Patrice Rabathaly BSc MPH FRSPH

Research Degree Student in Public Health & Policy

I am originally from the beautiful twin island republic of Trinidad and Tobago, the most southerly islands of the Caribbean. My educational background includes an Associate degree in Medical Laboratory Technology at the College of Science, Technology and Applied Arts of Trinidad and Tobago and a Bachelors degree in Premedical Life Sciences followed by a Masters in Public Health at St. George's University in Grenada.

Affiliation

Teaching

 

My academic experience has been developing over the years as I commenced my career as an educator in Primary and Secondary level education. Most recently I have been teaching at the undergraduate level in Natural and Premedical Sciences and presently at the Masters level in Epidemiology and  Communicable Diseases. 

I am a Distance Learning tutor and examiner on the MSc. Infectious Disease and MSc. Public Health programmes and also a seminar leader on the Control of Reproductive Tract Infections module as well as the Health Policy and Power module at LSHTM. I am also affiliated with the University of Essex, Masters of Public Health Programme and the Birmingham Graduate School MBA in International Healthcare.

 

Research

I have worked in Public Health - Sexual Health and Research throughout the Caribbean region focused primarily on Monitoring & Evaluation of HIV/AIDS programmes, Epidemiology and establishment of National Surveillance Systems and Health Evaluative Research. Currently I am in my final year of my PhD conducting research in Sexual Health. My study is investigating the Knowledge, Attitudes and Sexual History Taking Practices of Primary Care Physicians toward Sexual Health of Middle-aged and Older Patients. This study discloses the positives and negatives of the impacts of ‘social aging’ and chronic diseases on sexuality of my study population (patients over 45years old) and the role of the primary care physician with regards to competence and comfort in communicating and addressing sexual health needs of these patients.

 

 

Research areas

  • Ageing
  • Health services research
  • Primary care
  • Public health
  • Sexual health
  • Surveillance

Disciplines

  • Epidemiology
  • Medicine

Disease and Health Conditions

  • Chronic disease
  • HIV/AIDS
  • Infectious disease
  • Sexually transmitted disease

Other interests

  • Aging & Sexuality
  • Communications
  • Developing countries
  • Knowledge Attitudes And Practices
  • Medical Consultation
  • Monitoring And Evaluation
  • Patient - Physician relationship
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