Edith Marilyn Duff (Dr.)

Research Interests

• Biochemical markers of growth in children with Trichuris dysentery syndrome; adolescent growth, health and nutritional status; "catch-up growth"; neural tube defects following Hurricane Gilbert; holistic interventions in hypertension and diabetes mellitus; obesity, cardiovascular and renal risk in patients with hypertension and diabetes; job satisfaction among nurses; quality of care in clinics; stress patterns and coping strategies among personnel in A&E and nurses in various hospital settings; readmission of hospital patients.
• HIV/AIDS

Publications

• O’Connor A, Duff EM, McFarlane-Anderson N, Wright-Pascoe R, Wint YB. High levels of F2-isoprostanes in Jamaican diabetes mellitus. International J Diabetes & Metabolism 2006; 14:46-49.

• Duff EMW, Wilks R. Six-month hypertension intervention study: one year follow-up. West Indian Med J 2003;52 (3):219-222

• Liverpool BB, Duff EMW, Bailey EY, Compliance and blood pressure control in women with hypertension. West Indian Med J 2002; 51(4):236-40