The Handbook of National Population Censuses: Latin America and the Caribbean, North America, and Oceania.

1984 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 309
Author(s):  
Russell Thornton ◽  
Doreen S. Goyer ◽  
Eliane Domschke
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
North America ◽  
National Population ◽  
The Caribbean

Cuba & The Caribbean

Worldview ◽  
1983 ◽  
Vol 26 (12) ◽  
pp. 19-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irving Louis Horowitz
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
North America ◽  
The Other ◽  
Caribbean Region ◽  
Quarter Century ◽  
Fidel Castro ◽  
Opposite Hand ◽  
Modus Vivendi ◽  
The Caribbean

Since Fidel Castro came to power nearly a quarter-century ago, diplomats from Latin America, politicians from North America, and academics from both hemispheres have been asking how to involve Cuba in the Caribbean peacemaking process. More often than may be warranted by evidence, they have assumed that Cuban interests are consonant with those of the other states of the Caribbean region. Any objection to the word interests as being too strong is met by a barrage of rhetorical arguments purporting to demonstrate that, at the very least, a modus vivendi is possible. But Cuban communism is a sore thumb and not easily disposed of by appeals to use the opposite hand.

scholarly journals 1393. Loss to Follow-up Rate in the Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis by Region of Origin

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S781-S782
Author(s):  
Hikari Yoshii ◽  
Charles Bark
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
North America ◽  
North Africa ◽  
Latent Tuberculosis ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Region Of Origin ◽  
Loss To Follow Up ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Sub Saharan

Abstract Background Adherence in the treatment of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) is closely related to reactivation and infection control in the population. However, there has been little research on which populations are at higher risk of loss to follow-up. The aim of this study is to investigate how the adherence of LTBI patients in the United States (US) differs by region of origin. Methods A retrospective, observational study was conducted from 2001 to 2020. LTBI patients were identified from the Cuyahoga County Tuberculosis Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio. Only patients who were informed of the diagnosis of LTBI were included. Patients were discharged from the Tuberculosis outpatient clinic upon completion of treatment or when the physician decided to discontinue treatment. We defined loss to follow-up as a case where LTBI was diagnosed but the patient was not formally discharged. Patients whose treatment was interrupted due to side effects were not considered loss to follow-up. Odds ratios were calculated using a multivariable regression model with patients from North America as the reference group. Results Of 4018 LTBI patients, 1171 (28.7%) were lost to follow-up, of which 950/2314 (41.0%) were from North America. Compared with LTBI patients from North America, significantly lower loss to follow-up rates were observed for those from Middle East and North Africa 30/170 (17.7% OR 0.52, 95% Confidence Interval (CI) 0.31-0.89), South Asia 60/692 (8.7% OR 0.41, 95% CI 0.21-0.78), and Sub-Saharan Africa 69/526 (13.1% OR 0.22, 95% CI 0.14-0.36). Conclusion The analysis showed that a high loss to follow-up rate was observed in the patient groups from North America, Europe and Central Asia, and Latin America & the Caribbean. LTBI patients from North America had a significantly higher loss to follow-up rate than those from Middle East and North Africa, South Asia, and Sub-Saharan Africa, respectively. Further research is needed to determine how to intervene in the poorly adherent patient population, such as LTBI patients from North America, Europe and Central Asia, and Latin America & the Caribbean. Disclosures All Authors: No reported disclosures

The Importance of Trade in the Western Hemisphere

1994 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 157-174 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sidney Weintraub
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
North America ◽  
Trade Policy ◽  
Western Hemisphere ◽  
Postwar Period ◽  
Policy Issues ◽  
The Caribbean

Trade policy throughout the Western Hemisphere is in a state of flux, more so now than at any other time in the postwar period. Among policy officials in Latin America, the Caribbean, and North America, there is general agreement on many trade policy issues but uncertainty about others. Although this paper starts with areas of agreement, it focuses upon those issues for which there is no consensus.

Asian Dimensions of Caribbean Latina/o Identity and Cultural Production

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathleen López
Keyword(s):  
Puerto Rico ◽  
Latin America ◽  
North America ◽  
Cultural Production ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Cultural Identities ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Asian Migration ◽  
Racial Ethnic

Throughout Latin America and the Caribbean, intellectuals and politicians have focused on three main groups as foundational to national and cultural identities: indigenous, African, and European. Mestizaje or racial mixing as a political project has worked to silence the presence and contributions of people of African and Asian descent, while favoring intermixing among European and indigenous. Researchers in the fields of history, anthropology, and sociology have long debated the role of Asians in the transition from slavery to wage labor and produced studies on the transnational and diasporic dimensions of Asian migration and settlement in the region. However, literature and cultural production captures aspects of the Asian presence in the Caribbean Latina/o world that remain absent or underplayed in most empirical studies. Prominent Latina/o writers and artists from the Caribbean (Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Dominican Republic) incorporate Asian characters and themes into their work on history, migration, and diaspora. They explore the Asian dimensions of Caribbean Latina/o racial, ethnic, gendered, and class identities and pose a challenge to foundational discourses of national and cultural identities based on mestizaje and syncretism that serve to subsume and erase the Asian presence. Secondary migrations of Asians from Latin America and the Caribbean to North America has produced a small but significant demographic of Asian Latina/os, some of whom reflect on their experiences through essays, memoirs, fiction, poetry, and art. The cultural production of Asian Latinas/os resists hegemonic concepts of race, nation, citizenship, and identity.

scholarly journals Business Dynamism and Innovation Capacity, an Entrepreneurship Worldwide Perspective

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 94
Author(s):  
João Lopes ◽  
Márcio Oliveira ◽  
Paulo Silveira ◽  
Luís Farinha ◽  
José Oliveira
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
North America ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Linear Regression Method ◽  
European Continent ◽  
Global Competitiveness ◽  
Technological Advances ◽  
Innovation Capacity ◽  
The Caribbean

This research aims to identify which factors best explain business dynamics and innovation capacity in the continents of Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, and North America. To achieve this, data from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor and the Global Competitiveness Report is used. The linear regression method is utilized with the stepwise procedure for data analysis. It is possible to ascertain that, with a view to increasing innovation capacity in the African continent, business leaders and managers should be acquainted with innovation studies to better understand technological advances. In relation to Asia, the detected models of business dynamism and capacity for innovation are positive. On the European continent, the results show that RIS3 has a positive impact on the capacity for innovation. In Latin America and the Caribbean, it seems that business dynamism and the capacity for innovation are negative and regional development policies should be more flexible. In North America, it appears that business dynamism and the capacity for innovation are negative. The research contributes with measures that can be applied by organizations and policymakers to these five continents to improve the performance of business dynamism and the capacity for innovation in their territories. The resulting data give originality to the research as well as important contributions, not only to the theory, but also to the entities (organizations and governments) acting in the field who can implement new policies, such as tax incentives to companies for the first purchase of high-tech equipment, products, or products with intellectual property rights developed by national companies and provide support policies directed to companies that purchase high-tech domestic equipment.

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