Birth Stories of Trinidad and Tobago Dr. Leslie Bishop

Leslie Ann Bishop is a senior medical officer in obstetrics and gynaecology at the Scarborough Hospital. She completed her undergraduate medical training at the University of the West Indies. She also completed a Diploma in anathesia and five years of postgraduate training in Obstetric and Gynaeology in the United Kingdom. She discusses health care for expectant mothers and the benefits and risks to homebirths

Teachers’ Self-Efficacy, Psychological Well-being, and Apprehensions during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Belize

This quantitative study investigated teachers’ self-efficacy beliefs regarding remote teaching, psychological well-being, and apprehensions during the COVID-19 pandemic in Belize. It also identified factors related to teachers’ self-efficacy to facilitate remote teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic in Belize. A quantitative descriptive cross-sectional survey and correlational research designs were applied using an online survey that included items on the Teachers’ Sense of Efficacy Scale (Tschannen-Moran & Woolfolk Hoy, 2001), psychological well-being, apprehensions, and demographics. Data were collected from 311 teachers and analyzed using IBM SPSS 23 statistical software. The results indicated that teachers had a medium level of self-efficacy, decreased mental health, and heightened apprehensions. Further analysis revealed that teachers’ self-efficacy was negatively related to their psychological well-being and apprehensions. However, their psychological well-being was positively related to their apprehensions. These findings support continuous professional development programs that address teachers’ self-efficacy, psychological well-being, and apprehensions. Doing so will equip teachers to better serve their students and support student achievement

Birth Stories of Trinidad and Tobago: Dr. Chevon Joseph Part 1

Dr. Chevon Joseph is an obstetrician who practiced in the United States for many years. She talks a bit about the health care for expectant mothers in Trinidad and Tobago

Careenage, Barbados.

Landscape, Sephia Tone, “3 ½” x 5½ ”This image shows an aerial view of the careenage in Bridgetown, Barbados. There are a signficant number of boats docked in the water. This is a divided back postcard. Back of the Postcard MP £8 (Handwritten in Pencil

A Toolkit Intervention for School–Aged Jamaican Students: Strategy for Collaborative Involvement during the Pandemic

The Ministry of Education and Youth, Jamaica, designed Home Learning Kits (HLKs) for students in Grades 1–6 to address learner disengagement due to the change in classroom settings because of the COVID-19 pandemic. This intervention required a collaborative approach by diverse educational stakeholders for the production, distribution, collection, implementation, and bi–directional return of the kits. This novel approach to learner engagement prompted a need to understand the implementation of the HLKs and their use by students. Using a convergent explanatory mixed method approach, the sample included 167 of 400 schools and approximately 36,000 students islandwide. The quantitative data was analysed descriptively and thematically for the qualitative data. Overall, the results revealed the need for better collaborative efforts to execute the HLK intervention. The findings are significant to assist the Ministry of Education to implement policies and further initiatives for transformed educational outcomes

Birth Stories of Trinidad and Tobago: Sade and Ingrid

An informal conversation between Sade Greenidge, a mother, who recently gave birth and her midwife, Ingrid. They each share the homebirth delivery from their perspective

Birth Stories of Trinidad and Tobago Romana Peters

Romana Peters is a St. Lucian living in Trinidad and Tobago and the mother of two boys. She shares how she learned about her first pregnancy