Public Health in the Caribbean
暫譯: 加勒比海地區的公共衛生

這本書全面介紹了加勒比地區的主要公共衛生議題，特別聚焦於該地區的英語國家。這是首次有一本出版物將公共衛生、營養、心理健康、心理學、健康經濟學和氣候學等領域的專家撰寫的章節集合在一起，提供有關加勒比地區主要健康問題的流行病學、預防和管理的深入資訊。

本書涵蓋了廣泛的主題，包括新興和再現疾病、自然災害的教訓以及非傳染性疾病的流行。此外，它探討了飲食攝取模式、心理健康作為公共衛生議題、兒童虐待的普遍問題以及氣候變遷對健康的影響。其他重要領域包括與疾病相關的污名、使用大麻的公共衛生影響、該地區研究和創新的重要性，以及健康服務的融資。每一章都深入探討特定主題，為醫療專業人員、研究人員和政策制定者提供批判性分析和實用建議。

《加勒比公共衛生》將成為研究人員、學生、從業者和政策制定者理解公共衛生並在加勒比地區產生影響的重要讀物。

「這本書不僅應該成為各類健康從業人員的必讀書籍，也應該成為那些關心和參與加勒比人民福祉的人士的必讀書籍，因為他們面對的存在性問題——氣候變遷、疫情和慢性非傳染性疾病。」- 喬治·阿利恩爵士，前聯合國秘書長特使，負責加勒比地區的HIV/AIDS事務

Shalini Pooransingh is a medical doctor and a senior lecturer in Public Health at the University of the West Indies, St Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago. She trained in Public Health in the UK and and obtained her membership examinations in Public Health from the UK Faculty of Public Health. She has over 25 years' experience working in Public Health in the UK, the World Health Organization and currently at the University of the West Indies where she is the Coordinator for the Master in Public Health programme. She was part of the response team for the 2004 South-East Asia tsunami and was working at the Western Pacific Regional Office when the 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami struck. Her work at the WHO also included capacity strengthening in member states within the framework of the International Health Regulations (2005). Her interests lie in the prevention and control of communicable diseases and healthcare quality. She is a Fellow of the UK Faculty of Public Health the President of the Trinidad and Tobago Public Health Association and she has over 40 publications.

J. Peter Figueroa is a retired Professor of Public Health, Epidemiology and HIV/AIDS at the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus Jamaica. He is a medical doctor with a PhD in Epidemiology from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. He led the development of the DrPH program at UWI Mona and served as its Director for 14 years. He has had several awards including the WHO award for Leadership in Global Health in 2019. He was a former Chief Medical Officer in Jamaica and has represented the country at high level meetings such as the World Health Assembly. He is a member of several high level committees, national, regional and global including the WHO Technical Advisory Group on COVID-19 vaccines and the PAHO Strategic Advisory Group on vaccine preventable diseases. He has over 200 publications.

Babatunde Olowokure is a seasoned global public health expert with over 35 years of experience in health security and public health. He has held senior roles in public health organisations in Asia, the Caribbean, Europe, and the Pacific. He most recently served as the WHO Western Pacific Region's Regional Emergency Director leading the COVID-19 response as well as managing a complex health security landscape including preparedness, readiness and response for health security threats such as mpox, avian influenza, dengue, and natural disasters. Previously, at the Caribbean Public Health Agency, he was the inaugural Director of the Surveillance Disease Prevention and Control Division and responsible for both communicable and non-communicable diseases. He trained in public health in the UK and is a Fellow of the UK Faculty of Public Health. Dr. Olowokure holds a degree in medicine, an MBA, a master's degrees in Community Paediatrics, and a masters degree in Public Health, and Epidemiology. He also has a PhD in medicine, specializing in infectious disease epidemiology. Dr. Olowokure has nearly 90 peer-reviewed publications covering a diverse range of public health topics, and several book chapters to his name.

Shalini Pooransingh 是一位醫學博士，並擔任特立尼達和多巴哥西印度大學聖奧古斯丁校區公共衛生的高級講師。她在英國接受公共衛生訓練，並獲得英國公共衛生學院的公共衛生會員考試資格。她在英國、世界衛生組織工作超過25年，目前在西印度大學擔任公共衛生碩士課程的協調員。她曾參與2004年東南亞海嘯的應對小組，並在2011年日本地震和海嘯發生時於西太平洋區域辦公室工作。她在世界衛生組織的工作還包括在國際衛生條例（2005）框架內加強成員國的能力。她的興趣在於傳染病的預防和控制以及醫療質量。她是英國公共衛生學院的院士，也是特立尼達和多巴哥公共衛生協會的會長，並擁有超過40篇出版物。

J. Peter Figueroa 是一位退休的公共衛生、流行病學及HIV/AIDS教授，曾任教於牙買加西印度大學莫納校區。他是一位醫學博士，擁有倫敦衛生與熱帶醫學院的流行病學博士學位。他主導了西印度大學莫納校區公共衛生博士（DrPH）課程的發展，並擔任該課程的主任長達14年。他曾獲得多項獎項，包括2019年世界衛生組織全球健康領導獎。他曾擔任牙買加首席醫療官，並在世界衛生大會等高層會議上代表該國。他是多個高層委員會的成員，包括世界衛生組織COVID-19疫苗技術諮詢小組和美洲衛生組織疫苗可預防疾病戰略諮詢小組。他擁有超過200篇出版物。

Babatunde Olowokure 是一位經驗豐富的全球公共衛生專家，擁有超過35年的健康安全和公共衛生經驗。他在亞洲、加勒比海、歐洲和太平洋的公共衛生組織中擔任過高級職位。他最近擔任世界衛生組織西太平洋區域的區域緊急主任，負責COVID-19的應對，並管理包括mpox、禽流感、登革熱和自然災害等健康安全威脅的複雜健康安全環境的準備、就緒和應對。此前，他在加勒比公共衛生機構擔任監測疾病預防和控制部門的首任主任，負責傳染病和非傳染病的工作。他在英國接受公共衛生訓練，並是英國公共衛生學院的院士。Olowokure博士擁有醫學學位、MBA、社區兒科碩士學位和公共衛生及流行病學碩士學位，並擁有專攻傳染病流行病學的醫學博士學位。Olowokure博士擁有近90篇同行評審的出版物，涵蓋多樣的公共衛生主題，並有數篇書籍章節。