title: Chronic disease and ageing in the Caribbean: opportunities knock at the door.
abstract: Amidst rapid population ageing, the incidence and prevalence of chronic diseases and their sequelae demand reflective and critical looks at the issue and the subsequent development of informed age-sensitive responses. This paper reviews the burden of chronic diseases in the Caribbean, and its relationship to ageing and the demographic transition. Inter-linkages between the social determinants of health, poverty, ageing, and chronic disease are illustrated. Suggestions are made regarding directions to be pursued and the emerging initiative regarding chronic non-communicable diseases being spearheaded at the United Nations by CARICOM countries
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Health and Psychiatry, The University of the West Indies, Kingston 7, Jamaica. denise.eldemireshearer@uwimona.edu.jm
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Eldemire-Shearer
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: James
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Morris
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Holder-Nevins
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lawes
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Harris
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017691:Caribbean Region / Q000453:epidemiology; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000453:epidemiology; D014943:Global Health; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008017:Life Expectancy; D050177:Overweight / Q000453:epidemiology; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011203:Poverty