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The coexistence of child malnutrition and adult overweight/obesity typifies rapid nutrition transition and is likely widespread in poor urban populations. This cross-sectional study assessed households’ anthropometric profile and socio-economic characteristics in a shantytown in Haiti. Out of 203 sampled households, 14% had a malnourished child (<10 years) and an overweight mother.

August 22, 2021

In Haiti, as in several developing countries, the phenomenon of street children has become a major public health issue. These children are often victims of traumas and adverse life events. This article aimed to investigate traumas experienced by street children and their coping and resilience strategies used to deal with adversities in a logic of […]

It has been several months since I served in Port au Prince, Haiti, where I assisted with immediate postearthquake medical care. As a pediatric nurse practitioner, I have been to Haiti many times during the past 10 years as a clinician, researcher, and nurse educator. When the earthquake struck in January 2010, causing massive damage […]

For her work on the more contemporary period, Frazier herself enters as a participant-observer. She accompanies the Sebastián Acevedo Movement Against Torture and other human rights and worker actions. Frazier’s immersion clearly enhances her (and therefore, our) understanding of the power of collective memory. She conceptually centers on Chile’s northern frontier. In an instructive example […]

Long before the earthquake in Haiti on 12 January 2010, but particularly since, international media and humanitarian groups have drawn attention to the ‘vulnerable child’ in Haiti, a child often portrayed as needing ‘saving’. Focusing in particular on the restavèk (child domestic laborer), this article first explores the ways in which such children are represented […]