Haitian Parents Research Articles

The Perspective of Haitian Parents on Heritage Language Maintenance in Children With Speech-Language Disorders

Purpose: This study is part of a larger study that explores the beliefs and attitudes of Haitian parents in the United States regarding heritage language maintenance. The study sought to understand Haitian parents' perspective of heritage language maintenance when the parent has a child with a communication disorder. Method: Semistructured interviews were conducted with seven Haitian parents of children who have or had a speech-language disorder. The interviews were conducted virtually through videoconferencing. A thematic analysis was used to explore the data and determine recurring themes. Results: Participants desired to preserve the heritage language; however, fear of further language delay and sociolinguistic factors influenced their language choice. Furthermore, the results revealed that the lack of Haitian Creole language maintenance led to a communication breakdown with family and parental regret on the missed opportunity to pass on the heritage language. Conclusion: The findings from this study demonstrate a need for continued education with physicians, SLPs, and other related service providers on the issues related to bilingual language development, language maintenance, and counseling families regarding home language practice. Supplemental Material: https://doi.org/10.23641/asha.27190611

An intersectional and discursive approach to identity in multicultural education: the case of the Haitian community in Chile

ABSTRACT This study analyses how Haitian students’ identities (i.e. gender, class, and race) are constructed, negotiated, and resignified by their parents and EFL teachers to unveil their attitudes and perceptions of their learning processes and linguistic development in multicultural contexts. To this end, five schools across the Chilean Metropolitan region were recruited, which concentrated the largest number of fifth-grade Haitian students in their own cities. Particularly, five EFL teachers and ten Haitian parents were interviewed to explore how they construct, negotiate, and resignify their discourses in terms of the identity attributed to these students, based on their own understanding and perceptions of their life experiences. Following Reisigl and Wodak’s Discourse-Historical Approach (2016; Wodak et al. 2009), the study examines how issues of gender, race, and class play a crucial role in how these actors understand the experience of these students at school and in the country more generally. Results evidence that, along with a tendency towards cultural and linguistic assimilation, both parents and teachers legitimize their own misconceptions about these students through perspectivization and legitimation strategies .

The Perspectives of Haitian Parents on Heritage Language Maintenance.

The study sought to understand Haitian parents' perspectives on heritage language maintenance with typically developing children. Semistructured interviews were conducted with 10 Haitian parents of typically developing children. A thematic analysis was conducted to determine recurring themes. Participants desired to preserve the heritage language; however, factors such as linguistic and class ideologies of Haiti, xenophobia within the United States, and English monolingualism hindered parents' success in maintaining the heritage language. The findings from this study demonstrate the need for additional research and resources to help support the Haitian community's desire for heritage language maintenance to promote healthy communication practices, decrease language loss, and foster social communication in the home and community.

Inmigrantes haitianos y la comunidad del Gran Caribe de la ciudad de Nueva York: Retos y oportunidades

Haitians are one of the largest post 1965 immigrant groups in New York City. In 2009, there were some 118,769 Haitian immigrants in the city, and this figure does not include the undocumented and the many thousands of children born in the United States to foreign-born Haitian parents. Unlike the English speaking Caribbean immigrants that are recognized as a model minority in America, Haitian immigrants had a different treatment. They were not viewed as a model minority despite the fact that they also came fr o m the Caribbean and shared similar narrative. This paper addresses the two most important periods of Haitian migration to New York City and the mechanisms and structures that they developed in the past several decades to gain acceptance in the US and forge political alliances with the English-speaking Caribbean immigrants to empow er their communi ty.

Psychomotor development of children from Chilean and Haitian parents in kindergartens of the district of Coquimbo, Chile: A descriptive study

This study aims to describe the psychomotor development of children, the offspring of Chilean and Haitian parents, and who attend the local kindergartens. The design of this study was a descriptive and cross-sectional study. The study population was children 3 to 24 months-old, belonging to kindergartens, evaluated with the Psychomotor Development Assessment Scale (EEDP) regarding psychomotor development profile for the domains of language, socialization, coordination, and motor skills. A questionnaire was administered to the parents to determine the socioeconomic level, educational level, and parenting skills. Twenty-four infants, 12 children of Chilean parents, and 12 children of Haitian parents were evaluated. The EEDP classification (p = 0.299) did not show significant differences between both groups. In children of Chilean parents, 25% (3/12) classified as delay, while 75% (9/12) as normal. On the other hand, for children of Haitian parents, 8.3% (1/12) classified as risk, while 91.7% (11/12) as normal. There are significant differences in coordination (p = 0.006), in which Haitian children achieved better performance compared to the Chilean. It is necessary to emphasize every domain of infant psychomotor development and the multiple sociocultural variables that can influence this. Current evaluation methods do not presently have an intercultural character.

Estrategias de familias migrantes haitianas para sus hijos ante las políticas antiinmigrantes de República Dominicana

The migration policies of the Dominican Republic (DR in the hereafter) have restricted the access to Dominican citizenship for thousands of Haitian children brought to this country during childhood, as well as for minors born in the DR from Haitian parents; that is Dominico-Haitian children. However, parents have not passively accepted this situation. The goal of this paper is to analyze two strategies of Haitian parents living in the DR for their children, set to minimize the negative effects of anti-immigrant policies: 1) obtaining official DR citizenship documents for their children, and 2) ensuring the attendance of children to both Dominican and Haitian schools. Also, the current situation of Haitian- origin populations in the DR is set into historical and political context here.

Parental Perceptions of Culturally Sensitive Care and Well-Child Visit Quality.

Incorporating culturally sensitive care into well-child visits may help address pediatric preventive care disparities faced by racial and ethnic minorities, families with limited English proficiency, and immigrants. We explored parents' perspectives about the extent to which their children's pediatric care is culturally sensitive and potential associations between culturally sensitive care and well-child visit quality. We conducted cross-sectional surveys with parents attending a well-child visit for a child ages 3 to 48 months. To measure culturally sensitive care, we created a composite score by averaging 8 subscales from an adapted version of the Clinicians' Cultural Sensitivity Survey. We assessed well-child visit quality through the Promoting Healthy Development Survey. Multivariate linear regression was used to understand associations between demographic characteristics and parent-reported culturally sensitive care. We used multivariate logistic regression to examine associations between culturally sensitive care and well-child visit quality. Two hundred twelve parents (71% of those approached) completed the survey. Parents born abroad, compared with those born in the United States, reported significantly higher culturally sensitive care scores (+0.21; confidence interval [CI]: 0.004, 0.43). Haitian parents reported significantly lower culturally sensitive care scores compared with non-Hispanic white parents (-0.49; CI: -0.89, -0.09). Parent-reported culturally sensitive care was significantly associated with higher odds of well-child visit quality including receipt of anticipatory guidance (adjusted odds ratio: 2.68; CI: 1.62, 4.62) and overall well-child visit quality (adjusted odds ratio: 2.54; CI: 1.59, 4.22). Consistent with prior research of adult patients, this study demonstrates an association between parent-reported culturally sensitive care and well-child visit quality. Future research should explore best practices to integrating culturally sensitive care in pediatric preventive health care settings.

Creencias de padres haitianos: Rol de la escuela en la inclusión social de sus hijos/as

Desde el último año, el gobierno de Chile ha encabezado un proceso de modificación en la política educacional entre Chile y Haití. Esto último es una condición interviniente de inclusión social para los mismos haitianos que llegan al país.En este contexto, se realizó una investigación que describe y analiza las creencias de padres haitianos de la comuna de Quilicura, respecto del rol de la escuela en los procesos de inclusión social de sus hijos e hijas. Los principales resultados dan cuenta de una diversidad cultural que existe hoy en la escuela, en donde las creencias de los padres haitianos no son consideradas. Además de prevalecer en la escuela el enfoque de integración social más que el de inclusión social, lo cual hace que niños y niñas coarten su proceso de inclusión social efectiva en el establecimiento, ya que no tienen el apoyo ni las herramientas para desarrollarlo correctamente.

Case Report: The importance of communication in the care of a newborn from haitian parents in odete valadares maternity, a public maternity reference of the canguru method in Belo Horizonte -MG

Case Report: The importance of communication in the care of a newborn from haitian parents in odete valadares maternity, a public maternity reference of the canguru method in Belo Horizonte -MG

Role of Healthcare Providers� Recommendation Style in HPV Vaccine Decision-Making among Haitian Parents and Female Patients

Background and Purpose: The strong influence of physician recommendation on vaccine uptake is well established in the literature. However, its influence on HPV vaccine decision-making among young Haitian women is understudied. This study investigated the role of healthcare providers� recommendation style in Haitian parents� and female patients� HPV vaccine decision-making. Methods: Thirty selfidentified Haitian women aged 17-26 years were recruited from a large university campus in the Southeastern United States (N=30). They completed in-depth face-to-face interviews regarding their HPV vaccine decision-making process. Transcripts were analyzed using thematic analysis. Results: Provider recommendation was cited as a major factor that influenced HPV vaccine uptake. Additionally, the framing of the HPV vaccine message greatly influenced vaccine decisions. Messages that framed the vaccine as a preventive measure for cervical cancer or as a preventive vaccine without an emphasis on the sexual transmission route of the virus were most effective. Messages that framed the vaccine as a preventive measure against a sexually transmitted infection did not positively influence young women to be vaccinated. Conclusions: These findings indicate that providers� recommendation style highly affects HPV vaccine decision. Thus, appropriate HPV vaccine framing is important for encouraging vaccine uptake in this ethnic group.

An Analysis of Haitian Parents' Perceptions of their Children with Disabilities

This exploratory qualitative study examines the perceptions of ten Haitian parents regarding their child with a disability, the education the child was receiving, their interaction with the school system, and how the disability has affected their relationship with their child and their involvement with the school. Data were obtained from interviews and analyzed using constant comparative techniques. Findings revealed that parents seldom disagreed with school personnel and did not fully grasp the different methods available to address their concerns, nor the role they were expected to play in the process. Overall, parents' perceptions were guided by two core concepts: coping mechanisms and locus of control. Implications of these perceptions and recommendations for future research are discussed.

Cultural Perspectives of Childhood Obesity in Haitian and Hispanic Children

The prevalence of overweight children has risen at an alarming rate over the past 30 years. Haitians and Hispanics are 2 at-risk populations that are disproportionately affected by childhood obesity. The increasing prevalence in these populations suggests each culture may have unique contributing factors to the chronic condition. This study examined the cultural beliefs and attitudes Hispanic and Haitian parents regarding childhood obesity. Results show that there are unique contributing factors to childhood obesity in these cultures that are relevant to the primary care of these individuals and families.

Correlates of 2009 H1N1 influenza vaccination among day care-aged children, Miami-Dade County

BackgroundThe aim of this study was to assess factors influencing 2009 H1N1 influenza vaccination among a demographically diverse group of day care-aged children. Day care children were chosen because they were an initial target group for vaccination and are at higher risk of influenza infection than children cared for at home. MethodsA cross-sectional study was conducted from March to May 2010 among parents of day care aged children in 13 day care facilities in Miami-Dade County. Data was collected by an anonymous self-administered two-page 20 question survey which consisted of demographic variables and information regarding 2009 H1N1 influenza vaccine knowledge, attitude and acceptance. Data was analyzed using SAS to conduct both bivariate and multivariate analyses. ResultsThere were 773 participants in the study. The response rate ranged from 42% to 72.2% among day care centers. A total of 172 parents (22.3%) and 225 (29.1%) children had received the 2009 H1N1 influenza vaccine. Non-Hispanic White and Black parents were more likely to vaccinate their children than Hispanic and Haitian parents. Primary reasons for non-vaccination included vaccine safety (36.7%) and side effects (27.1%). Among parents who spoke with a health care professional, 274 (61.4%) stated the health care professional recommended the vaccine. ConclusionMisperceptions about influenza vaccination among parents created a barrier to 2009 H1N1 influenza vaccination. Parents who got the vaccine, who believed the vaccine was safe and whose children had a chronic condition were more likely to immunize their children. Clear, reliable and consistent vaccine information to the public and health care providers and initiatives targeting minority groups may increase vaccination coverage among this population.

114. Factors Associated With Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccine Acceptance Among Haitian and African-American Parents of Adolescent Sons

HPV knowledge is very low in both African American and Haitian parents, and vaccination rates are very low in their adolescent sons. Improving knowledge and vaccination rates will require culturally competent educational interventions addressing the distinct informational needs of each community. Physicians are uniquely situated to provide culturally competent education and should address patients’ vaccination preferences by routinely offering HPV vaccination to male patients. Introduction/Purpose Genital Human Papillomavirus (HPV) infection is the most common sexually transmitted infection in the US. Approximately 90 % of anal and penile cancers, 100 % of cervical cancers, 40 % of vaginal and vulvar cancers, 20-60 % of oral cancers, and 90 % of genital warts are attributable to HPV. In October 2011, the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices (ACIP) updated their statement to recommend HPV vaccination for 11-21 year old males for the prevention of genital warts and anal cancers. Currently little data exists on parental views towards HPV vaccination in adolescent sons. As the US black community is ethnically diverse, we set out to explore cultural differences in attitudes towards HPV vaccination in African-American parents and Haitian Immigrant parents of adolescent sons. These insights will be used to create a short, practical, physicianbased, educational intervention geared toward increasing HPV vaccine acceptance. Factors associated with Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine acceptance among Haitian and African-American parents of adolescent sons

118. Role of Child'S Gender on Acceptance of the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccine Among a High-Risk Sample of Haitian and African-American Parents of Adolescent Sons and Daughters

118. Role of Child'S Gender on Acceptance of the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccine Among a High-Risk Sample of Haitian and African-American Parents of Adolescent Sons and Daughters

Sovereignty and Social Justice: The ‘Haitian Problem’ in the Dominican Republic

IntroductionTHE ISSUE OF DOMINICAN SOVEREIGNTY with regard to the rights of those of Haitian parentage seeking to secure Dominican nationality came to the fore recently in the case of Haitian rights activist Sonia Pierre. The Dominican Central Electoral Board produced evidence that Pierre's parents obtained citizenship for their daughter, born on a sugar plantation in the Dominican Republic in 1963, by irregular means - that is, with forged documents. Legislator Vinicio A. Castillo Seman invoked the United Nations Assembly Resolution 869 IX General Assembly of 4 December 1975, Article 8, to the effect that the revocation of nationality can be justified in the cases in which it is proven that citizenship was obtained through fraud or false statements. Pierre, argued Castillo Seman, would not remain stateless as a result of the revocation, insofar as the Haitian constitution guarantees Haitian nationality to children of Haitian parents regardless of the place of birth. Confirming or consolidating Pierre's claim to Dominican nationality, he asserted, would set a dangerous precedent oi jus soli, or citizenship based on the territory of birth, for all Haitians seeking to obtain Dominican citizenship through similar channels.Allowing citizenship based on forged documentation would send the wrong message of Entren to, said Castillo Seman, using the phrase coined by legislator Ramon Alburquerque: Open the gates, all are welcome. He emphasised furthermore that Mrs Pierre, her defenders and powerful nations (that do not want a single Haitian in their own vast territories), want to abolish, diminish and contract our laws and our sovereignty to draft immigration policies. They want to claim, as they have been claiming, that anyone who can cross the border, be born or say they were born here, that Haitians can obtain their nationality with fake statements through forged declarations and with the last names of Dominican parents. Haitian immigrants in Florida, Castillo Seman pointed out, do not enjoy such privilege; why should they in the Dominican Republic? To allow such to happen on Hispaniola would be to officialise an illegitimate means of obtaining Dominican nationality and would lead to grave widespread consequences.1What Castillo Seman did not include in his statement, however, is reference to the barriers to achieving legal status for Haitians living in the Dominican Republic that make it difficult to distinguish between those who are Dominican-born and have a birthright to such status and those who are truly living there in transit, either because they have temporary work permits or are working in the underground economy. As we shall elaborate further on, these barriers to legal status have included the following: a) the refusal of the Dominican government to acknowledge the legitimacy of birth certificates that it issued to Dominican-born Haitian children in the past; b) the refusal of the Dominican government to issue birth certificates to Dominican-born Haitian children in the first place; c) the charging of exorbitant fees for birth certificates, which are nearly impossible for Haitian or Haitian-Dominican families to afford; and d) the forcing of persons of Haitian descent out of the country through mass deportations that disallow time for gathering their belongings, including papers that might provide evidence of legal documentation. It is for these reasons and partially in response to pressure from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights that the vice-president of the Dominican Supreme Court of Justice ruled in Pierre's favour in 2007. At issue here is not whether Pierre's documents were originally forged, but that the Dominican government had an interest in declaring them illegitimate so as not to set a precedent for granting legal status to Dominican-born persons of Haitian descent.Despite the Inter-American Court of Human Rights' ruling, children of Haitian descent born in the Dominican Republic continue to face discrimination in birth registration practices and barriers to citizenship. …

Arendt’s Children in the Bahamian Context: The Children of Migrants Without Status

In this increasingly globalized world, with hundreds of millions of people living outside the country of their birth, and States guarding their sovereign right to control membership ever more closely, the number of children without secure citizenship status is on the rise. This article is a case study of non-citizen children in the Bahamas, focusing specifically on children born of Haitian parents without status, “Arendt’s children”. It examines how the Bahamas, a State party to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), fails to consider adequately the best interests of the Bahamian-born non-citizen child in its laws and policies. It analyses how the Bahamas’ ratification of relevant human rights treaties translates into practice at the domestic level and concludes with an examination of ways in which Arendt’s children might be integrated into the Bahamian polity.

The Role of Language in Academic and Social Transition of Haitian Children and Their Parents to Urban U.S. Schools

This study explores the role that language plays in the academic and social transition of Haitian children and parents to urban U.S. schools across multiple school settings, demographic groups, and languages. Semistructured individual interviews and focus groups were conducted with groups of 12 Haitian American teachers, 12 Haitian parents of grade school children, and 12 Haitian students who had gone to school both in Haiti and in the US. Using the theoretical constructs of linguistic identity and actor networks, we describe three themes that emerged from our analysis of language use: (1) an affinity for multiple languages, (2) a desire to be multicultural, and (3) a responsibility to help others in the community. These themes point to potent bridges for aiding Haitian students as they adapt to urban U.S. schools, as well as indicating sources of potential linguistic and cultural conflict.

Psychosocial Care of Severely Malnourished Children

The psychosocial intervention program for malnourished children at Hôpital Albert Schweitzer has evolved over several years and now consists of daily interventions including music on the unit, cooking and feeding instruction, exercise sessions, supervised play sessions, daily massage of children by their parents, toy making, and singing and dancing. The interventions are supervised by Haitian personnel and have been developed according to what is interesting and stimulating for Haitian parents and their children. These interventions appear to have greatly improved the moods of the parents and their children. They seem happier. There is more interaction between the parents and the children throughout the day, including touching, playing, and talking. The feeding situation has improved. Parents feed their children; there is more socializing and eye contact during meals. Our experience supports the concept that the rehabilitation of the malnourished child is facilitated by interventions that restore a positive parent-child relationship. These interventions should be tailored to the local culture. Future studies could evaluate the effect of such interventions on the parent-child interaction at the beginning and end of the hospitalization, as well as on parameters such as mortality, rate of weight gain, length of stay, and readmission rates.

Incidence et caractéristiques des signalements d'enfants maltraités: Comparaison interculturelle

This study compared the incidence and characteristics of reported child abuse cases in two different ethnic groups. Incidence was calculated based on the total number of cases ( N = 2,854) reported to child protection authorities between July 17, 1988 and March 31, 1989. In a sample of 953 reports, the following were examined: the source of the reporting, type of abuse, substantiation and age of the child. The incidence was found to be slightly higher among Haitian group compared to French-Canadian group. In the former case, reporting tended to originate with public authorities such as the police or school personnel. Cases tended to consist mainly of physical abuse, with very few cases of sexual abuse. Most involved adolescents. These results suggest that child-rearing practices of Haitian families are in conflict with the values of the host community, and that there exist similar value-based conflicts between Haitian parents and their children.