Occupational Safety and Health in the Caribbean lecture notes Dr. A. Bailey BBA Unit 1 Course objectives On completion of this module the student should have mastered the following : * Overview of OHS in LAC * Gender issues * High risk occupations * Common occupational hazards * The impact of OHS in LAC * Main policy issues and challenges * Policy recommendations People spend more than one-third of each day at work. For this reason alone it should be clear that
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Module 1 – Caribbean Society and Culture Question 1 Candidates were given a map of the Caribbean and asked to identify countries where (a) Chinese indentured labourers worked after emancipation; (b) where large numbers of Indian indentured labourers worked after emancipation; and (c) where Javanese indentured labourers worked after emancipation. Most candidates were able to score at least one or two marks from this question. Part (a) posed the greatest challenge as most candidates were not
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b. Address: Ibaan‚ Batangas c. Age: 44 years old d. Status: Single e. Occupation: Farmer (previously) f. Educational Attainment: High-school graduate g. Chief Complaint: Hematemesis and melena h. Admitting Diagnosis: Hepatitis B infection i. Final Diagnosis: Esophageal varices s/t liver cirrhosis s/t chronic hepatitis B infection j. Date and Time of Admission: 3/3/13 07:00 am k. Attending Physician: Dr. Maralit History a
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The Bahamas‚ were to provide management services to wealthy international clients. Higgins also points out that within a short period of time‚ these kinds of operations had spread to other British territories and eventually to the rest of the Caribbean. When the governments of the various countries saw the benefits enjoyed by the specific countries at that time were: The Bahamas‚ Cayman Islands‚ the British Virgin Islands and Panama. In the resent past Offshore Financial Center has had to amend
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Caribbean Civilisation is not based on the truth. Historians gave us ideas about the history of Caribbean Civilisation and culture which were the bias of historical history. These ideas came to us via books or through oral history in stories and songs. The Cambridge Online Dictionary refers to civilization as “human society with its well-developed social organisation‚ or the cultural and way of life of a society or country at a particular period in time.” Truth is the creation of human interaction
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Hemophilia B Thesis Statement: To inform the audience about Hemophilia B or Factor IX deficiency. I. Introduction A. Most everyone can recall getting a cut or bumping into something right? Some of you may have even thought when looking at the cut it would never stop bleeding or wondering when the bruise would go away. Well‚ in some peoples’ lives the thought of when the injury will stop bleeding or when the bruise will go away is a daily reality. B. Today I am going to talk about what
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The aim of every Caribbean country is to realize growth and development over time so as to achieve first world status. Most of the Caribbean countries are ranked as middle income countries. These countries realize that achieving first world status is a long term initiative given the many social problems that we face as a Caribbean nation. Among the many social problems that we face‚ poverty is the most pervasive of them all. Despite the effort of many of these countries to try and eradicate poverty
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slave based societies in the Caribbean Slave based societies in the Caribbean developed according to selections from “The Caribbean: The Genesis of a Fragmented Nationalism” slowly as a result of the equal participation of both the masters and the slaves. Usually the color of one’s skin quickly determined which social group and what your occupation would be with of course the darker you are the lower your status and the lighter the higher. Eventually the Africans and whites started to mix and so
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Name: Stephen A. Thomas - CCLCS Date: March 14‚ 2012 Globalization: Definition and Impact on the Caribbean Definition In a book titled "The Caribbean in the Global Political Economy" (1994)‚ Professor Hilbourne A. Watson suggests that globalization "is an intensive process that conforms to the tendencies and laws of motion of (international) capital." It "occurs in production‚ distribution‚ marketing‚ technology transfer‚ information telecommunications and other aspects of economic activity
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NATURAL HAZARDS AND DISASTERS IN THE CARIBBEAN Definitions A hazard can be defined as‚ “A potentially damaging physical event‚ phenomenon or human activity that may cause the loss of life or injury‚ property damage‚ social and economic disruption or environmental degradation”. Hazards can include latent conditions that may represent future threats and can have different origins: natural (geological‚ hydrometeorological and biological); or induced by human processes (environmental degradation
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