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2024-10-26 @ 3:37 PM
Last Modification Date:
2024-10-26 @ 3:37 PM
Study NCT ID:
NCT06539130
Status:
COMPLETED
Last Update Posted:
None
First Post:
2024-08-01
Brief Title:
Medical Practices and Representations of People From Haiti in French Guiana
Sponsor:
None
Organization:
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Study Overview
Official Title:
Medical Practices and Representations of People From Haiti Living With or Without HIV or Chronic HBV
Status:
COMPLETED
Status Verified Date:
2024-08
Last Known Status:
None
Delayed Posting:
No
If Stopped, Why?:
Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access:
No
If Expanded Access, NCT#:
N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status:
N/A
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Brief Summary:
This is an observational cross-sectional qualitative study of the population of Haitian origin living in French Guiana and the professionals working with them
Detailed Description:
French Guiana is an overseas department located in South America in the heart of the Amazon between Brazil and Suriname In terms of surface area 83846 km2 it is the second largest region in France but also one of the least densely populated with 290691 inhabitants in January 2020
The region has undergone several waves of migration and almost 38 of its current population born abroad It is estimated that more than 10 of the population is of Haitian origin in 2020 although these figures do not include the number of illegal immigrants The first major waves of migration date back to the early 1980s in connection with political unrest in Haiti The last major wave of Haitian migration took place in 2015-2016 following the tightening of Dominican migration policy and the expulsion of more than 100000 Haitian nationals to Haiti
However despite the importance of the demographic component of Haitian origin in the Guianese population as a whole relatively few studies have focused on the care practices inherent in this cultural community Despite the importance of care using plants in Haiti particularly given the difficulties in accessing biomedical care only a few andor relatively old ethnobotanical works for example address the question of Haitian phytotherapy
The glaring lack of recent work on Haitian ethnomedicine was therefore a trigger for initiating this qualitative study as part of a more global approach to deciphering the life and care paths followed by people originally from Haiti Parcours dHaïti study main protocol
In addition people from Haiti have high levels of HIV and hepatitis B virus infection Yet the anthropology of health and social epidemiology have largely demonstrated the weight of economic political cultural and social determinants such as gender age administrative status housing social support activity and standard of living - which make up what is called the political space of health - on social inequalities in health These inequalities whether gendered generational geographical or socio-cultural have been highlighted in relation to the higher prevalence of HIV infection among people from sub-Saharan Africa living in France or people from Haiti living in the French West Indies
A better understanding of the level of knowledge of these two diseases their social and cultural representations and the attitudes and behaviours relating to their prevention is necessary in order to adapt prevention and health communication strategies Few studies have explored these areas of knowledge
Health social work and voluntary sector professionals involved in providing medico-psychosocial support to people from Haiti report difficulties of a cultural nature and relating to health literacy although these representations and their impact on practice have not been studied further
The region has undergone several waves of migration and almost 38 of its current population born abroad It is estimated that more than 10 of the population is of Haitian origin in 2020 although these figures do not include the number of illegal immigrants The first major waves of migration date back to the early 1980s in connection with political unrest in Haiti The last major wave of Haitian migration took place in 2015-2016 following the tightening of Dominican migration policy and the expulsion of more than 100000 Haitian nationals to Haiti
However despite the importance of the demographic component of Haitian origin in the Guianese population as a whole relatively few studies have focused on the care practices inherent in this cultural community Despite the importance of care using plants in Haiti particularly given the difficulties in accessing biomedical care only a few andor relatively old ethnobotanical works for example address the question of Haitian phytotherapy
The glaring lack of recent work on Haitian ethnomedicine was therefore a trigger for initiating this qualitative study as part of a more global approach to deciphering the life and care paths followed by people originally from Haiti Parcours dHaïti study main protocol
In addition people from Haiti have high levels of HIV and hepatitis B virus infection Yet the anthropology of health and social epidemiology have largely demonstrated the weight of economic political cultural and social determinants such as gender age administrative status housing social support activity and standard of living - which make up what is called the political space of health - on social inequalities in health These inequalities whether gendered generational geographical or socio-cultural have been highlighted in relation to the higher prevalence of HIV infection among people from sub-Saharan Africa living in France or people from Haiti living in the French West Indies
A better understanding of the level of knowledge of these two diseases their social and cultural representations and the attitudes and behaviours relating to their prevention is necessary in order to adapt prevention and health communication strategies Few studies have explored these areas of knowledge
Health social work and voluntary sector professionals involved in providing medico-psychosocial support to people from Haiti report difficulties of a cultural nature and relating to health literacy although these representations and their impact on practice have not been studied further
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