Prospects and Challenges for Caribbean Societies in and Beyond COVID-19, 1st ed. 2024

This book presents contributions from a multidisciplinary team of researchers who analyzed the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and prospects for the Caribbean region. This book examines experiences, and responses to the pandemic in the region  as well as some of the lessons that can be leveraged on beyond the pandemic.

The volume is organized into four parts. Part I offers perspectives on the structural factors that influenced the Caribbean's experience with the COVID-19 pandemic. Part II delves into the social and psychological dimensions of the pandemic's impact in the region, offering specific examples. Part III explores the ramifications of the pandemic on crime and violence. And Part IV is dedicated to analyzing the regional and national responses to the pandemic.

Prospects and Challenges for Caribbean Societies in and beyond COVID-19 will be of interest to researchers in a wide range of disciplines within the Social and Behavioral Sciences interested in studies about the Caribbean. It also aims to serve as a source of information and inspiration for researchers, practitioners and decision makers interested in contributing to the development of the Caribbean region.

Chapter 1. Deconstructing the New Normal: Prospects and Challenges for Caribbean Societies in and beyond COVID-19.- Chapter 2. Improving Health in the Caribbean Region: Challenges and Opportunities.- Chapter 3. Phillip’s curve re-evaluation: The Case of Trinidad and Tobago Pre- and Post-COVID-19 Pandemi.- Chapter 4. Rethinking teaching and learning in higher education: Preparing for the 'New Normal'.- Chapter 5. Legislating Public Health: A Perspective on Mandatory Vaccinations in The Caribbean.- Chapter 6. Addressing Dissatisfaction and Building Trust in the Virtual Classroom: An Exploratory Approach.- Chapter 7. Vaccine Uptake in the Caribbean: Structural and Psychosocial Considerations.- Chapter 8. Psychosocial Aspects of Dealing with the Covid-19 Pandemic: Reflections on the Experiences and Implications for Nursing Personnel.- Chapter 9. Implications of COVID-19 on emergency care physicians in Trinidad: Considerations for the Future.- Chapter 10. No Child Left Behind: A Rapid Review Contextualising Mental Health Models for the Pandemic.- Chapter 11. How Much Do You Know: Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices toward COVID-19 among Tertiary Students in Trinidad and Tobago.- Chapter 12. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of families.- Chapter 13. Changes in Crime Victimization During The Covid-19 Pandemic In Guyana And St Lucia: A Social Solidarity Explanation.- Chapter 14. Reconsidering the Immigration and Crime Nexus: Exploring the Relationship Between Venezuelans’ Involvement in Small Arms Trafficking and Trinidad And Tobago’s Security.- Chapter 15. Creating a Safety Plan for Victims of Domestic Violence in the Caribbean.- Chapter 16. Social innovation in constructing Caribbean practice in communities during COVID-19: Lessons learnt.- Chapter 17. Equity in the Cuban policy response against the pandemic.- Chapter 18. A View from a Jamaican Foreign Service Officer During and Post COVID-19.- Chapter 19. Harnessing Prospects to Reduce Post-COVID-19 Challenges.

Camille Huggins is a lecturer in the Social Work unit in the Department of Behavioural Sciences at The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine campus in Trinidad and Tobago since 2015. Dr. Huggins is a social work practitioner and researcher with over twenty years of direct practice experience in New York City as a medical social worker.  Her practice experience included working with the homeless population, victims of sexual assault and child abuse and older adults.   Dr. Huggins’s research interests are the traumatic experiences of minoritized women and death and grief experiences and rituals. Dr. Huggins has co-authored and/or co-edited three books, including Gender and Domestic Violence in the Caribbean (2021) and Domestic Violence in the Anglophone Caribbean (2022).

Talia Esnard, PhD in Sociology, is a Senior Lecturer and current Head/Chair of the Department of Behavioural Sciences at The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine campus, Trinidad and Tobago.  Her work  focuses on issues of women, work, and organizations; particularly within entrepreneurial and educational spheres. Her work has been published in journals such as the Journal of Motherhood Initiative; Women, Gender, and Families of Color; Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership; Mentoring and Tutoring: Partnership in Learning; and NASPA Journal about Women in Higher Education.  She is the published co-edited, co-authored and sole authored books in the area of the tenure process, mentoring, equity, diversity, mothering and entrepreneurship. She also serves on an associate editor for the (i) Gender, Work, and Organization, (ii) Journal of Organizational Sociology, and (iii) Caribbean Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies. She was a recipient of Taiwan Research Fellowship (2012) and Canada-CARICOM Faculty Leadership Program (2015 at Brock University & 2018 at Ryerson University).   

Dr. Wendell C. Wallace is a lecturer in the C