Welcome to our Policy Brief series. These are summaries of major research publications coming out of the Faculty of Social Sciences with significant policy and practice implications. The summaries are written in non-technical language, emphasize implementation and serve as useful resources for government and industry practitioners as well as students. This series started in 2025 and is updated monthly.
Meausring Health: Using health outcomes to evaluate changes in the health status of the Trinidad and Tobago population over the period 2012-2022/23
Authors: Henry Bailey, Avery Hinds
Area: Measuring Population Health
Cannabis Use and Psychotic Disorders in Trinidad
Authors: Joni Lee Pow, Gerard Hutchinson
Area: Cannabis Regulation
Improving Rehabilitation Services In Trinidad And Tobago: Qualitative Experiences Of Persons With Amputations And Their Relatives
Authors: Saleem Varachhia, Bephyer Parey, Elisabeth Kutscher, Hannah Enightoola
Area: Improving Rehabilitation Services
Towards hiring persons with disabilities in Trinidad and Tobago: examining employers’ attitudes.
Author: Bephyer Paray
Area: Persons with Disabilities in the Workplace
Promoting the human rights of persons with disabilities in Trinidad and Tobago: Evidence from Equal Opportunity Commission Case Files.
Authors: Hannah Enightoola, Elisabeth Kutscher, Bephyer Parey, Saleem Varachhia
Area: The Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Combatting abusive supervision to boost job satisfaction and retain talent.
Authors: Riann Singh, Paul Balwant, Shalini Ramdeo, Vimal Deonarine
Area: Management and Leadership
Towards Health Technology Assessment for the Caribbean and Central America: A new protocol (DCEd) allows for low-cost EQ-5D-5L valuation studies
Authors: Henry Bailey, Bram Roudijk
Area: A New Tool for Economic Evaluation in Healthcare for Small, Developing Countries
Measuring Health: The EQ-5D-5L Valuation Study for Trinidad and Tobago
Authors: Henry Bailey, Lawrence Jaisingh
Area: Qaly Adjustment Values for Economic Evaluation in Healthcare
Improving the Health-Related Quality of Life of Multiple Sclerosis patients in Trinidad and Tobago
Authors: Henry Bailey, Avidesh Panday, Shelly-Ann Hunte
Area: Multiple Sclerosis