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Skip to main content . SECONDARY MENU * Events * Newsletters MAIN NAVIGATION * Home * Research Methods * Project Staff * Partners * Publications * Milestones Welcome to the Contact Study Guyana – Your journey begins here Further Information on NCDs * Introduction to NCDS and risk factors * WHO Global Statistics on NCDs * NCDs in Guyana * Preventing and Controlling NCDs ABOUT CONTACT STUDY GUYANA The CONTACT (Congregations Taking Action Against NCDs) Study is a collaborative research effort among universities and Ministries of Health in Guyana, the UK and the Caribbean, as well as international agencies like CARPHA and PAHO. It aims to investigate the feasibility of integrating places of worship into the primary care pathway for the prevention and control of NCDs in low-resource settings. This will be achieved by assessing the feasibility and impact of training lay members of congregations to serve as health advocates (HAs) within their places of worship. HAs will promote behaviour change, perform simple tests (blood pressure, weight and height measurements), provide support for persons with existing conditions, e.g. by monitoring medication adherence, and refer congregants to linked primary health centres for further evaluation where necessary. Data collection will include quantitative baseline surveys of NCD-related characteristics and determinants in 900 participants from 9 intervention and 9 control sites in Guyana, qualitative interviews and focus groups, ethnographic observation, and extraction of data from clinic records. Smaller scale studies are being done in Jamaica and Dominica. Agencies involved include King’s College London, University of Guyana, Ross University, University of the West Indies, Jamaica, Ministry of Public Health Guyana and the Pan-American Health Organisation. CONTACT US CONTACT STUDY GUYANA MPH Offices (HS 101-102) Faculty of Health Science University of Guyana, Turkeyen Campus Greater Georgetown Guyana (592)-624-0399 contactstudy2016@gmail.com FACULTIES & INSTITUTIONS * Agriculture and Forestry * Earth & Environmental Sciences * Education & Humanities * Health Sciences * Natural Sciences * Social Sciences * Technology * Institute of Distance & Continuing Education ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISIONS * Admissions Division * Bursary * Examinations Division * Library * Facilities & Maintenance * Personnel Division * Public Relations Division * Records and Data Management Division * Safety & Security * Students Welfare RESOURCES * SRMS Login (Turkeyen) * SRMS Login (Berbice) * HRMIS Login * Turkeyen Library * Berbice Library FOLLOW US * Facebook © 2023 University of Guyana Designed by Software Services & Educational Technology Applications (SSETA)