La sixième Enquête Mortalité, Morbidité et Utilisation des Services (EMMUS-VI 2016- 2017) a été réalisée par l’Institut Haïtien de l’Enfance (IHE) en collaboration avec l’Institut Haïtien de Statistiques et d’Informatique (IHSI). L’EMMUS-VI, commanditée par le Ministère de la Santé Publique et de la Population (MSPP), a bénéficié de l’assistance technique du programme mondial des Enquêtes Démographiques et de Santé (The Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS Program)) d’ICF.

Haïti est dans le monde l’un des pays où la mortalité infantile reste très élevée. Elle a été évaluée à 74 pour 1 000 naissances vivantes par des études récentes. Les objectifs de cette étude étaient de déterminer le taux de mortalité infantile dans la commune de Mirebalais et identifier les principaux facteurs de risque. La méthodologie est fondée sur un recensement initial des femmes enceintes réalisé sur une période de trois semaines dans la commune de Mirebalais.

Intersections between violent discipline (physical punishment and/or verbal aggression) of children and intimate partner violence (IPV) against women have received growing international attention. This study aimed to determine how many Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries had national data on co-occurring IPV and violent discipline in the same household, how estimates compared and whether violent discipline was significantly associated with IPV.

This article examines the rites of passage for poor girls of Haitian descent living in the Dominican Republic. In the Dominican context, preparation for and the transition to wife and mother historically served as an important rite of passage to an adult identity. Industrialization and the global discourse surrounding young motherhood increasingly challenges this culturally sanctioned practice. No research has examined how perceptions around rites of passage to an adult female identity are evolving across generations within the Spanish Caribbean.

While the city offers economic opportunities for women in many countries, their safety and security remain vulnerable to urban violence, especially in poor areas. In Haiti, poor urban women may be subjected to multiple forms of physical, sexual, and structural violence leading to adverse birth outcomes. We explored some of the complexities of how pregnancy is experienced under the reality and threat of urban violence in Haiti.

One in three Haitian women, and two in three Haitian children, experience physical abuse. This study aims to assess characteristics of abused Haitian women and identify effective sources of support. This cross-sectional study used multiple logistic regression models to analyze sociodemographic characteristics of Haitian women, associations with abuse-exposure from a parent/intimate partner (IPV)/any perpetrator, and impacts of seeking help for abuse, from police/doctors/family. About 9.1% experienced abuse by a parent, 8.6% from IPV.