The prevalence of non-communicable diseases and related risk factors in young adults in the Caribbean islands: a scoping review
This scoping review highlights the need for further research surrounding NCD risk and prevalence among young adults across the Caribbean. Generating further data on this topic will aid in developing targeted health-based initiatives to reduce the current and future burden of NCDs across the region.
Authors
- P. J. Hennis
- Natalie Darko (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6384-9269)
- Neval Grazette (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7555-9974)
- Ian Varley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3607-8921)
- Horace Cox (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9127-4212)
- Heather L. Armstrong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1071-8644)
- Matthew J. Savage (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2922-3681)
- Ruth M. James (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7119-3159)
- TS Ferguson
- Shelly McFarlane
Institutions
- University of Leicester (GB)
- Leicester General Hospital (GB)
- University of the West Indies (JM)
- Caribbean Public Health Agency (TT)
- NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre (GB)
- Nottingham Trent University (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Public Health
- Published
- 2026-03-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-026-27072-2
- Primary Topic
- Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00