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

这个博士后研究和培训项目旨在了解人权，他们的滥用，以及在多米尼加共和国的海地工人的健康状况之间的关系。关于海地工人福利状况的社会科学文献往往没有说明这一人口的健康状况。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形成健康结果的更广泛的社会经济背景。鉴于有文件记录的海地工人在多米尼加共和国受到虐待的情况，这对这些工人的健康状况可能产生什么影响？对海地工人的一项研究提供了一个机会，可以详细审查社会不平等对这一往往得不到保护的人口的致病影响。该项目有三个目标：（1）评估居住在bateyes的海地甘蔗收割者的生活和工作条件（棚户区）和海地其他经济部门的工人，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、法律的地位、阶级、讲西班牙语的熟练程度、和工作类型上或下bateyes。

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.