NORTHEAST REGIONAL HEALTH AUTHORITY

 

 

 

Footnotes in the text:

1 Poverty Mapping: A Report on the Spatial Representation of Deprivation in JamaicaPolicy Development Unit, Planning Institute of Jamaica, March 1996.

2 Jamaica Tourist Board, Ocho Rios Office.

3 Health Situation in the Americas: Basic Indicators 2001. PAHO/WHO, Washington D.C. 2001 KPMG

4 Planning and Evaluation Unit, MOH, Jamaica: MCSR and HMSR Annual Reports – 2000.

 

References for Environmental Profile Section:

1. Ahmad, R., Carby, B.E., and Saunders, P.H.  The impact of slope movements on a rural community: lessons from Jamaica. In: Telford, T. (ed), Natural Disasters, 1993, 447 – 460.

2. National Meteorological Service, Kingston, Jamaica, January 2005.

3. The Planning Institute of Jamaica and the Statistical Institute of Jamaica. Jamaica Survey of Living Conditions: Report 2001.

4. Pinnock, M. Solid Waste:Its Implications for Health. In: Thomas-Hope, E (ed), Solid Waste Management: Critical Issues in Developing Countries, 1998, 44 – 56.

5. The Statistical Institute of Jamaica. Population Census 2001: Parish of Portland

6. The Statistical Institute of Jamaica. Population Census 2001: Parish of St. Ann

7. The Statistical Institute of Jamaica. Population Census 2001: Parish of St. Mary

8. Easton, C., Massa, A. K. and Spence, T. 2000. A Sustainable Development Profile for the Parish of Portland.

 


ANNEX 1

NORTH EAST HEALTH REGION

SELECTED PRODUCTIVITY INDICATORS

INDICATORS

1998

1999

2000

 

PRIMARY CARE

Health Centres Visits

-          Curative

-          Antenatal

-          Postnatal

-          Child Health

-          Dental

-          Family Planning/

 Reproductive Health

Home Visits

Immunisation Coverage

-          BCG

-          POLIO

-          DPT

-          MMR

138,668

  28,639

  6,422

52,910

34,855

46,813

105,758

75.0%

81.8%

82.0%

85.5%

134,251

27,875

6,936

48,738

36,122

43,024

112,005

77.5%

78.2%

78.2%

81.4%

103,696

26,548

6,479

49,775

31,143

36,083

129,155

95.5%

85.2%

85.2%

82.7%

SECONDARY CARE

Total Admissions

Total Discharges

Bed Complement

A.L.O.S.

Death Rate/1000 discharges

Turnover Rate

% Bed Occupancy

Total Live Births

Surgeries

Casualty Visits

In patient Cost

19,445

19,349

464

5.4

38.0

39.2

59.0

5,829

3,621

75,537

N/A

21,643

21,384

456

4.8

41.0

47.0

64.4

5,710

4,491

98,121

N/A

23,588

23,570

451

4.2

36.9

52.1

66.0

6,258

3,792

94,295

N/A

 

 

 

ANNEX 2

NORTH EAST HEALTH REGION

SELECTED OUTCOME INDICATORS

INDICATOR

1998

1999

2000

Live Births

Infant Mortality*

Crude Mortality Rate **

Crude Birth Rate**

% Hospitals Births

Maternal Mortality Rate***

Life Expectancy****

% Access to piped water****

% Access to Appropriate Excreta Disposal****

# Households

Average Household Size

Average Income

Unemployment rate****

Literacy rate****

5,829

24.5

6.3

19.5

95.1%

0.45

72 years

65.7%

99.4%

83,715

3.8

$5,763.17

15.5

79.9

5,710

24.5

7.0

20.2

95.8%

0.7

72 years

67.6%

99.5%

NA

NA

$6,869.09

15.7

79.9

6,258

24.5

NA

NA

96.5%

0.6

75.6 years

NA

NA

NA

  NA

$7,277.65

15.5

79.9

Source: PIOJ and STATIN, 1999.

* Per 1000 Live Births  (Data is for Jamaica)

** Per 1000 Mean Population

*** Per 1000 Live Births  

**** Data is for Jamaica

 

 

ANNEX 3

NORTH EAST HEALTH REGION

Health Centres by Category and Services

CATEGORY

SERVICES

 

 

Type 1

Serves 2,000 to 4,000 persons

-          Maternal and Child Health Services

-          Antenatal

-          Postnatal

-          Child Health

-          Immunisation

-          Nutrition monitoring and support

-          Health Promotion/Education and Community Participation

Type 2

Type 3

Type 4

As in Type 1 plus:

-          Health Promotion and Disease prevention

-          Veterinary Public Health and Food Hygiene/Food Handlers Clinics

-          Water Quality

-          Solid, Liquid and Excreta Disposal

-          Surveillance and Disease Control

-             Specific Communicable Diseases

-             Malaria and Childhood Diarrhoeal Disease

-             STD

-             Other Communicable Disease

-             Rheumatic Fever prophylaxis

-          Curative Services

-               Common Medical Conditions

-               STD

-               Acute and Chronic Disease

-          Dental Services

As in Type 2 plus:

-          Health Promotion/Education

-          Full Time Curative and Mental Health Services

-          Dental Health

-          STD’s Services

-          Specific Specialist Services in selected clinics e.g.

-          Child Guidance

-          Dermatology

-          Laboratory Services

As in Type 3 plus:

Parish Administrative Headquarters

-          Financial Management

-          Personnel

-          Coordination of Services/Supervision

-          Transportation Management

Type 5

Serves densely populated urban areas. As in Type 3 plus:

-          Rape Unit

-          Child Guidance

-          Specialist STD Services

-          Specialist Dermatology Clinics

-          Research/Specialist Projects

-          Higher level Laboratory Services

Type 6

Type 7

Type 8

RURAL MATERNITY CENTRES

FAMILY PLANNING CLINIC

DENTAL CLINIC

 

 

 

ANNEX 4

Health Departments/Hospitals/Health Centres

Parish

Facility

Type

Telephone #

Fax #

ST. ANN

North-East Regional Health Authority

795-0102

795-3107

974-4114

974-7758

795-2747

 

 

 

 

 

 

St. Ann Health Department

 

St. Ann's Bay Hospital

 

 

St. Mary Health Department

 

 

 

B

972-2215

972-2227

 

972-0150-2

972-2272-3

 

994-9711

994-9979

994-2643

972-1337

 

 

972-1736

 

 

994-2689

ST. MARY

St. Mary Health Department

994-9711

994-9979

994-2643

994-2689

 

Port Maria Hospital

C

994-2228

994-2277

994-2689

  Annotto Bay Hospital
C

996-2222-3

996-9883

996-9932
PORTLAND

Portland Health Department

 

 

993-2873

993-2557

993-9426
  Port Antonio Hospital
C

993-2646-8

993-9013

 

 

Parish

  Health

District

Facility Name

Type

Telephone #

PORTLAND

Buff Bay

Buff Bay Community Hospital

 

Hope Bay Health Centre

6

 

 

2

996-1478

913-0678
    Bangor Ridge Health Centre 1

    Cascade Health Centre 1

 

   

Chepstowe Health Centre

1

 
   

Fruitful Vale Health Centre

1

 
   

Spring Hill Health Centre

1

 
    Swift River Health Centre

1

 
  Manchioneal 

     
   

Manchioneal Health Centre

Fair Prospect Health Centre

3

 

2

993-6323

 

913-1427

   

Fairy Hill Health Centre

Hectors River Health Centre

1

 

1

993-8312

 

Port Antonio

Port Antonio Health Centre

Fellowship Health Centre

4

2

913-4002
   

Mt. Pleasant Health Centre

Moore Town Health Centre

2

 

1

913-3371

   

Nonsuch Health Centre

St. Margaret's Bay H/Centre

1

 

1

 

 

 

 

Parish

  Health

District

Facility Name

Type

Telephone #

ST. ANN

Alexandria

Alexandria Community Hospital

Borobridge Health Centre

6

 

2

975-1007

   

Stepney Health Centre

Bohemia Health Centre

2

 

1

   

Clarksonville Health Centre

Higgins Land Health Centre

1

 

Sat.

 
   

Madras Health Centre

Prickley Pole Health Centre

Sat.

 

Sat.

 
 

Brown's Town

Brown's Town Health Centre

Bamboo Health Centre

3

2

975-2338

 

972-6700

   

Watt Town Health Centre

 

Gibraltar Health Centre

2

 

1

   

Muirhouse Buxton H/Centre

Sturge Town Health Centre

1

1

 
 

Ocho Rios

Ocho Rios Health Centre

 

Exchange Health Centre

3

 

2

974-2691

 

974-9434

    Walkerswood Health Centre 1

   

Beecher Town Health Centre

 

Sat.

 

 

 

Parish

  Health

District

Facility Name

Type

Telephone #

St. Ann

St. Ann's Bay

St. Ann's Bay Health Centre

Runaway Bay Health Centre

3

 

2

972-2190

 

973-7761

   

Lime Hall Health Centre

Steer Town Health Centre

1

1

972-5728

   

Keith Health Centre

Queenhythe Health Centre

1

Sat.

 
 

  Claremont

Claremont Health Centre

Moneague Health Centre

3

 

2

972-3231

 

973-0532

   

Bensonton/Dromilly H/Centre

Blackstonedge Health Centre

 

Jefferyville Health Centre

 

McNie Health Centre

2

1

 

 

1

 

1

 

 

 

Parish

  Health

District

Facility Name

Type

Telephone #

ST. MARY

Annotto Bay

Annotto Bay Health Centre

 

Castleton Health Centre

3

 

 

2

996-2034

 

 

996-4187

   

Enfield Health Centre

 

Long Road Health Centre

2

1

   

Robins Bay Health Centre

 

Rock River Health Centre

1

 

1

 
   

Camberwell Health Centre

Scotts Hall Health Centre

Sat.

 

Sat.

 
 

 Gayle

Gayle Health Centre

 

Retreat Health Centre

3

 

2

975-8054

 

996-3207

   

Wood Park Health Centre

 

Fellowship Hall Health Centre

2

 

1

 
   

Hunts Town Health Centre

 

Jeffrey Town Health Centre

1

 

1

 
   

Labyrinth Health Centre

1

 

 

Parish

 

Health

District

Facility Name

Type

Telephone #

St. Mary

Port Maria

Port Maria Health Centre

Islington Health Centre

3

2

994-2330

994-4542

   

Oracabessa Health Centre

Albion Mountain Health Centre

2

1

726-1625

   

Bonny Gate Health Centre

Hampstead Health Centre

1

1

 
   

Heywood Hall Health Centre

Mason Hall Health Centre

1

1

 
   

Oxford Health Centre

Albany Health Centre

1

1

 
  Highgate

Highgate Health Centre

Belfield Health Centre

3

2

992-2282

   

Windsor Castle Health Centre

Brainerd Health Centre

2

1

 
   

Clarke Castle Health Centre

Clonmel Health Centre

1

1

 
   

Flint River Health Centre

1

 

 

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