In response to the epidemic of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in the Caribbean, the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) issued the 2007 Port-of-Spain Declaration, “Uniting to Stop the Epidemic of Chronic Non-communicable Diseases” and declared the second Saturday in September to be “Caribbean Wellness Day” (CWD). CWD is a call-to-action for engaging the population of the Member States in confronting NCDs and their risk factors. This report reviews the genesis, implementation, and institutionalization of CWD in CARICOM and beyond.

Objectives. In 2007, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) convened the world’s
first-ever heads of government summit on noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and issued the
landmark Declaration of Port-of-Spain: Uniting to Stop the Epidemic of Chronic NCDs. Since
then, ministry of health (MoH) focal points in each country have self-reported annually on
their NCD efforts, using a 26-indicator grid created to assess implementation of the Declaration.
Our objective was to assess the validity of those grid responses, as compared to information

Objectives. To estimate US public opinion, overall and by gun ownership status, about the public places where legal gun owners should be allowed to carry firearms.

Methods. We fielded an online survey among 3949 adults, including an oversample of gun owners and veterans, in April 2015. We used cross-tabulations with survey weights to generate nationally representative estimates.