Document Source: Judite Blanc
Year: 2020
Tags: analysis, statistics, study
Categories: Restavek
Language: English
Purpose of Review There is evidence that the exposure to a major natural disaster such as the 2010 earthquake in Haiti may have devastating short- and long-term effects on children’s mental health and overall development. This review summarizes what has been reported in the past 3 years (2017–2020) regarding emotional, psychological, and behavioral effects of …
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Document Source: Department of Public Health and Community Medicine
Year: 2014
Tags: analysis, cause, statistics, study
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: Center for Black Studies Research
Year: 2016
Tags: abuse, analysis, psychology, report, servitude
Categories: Restavek
Language: English
Probably the largest group of child workers in the world are. child domestic workers( CDW). The International Labour Organisation( ILO) estimates that there are 250 million child workers in the developing world, and that domestic work is the largest worldwide employment category of girls under the age of sixteen( ILO 1998). However, the proportion of …
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 …
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