MRC Epidemiology Unit

 

Dietary Patterns, Food Insecurity, and Their Relationships with Food Sources and Social Determinants in Two Small Island Developing States.

Bhagtani D, Augustus E, Haynes E, Iese V, Brown CR, Fesaitu J, Hambleton I, Badrie N, Kroll F, Saint-Ville A, Samuels TA, Forouhi NG, Benjamin-Neelon SE, Unwin N, On Behalf Of The CFaH Team

Nutrients. May 2022

(DOI : 10.3390/nu14142891)

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Systems science for developing policy to improve physical activity, the Caribbean.

Guariguata L, Unwin N, Garcia L, Woodcock J, Samuels TA, Guell C

Bulletin of the World Health Organization. Dec 2020

(DOI : 10.2471/BLT.20.285297)

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Food Sources and Dietary Quality in Small Island Developing States: Development of Methods and Policy Relevant Novel Survey Data from the Pacific and Caribbean.

Haynes E, Bhagtani D, Iese V, Brown CR, Fesaitu J, Hambleton I, Badrie N, Kroll F, Guell C, Brugulat-Panés A, Saint Ville A, Benjamin-Neelon SE, Foley L, Samuels TA, Wairiu M, Forouhi NG, Unwin N, On Behalf Of The Community Food And Health CFaH Team

Nutrients. Sep 2020

(DOI : 10.3390/nu12113350)

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

Guariguata L, Rouwette EA, Murphy MM, Saint Ville A, Dunn LL, Hickey GM, Jones W, Samuels TA, Unwin N

Nutrients. Dec 2019

(DOI : 10.3390/nu12020384)

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Are there gender differences in acute management and secondary prevention of acute coronary syndromes in Barbados? A cohort study.

Sobers N, Rose AMC, Samuels TA, Critchley J, Abed M, Hambleton I, Harvey A, Unwin N

BMJ Open. Jan 2019

(DOI : 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-025977)

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Adverse risk factor trends limit gains in coronary heart disease mortality in Barbados: 1990-2012.

Sobers NP, Unwin N, Samuels TA, Capewell S, O'Flaherty M, Critchley JA

PLoS ONE. Dec 2018

(DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0215392)

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Assessing the impact of the Barbados sugar-sweetened beverage tax on beverage sales: an observational study.

Alvarado M, Unwin N, Sharp SJ, Hambleton I, Murphy MM, Samuels TA, Suhrcke M, Adams J

The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity. Oct 2018

(DOI : 10.1186/s12966-019-0776-7)

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Sodium and potassium excretion in an adult Caribbean population of African descent with a high burden of cardiovascular disease.

Harris RM, Rose AMC, Hambleton IR, Howitt C, Forouhi NG, Hennis AJM, Samuels TA, Unwin N

BMC Public Health. Apr 2018

(DOI : 10.1186/s12889-018-5694-0)

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Evaluating policy responses to noncommunicable diseases in seven Caribbean countries: challenges to addressing unhealthy diets and physical inactivity.

Murphy MM, Unwin N, Samuels TA, Hassel TA, Bishop L, Guell C

Revista panamericana de salud publica = Pan American journal of public health. Apr 2018

(DOI : 10.26633/RPSP.2018.174)

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Prevalence and phenotype of diabetes and prediabetes using fasting glucose vs HbA1c in a Caribbean population.

Unwin N, Howitt C, Rose AM, Samuels TA, Hennis AJ, Hambleton IR

Journal of global health. Sep 2017

(DOI : 10.7189/jogh.07.020407)

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Trends in beverage prices following the introduction of a tax on sugar-sweetened beverages in Barbados.

Alvarado M, Kostova D, Suhrcke M, Hambleton I, Hassell T, Samuels TA, Adams J, Unwin N, Barbados SSB Tax Evaluation Group

Preventive medicine. Feb 2017

(DOI : 10.1016/j.ypmed.2017.07.013)

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Systems Science for Caribbean Health: the development and piloting of a model for guiding policy on diabetes in the Caribbean.

Guariguata L, Guell C, Samuels TA, Rouwette EA, Woodcock J, Hambleton IR, Unwin N

Health research policy and systems. Aug 2016

(DOI : 10.1186/s12961-016-0150-z)

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A cross-sectional study of physical activity and sedentary behaviours in a Caribbean population: combining objective and questionnaire data to guide future interventions.

Howitt C, Brage S, Hambleton IR, Westgate K, Samuels TA, Rose AM, Unwin N

BMC Public Health. Jul 2016

(DOI : 10.1186/s12889-016-3689-2)

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Female gender is a social determinant of diabetes in the Caribbean: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Sobers-Grannum N, Murphy MM, Nielsen A, Guell C, Samuels TA, Bishop L, Unwin N

PLoS ONE. Nov 2014

(DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0126799)

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