Nathaniel Agyei
06/02/2020
Population
Based on the research study, laboratory confirmation of cases was reported from Trinidad
and Tobago. Also, specific cases such as from the year 1995 -- 1997, there were 297 laboratories
confirmed cases of S. enteritidis infection from Trinidad and Tobago. By geographical locations,
it's stated per the research study that, majority of the cases were from populated counties which
is St. George and Victoria. Though 48% of the cases were related to males and 52% attributed to
females, age group also played much role in it. Looking at the age group and the year as well.
Looking at the year 1996, many of the laboratory confirmed cases of salmonella infected age
group was 0-4 years compared to other age group within the same year as 20-29 which was
much lesser looking at the graph from the research study. The same trend happens to be the same
for other years which is the year 1995 and 1997 respectively.
Per the social determinant in this research study, it's clear that parent who prepared food
for their children age 0-4 years or bought food for them didn't cook the food well because based
on the data from table 2 and the age group graph, I can say that the children were fed with
undercooked eggs and other food types indicated in table 2.
According to the research study, I can say that children under age 4 were affected the
most, looking at the age group and laboratory confirmed cases graph. Also, gender play some
role in the spread of the infection as well, in that, 52% of the laboratory confirmed cases were
female whiles, 48% were males.
The age group that was most affected was 0-4 and the known disparity, some of it was
gender. Children within this age group cannot feed by themselves so it was the responsibility of
their parents or care givers to care for them well in terms of feeding because they were infected
with the disease through food. Females were infected more compared to male and what I can say
is that, the population of female children compared to male at that time were high.
Looking at the connection between the health issue which in this case is salmonella in the
Caribbean and the population, I can say that the health issue target children more than adult and
it concerns me a lot because children cannot handle themselves but their parent so in other words
their parents were not doing well for them at all. Maybe it's due to financial issues in the sense
that, bringing up children is not an easy task at all in terms of changing their diapers, buying
cloth for them, preparing nutritious food for them to aid their growth.
Reference
Epidemiologic Case Studies. (2019, May 23). Retrieved from
https://www.cdc.gov/epicasestudies
Lisa, Daniels, Nicholas, Brown, Gail, Comissiong, ... James. (2001, March 15). Emergence of
Salmonella enteritidis Phage Type 4 in the Caribbean: Case-Control Study in Trinidad and
Tobago, West Indies. Retrieved