Voices Magazine Vol2 Issue 5-6

VOICES Bi-Monthly Magazine of the University of Technology, Jamaica | October - December 2018 6 T he University of Technology, Jamaica Press has launched its first book titled, The Jamaican Public Health System From the 17th – 21st Centuries – A Policy and Structural Perspective authored by Dr. Adella Campbell, Associate Professor and Head of the Caribbean School of Nursing, College of Health Sciences, UTech, Jamaica. The Book was officially launched at a ceremony held on, November 28, 2018 at the Shared Facilities Building, UTech, Jamaica Papine Campus. The book is an in-depth exploration of the health care system in Jamaica over four centuries. It provides insight into the delivery of healthcare services to the Jamaican citizenry set within the context of Jamaica’s own development over the period, from the plantation system into the 21st century. A large gathering comprising leaders in the nursing and health care fraternities, educators, students and other well-wishers came out to witness the historic moment in the life of the University which is this year marking its 60th anniversary. Professor Stephen Vasciannie, CD, President, UTech, Jamaica who is also Chairman of the UTech, Jamaica Press Editorial Advisory Board told the gathering that the UTech, Jamaica Press which was launched in February 2018 “represents an important effort to enhance research and publication at the University in dealing with a broad array of matters related to development in Jamaica and the Caribbean.” In extending hearty congratulations to the author, the President said that the Press has been established primarily to provide “a ready and accessible outlet for University members to venture into the publishing world.” He pointed out that the UTech, Jamaica Press seeks to publish books not primarily on the basis of likely, although desirable profitability, but rather with preference to the quality of the book. In her remarks at the launch, Dr. Adella Campbell offered profound thanks to her colleagues, members of her family and friends who supported her in the journey to the realization of the book which stemmed from her 2013 dissertation on the Jamaican public health system, while she was a Commonwealth Scholar in New Zealand. Dr. Campbell said her research interest was motivated by the dearth of published work on the development of Jamaica’s public health system. She noted that the text elucidates the policies and structures which form the core of health infrastructure from one century to another. She highlighted Dr. Adella Campbell, (2nd left), Head, Caribbean School of Nursing, University of Technology, Jamaica and author of the first book published by the UTech, Jamaica Press, titled “The Jamaican Public Health System From the 17th – 21st Centuries – A Policy and Structural Perspective” celebrates the launch of the book with the symbolic unveiling of a large replica of the book’s cover at a special book launch ceremony hosted by the UTech, Jamaica Press on Wednesday, November 28, 2018 at the Shared Facilities Building, Papine Campus. Sharing in the occasion from left are friends of the author, Daniel Dawes, Consultant, Tourism Product Development Company Limited, Rosemarie Ancel, Nurse Anaesthetist, Mandeville Regional Hospital and Professor Stephen Vasciannie, President, UTech, Jamaica/ Chairman of the UTech, Jamaica Press Editorial Advisory Board. University of Technology, Jamaica Press Launches First Book … Featuring insightful look at development of Jamaica’s Health Care System Cont’d on page 7