ABSTRACT
PIP: Many believe that the political and economic motivations of Haitian migrants can not be separated. Since Haiti 1st became an independent nation small numbers of its citizens have emigrated, but after France's Duvalier took power in 1957, the flow of migrants reached major proportions. For several reasons, the approximate 100,000 Haitians who arrived between 1960 and 1972 identified themselves as members of an immigrant population rather than as refugees. The new Haitian organizations that arose from 1965-1972 tried to organize Haitians as an ethnic interest group in the U.S. When Haitians 1st arrived by boat there was no strong political movement in the U.S., 1st to popularize the possibility of identifying oneself as a political refugee, and then to nurture and encourage such as stance. Even at the height of the movement to support the boat people and win then status as political refugees, perhaps the majority of the Haitian population and ertainly the majority of the Haitian organizations in New York stayed away from open discussion of Haitian politics. Today, some Haitian leaders tend to put aside the issue of Haitians as members of the Haitian diaspora, while others focus on the continuation of political repression in Haiti. The self-definitions of the Haitian population in the US in the future will continue to be shaped by and in turn help shape, political and economic conditions both in the US and Haiti.^ieng
Subject(s)
Ethnicity , Organizations , Politics , Refugees , Transients and Migrants , Americas , Caribbean Region , Culture , Demography , Developed Countries , Developing Countries , Economics , Emigration and Immigration , Haiti , Latin America , North America , Population , Population Characteristics , Population Dynamics , United StatesABSTRACT
During a severe drought Port-au-Prince, Haiti, lost hydroelectric power for 10 weeks. This led to water shortages in areas of the city dependent on water supplied from electrically driven pumps. In a study of the impact of water restriction on disease, 400 families were randomly selected from two urban areas differentially affected by the water shortage. Disease in children was found to be related to quantity of water used, socioeconomic status, employment of head of household, and family size. The methods used in this study are recommended for the investigation of the relationship between water quantity and health.