID-19 on Food Security in the Caribbean

Perry R, Reid L, Henry F. Impact of COVID on Food Security in the Caribbean. Journal of Food Security. 2021; 9(3): 101-105. http://doi.org/10.12691/jfs-9-3-2

A Combined Theory of Change-Group Model Building Approach to Evaluating “Farm to Fork” Models for School Feeding in the Caribbean

A Combined Theory of Change-Group Model Building Approach to Evaluating “Farm to Fork” Models for School Feeding in the Caribbean

Saint Ville A, Hickey GM, Rouwette E, Samuels A, Guariguata L, Unwin N et al. A Combined Theory of Change-Group Model Building Approach to Evaluating “Farm to Fork” Models for School Feeding in the Caribbean. Front. Sustain. Food Syst. 2022; 6:801731. http://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2022.801731

Unconditionally accepted and awaiting official publication (coming soon)

  1. Howitt C, Henry F, Rocke KD, Brown CR, Jones W, Dunn L, et al. COVID-19 and the social distribution of hunger in three Caribbean Small Island Developing States. Rev Panam Salud Publica. 2022. (doi pending)
  2. Brown CR, Rocke K, Murphy MM, Hambleton IR. Interventions and policies aimed at improving nutrition in Small Island Developing States: a rapid review. Rev Panam Salud Publica. 2022 (doi pending)
  3. La Foucade A, Gabriel S, Beharry V, Laptiste C, Metivier C, Samuels TA, et al. Assessing the determinants of unhealthy dietary habits among a sample of survey participants in Jamaica. Rev Panam Salud Publica. 2022 (doi pending)
  4. La Foucade A, Gabriel S, Laptiste C, Metivier C, Beharry V, Scott E, et al. Sociodemographic and dietary influences on perceptions of eating habits in Jamaica. Rev Panam Salud Publica. 2022 (doi pending)

Under review (coming soon)

  1. Fair O, Hickey GM, Saint Ville A, Phillip LE. Identifying Organizational Barriers to Procuring Produce from Local Farmers to Strengthen School Feeding Values Chains in the Eastern Caribbean (Submitted to Food Security; under review).
  2. Improving Household Nutrition Security and Public Health in the CARICOM: project overview (Submitted to Pan American Journal of Public Health; under review).
  3. Vulnerability to Food and Nutrition Security in Three Caribbean Countries (Submitted to Pan American Journal of Public Health; under review).
  4. Gender Analysis of Caribbean Food and Nutrition Security Polices to enhance noncommunicable disease reduction strategies (Submitted to Pan American Journal of Public Health; under review).
  5. Gender, Trade, and Food Security in Three Caribbean Small Island Developing States (Submitted to Pan American Journal of Public Health; under review).
  6. Lessons from Food and Nutrition Security Governance in Three Caribbean Countries (Submitted to Pan American Journal of Public Health; under review).
  7. Revising primary and secondary school curricula to enhance non-communicable disease risk education: an implementation study (Submitted to Pan American Journal of Public Health; under review).
  8. Comparative Cost of Diets for Low Income Families in the Caribbean (Submitted to Pan American Journal of Public Health; under review).
  9. The Challenge of Bad Fats to Healthy Eating in Jamaica (Submitted to Pan American Journal of Public Health; under review).
  10. Editorial by Ms. Annie Wesley (Senior Program Specialist, IDRC) (Submitted to Pan American Journal of Public Health; under review).
  11. Editorial by Mr. Douglas Salter (Assistant Secretary-General, CARICOM Directorate for Human and Social Development) (Submitted to Pan American Journal of Public Health; under review).
  12. Editorial by Dr. Joy St. John (Executive Director, CARPHA) (Submitted to Pan American Journal of Public Health; under review).
  13. Editorial by Prof. Anselm Hennis (Director, Non-communicable Diseases and Mental Health, PAHO/WHO) (Submitted to Pan American Journal of Public Health; under review).

BOOKS

  1. Henry FJ & Holdip J. The Best Caribbean Foods to Combat Chronic Diseases. Kingston: University of Technology, Jamaica Press; 2021. Available for sale on Amazon here.
  2. Dunn L, Standard-Goldson A, Morris E & Smith K. Gender Issues in Caribbean Health: Implications for Family Medicine and Public Health Practitioners. Faculty of Medical Sciences and IGDS Mona Unit; 2021.

More publications are planned for 2023, particularly on FaN interventions.