Social & Economic Conditions
This global event worsened poverty and unemployment in the British Caribbean during the 1930s.
The Great Depression
One recommendation was to improve wages and ________ for labourers.
Working conditions
The legal recognition of these groups gave workers a collective voice.
Trade unions
The Colonial Development and Welfare Acts provided funding for these two sectors.
Education and health training
Trade unions reduced violent protests by providing structured ________.
Negotiation channels
Name two groups of workers most affected by low wages and poor conditions.
Sugar estate workers and dock labourers
The Commission encouraged the development of these organizations to protect workers’ rights.
Trade unions
Name one Jamaican labour leader who rose to prominence after unions were legalized.
Alexander Bustamante (or Norman Manley)
The School of Public Health at UTech was established to address challenges such as infectious diseases and ________.
Maternal and child health (later chronic diseases too)
Training schools laid the foundation for expanded ________ education.
Secondary and technical education
Overcrowded housing, malnutrition, and lack of health care were examples of poor ________.
Living conditions
To reduce dependence on sugar, the Commission recommended ________ of the economy.
Diversification
True or False: The impact of trade unions was immediate and transformative.
False (it was gradual)
Formal training in Public Health Nursing began in Jamaica in this year.
1943
Public health training shifted focus from disease treatment to ________.
Prevention and community health
Labour unrest and riots broke out in these four territories in 1938.
Jamaica, Trinidad, Barbados, and British Guiana
Name two areas of social services the Commission wanted expanded.
Education and health care
Training schools were partially effective because they improved skills in these three areas.
Teacher training, agricultural education, and nursing/technical skills
In 1979, the Health Visitors Certificate was upgraded to this qualification.
Public Health Nursing Diploma
The Moyne Commission contributed to the eventual move toward self-government and ________.
Independence
Workers protested against these three issues: harsh conditions, racial discrimination, and lack of ________.
Political representation
The recommendation to establish training schools aimed to reduce this widespread problem.
Illiteracy and lack of skilled labour
What limited the effectiveness of training schools despite their benefits?
Inadequate funding, slow implementation, and unequal access
The proposed upgrade of the Public Health Nursing programme aims to raise it from diploma to ________ level.
Baccalaureate (Bachelor’s degree)
Name two ways the Public Health Nursing upgrade is expected to benefit practitioners.
Improved service delivery, professional competence, job satisfaction, remuneration, and access to postgraduate education (any two)