THE CARIBBEAN INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH RESEARCH (CAIHR)
Professor Marshall Tulloch-Reid, MBBS, MPhil, DSc, FACE – Director CAIHR
W e present some selected highlights from the Mona units of the Caribbean Institute for Health Research for the 2022/2023 academic year.
ACCESS Preparations were made for the continued administration of the taught courses offered through CAIHR with special emphasis on marketing the MSc Epidemiology (Self Financing) and Nutrition (UGC) Programmes. We are in the processing of re-negotiating our agreement with the Open Campus (Global Campus) for admin- istration of the Postgraduate Diploma in Health Research and Epidemiology to increase access to training in these areas for persons who are unable to commit to full time study due to work or distance. ALIGNMENT Members of CAIHR continued their work in collaboration with the Jamaica Min- istry of Health and Wellness. In the last year we partnered with the Ministry of Health and Wellness to: • Offer training sessions on the management of Sickle Cell Disease • Implement and evaluate the Reach Up early childhood parenting programme through primary health centres • Develop new evidence based guidelines for the Management of three Chronic Diseases – Hypertension, Diabetes and Asthma. The Child Development Group also continues its work with the Early Childhood Commission (ECC), building skills in parenting training nationally based on lessons learned from its IRIE Homes violence prevention programme.
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