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Document Source: Journal of Haitian Studies, Vol. 11, No. 1 (Spring 2005), pp. 11-26
Year: 2005
Tags: analysis, cause, culture
Categories: Restavek
Language: English
In this article, we will look at some of the living conditions for child domestic workers, in order to describe their situation compared to other children in the same age group in Haiti. Although the focus when dealing with child domestic workers is often solely on their activities and conditions, it is also crucial to …
Document Source: Department of Public Health and Community Medicine
Year: 2014
Tags: analysis, cause, statistics
Categories: Restavek
Language: English
Objectives: This research aims to provide child malnutrition prevalence data from Haiti’s Milot Valley to inform the design and implementation of local health interventions. Study design: This cross-sectional study measured underweight, stunting, and wasting/ thinness using international growth standards. Methods: Anthropometric measurements (height/length and weight) were taken on a convenience sample of 358 children aged …
Document Source: Routledge
Year: 2016
Tags: abuse, cause, culture, statistics
Categories: Restavek
Language: English
AFTER 200 YEARS OF BEES, LET’S HAVE 200 years of honey.” So proposed a T-shirt issued by the Haitian government at the end of 2003 to celebrate the impending bicentennial of independence and freedom from slavery. But with no honey in sight, there wasn’t much to celebrate, as antigovernment violence coupled with a dismal economy …
2016 – Haiti’s Children Pay the Price of Poverty Read More »
Document Source: Rose-Marie Chierici
Year: 2016
Tags: abuse, analysis, cause, statistics
Categories: Restavek
Language: English
2003 Alyans Sante Borgne’s (ASB) conducted the irst week-long mobile hospital in Molas, a poor mountain community a 10-h walk from the main hospital in the town of Borgne in North Haiti. ASB is a partnership between Haiti Outreach—Pwoje Espwa (H.O.P.E.), a US-based NGO, and Haiti’s Ministry of Health. The paper relects on this irst …