NSF Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellowship: Sub-Culture of Insecurity: Human Rights and the Health Status of Haitian Workers in the Dominican Republic

这一博士后研究和培训项目旨在了解人权及其侵犯与多米尼加共和国海地工人健康状况之间的关系。关于海地工人福祉状况的社会科学文献往往不能说明这一群体的健康状况。同样，关于海地人口健康和疾病的医学文献也没有阐明有助于构建健康结果的更广泛的社会经济背景。鉴于有记录的海地工人在多米尼加共和国遭受虐待，这可能会对这些工人的健康状况产生什么影响？对海地工人的一项研究提供了一个机会，可以详细检查社会不平等对这一往往没有保护的人口的致病影响。该项目有三个目标：(1)评估居住在棚户区的海地甘蔗切割者和其他经济部门的海地工人的生活和工作条件；(2)评估这些工人相对于这些条件的健康状况；(3)将健康状况与性别、法律地位、阶级、西班牙语熟练程度以及在棚户区或非棚户区的工作类型联系起来。

This postdoctoral research and training project seeks to understand the relationship between human rights, their abuses, and the health status of Haitian workers in the Dominican Republic. The social scientific literature on the status of Haitian workers' well-being does not often illuminate the health status of this population. Likewise, medical literature regarding health and disease among Haitian populations does not elucidate the broader socioeconomic context which helps structure health outcomes. Given the documented abuse of Haitian workers in the Domincan Republic, what are its likely impacts upon the health status of these workers? A study of Haitian workers presents an opportunity to examine in detail the pathogenic effects of social inequalities on this often unprotected population. This project has three objectives: 1) to assess the living and working conditions of Haitian cane cutters who reside on bateyes (shanty town dwellings) and Haitian workers in other sectors of the economy, 2) to evaluate the health status of these workers vis-a-vis these conditions, and 3) to correlate health status with gender, legal status, class, Spanish-speaking proficiency, and type of work on or off the bateyes.