Psychiatric Induced Births in Jamaica: Homicide and Death Effects on Pregnancy
Authored by Paul Andrew Bourne Evaluate the role of homicide on admissions to a maternity hospital (or
during pregnancy), Assess whether or not deaths can induce pregnancy or
birth, Determine the responsivity of hospitalization at a mental health
facility among pregnant women; & Calculated the responsivity of
hospitalization to a maternity institution based on changes in homicide
or deaths. The data for this study were taken from a Jamaica Government
Publication. Data were also obtained from the Ministry of Health
(2005-2015) on admissions to a national mental health public hospital in
Jamaica, which is the Bellevue Hospital (referred to as Bellevue). The
period for this work is from 2005 through to 2015. Homicide has an
effect on admissions to the maternity institution, Victoria Jubilee
hospital, using the positive elasticities, especially those greater than
one. Pregnancy has an effect on hospitalization to a psychiatric
hospital, which means that there are psychiatric induced births in
Jamaica.
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