David Balfour
Adjunct Faculty
Education
  • Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology
Programs Taught
  • Bachelor of Arts in Communications with an Emphasis in Interpersonal Communication and Human Relationships
  • Bachelor of Science in Sociology
  • Bachelor of Science in Sociology with an Emphasis in Social Work
Classes
  • SOC-100: Everyday Sociology
  • SOC-220: Social Problems
  • SOC-320: Marriage and Family
  • SOC-415: American Minority Peoples
  • SOC-417: Sociological Theory
Research Interests
  • Dietary practices in small island states in the Caribbean
  • Inequality, Deviance, Poverty,
  • The impact of the pandemic and natural disasters in St. Vincent and multidisciplinary study
Publications
  • Balfour D.. (2017). Eating the "Forbidden Fruit" : the relationship between social bonding, religiosity and sexual behaviour among divorced persons in the Seventh-Day Adventist Church in Trinidad.
  • O'Hearn et. Al.. (2023). Incident type 2 diabetes attributable to suboptimal diet in 184 countries.
  • Lara-Castor et Al.. (2023). Sugar-sweetened beverage intakes among adults between 1990 and 2018 in 185 countries.
  • Dyett, P., Foster-Nicholas, L., Mitchell, C., Jones-Oyefeso, V., Sealey-Tobias, V., Adams-Robinson, A., Valley-Thom, P., & Balfour, D.. (2025). Dietetics and nursing students affirmatively report the likelihood of recommending predominantly plant-based diets for non-communicable disease management.
  • Balfour, D. C., Mitchell, C., Browne, L., Savoury, G., Ashby-Duncan, J., Bristol, C., Lee-Cummings, V., Gooding, K., Lowe, K., Chesney, W., & Webb, M. C.. (2025). Intersecting climate and health crises: Socioeconomic determinants of dietary resilience in post-pandemic, post-hurricane Grenada [Oral abstract]..
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