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Title: Haiti Cultural Awareness Update


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Haiti Cultural Awareness Update
  • Junias Desamour MD

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Haiti
  • Location in the Caribbean

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Haiti Facts
  • First black republic to declare its independence
    in 1804
  • The poorest country in the Western Hemisphere
  • Ethnic groups black 95, mulatto and white
    5
  • Religions Roman Catholic 80, Protestant 16
    note roughly half of the population practices
    voodoo
  • GDP - per capita (1,300 (2007 est.)
  • Very corrupt Politicians

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Haiti Facts
  • Life expectancy at birthtotal population 57.5
    yearsmale 55.83 years female 59.35 years
    (2008
  • HIV Prevalence (Adults 15-49) 3.8 Deaths
    (2005) 16,000
  • Literacy definition age 15 and over can read
    and write total pop 52.9 male 54.8 female
    51.2 (2003 es
  • Major infectious diseases
  • food or waterborne diseases bacterial and
    protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A and E, and
    typhoid fever vectorborne diseases dengue fever
    and malaria water contact disease leptospirosis
    (2008)

5
The Haitian Patient
  • Very Polite
  • Yes does not mean they understand what you are
    saying. Ask them to come with a child to
    translate if they are not proficient in English.
  • They believe in herbal medicine
  • They usually attribute pain to gas pain
  • Chest is called stomach in creole (deadly
    misnomer)
  • Stomach pain can mean chest pain.

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The Haitian Patient
  • Recurrent high fever chills Headache up to 12
    months after visiting the island ( place Malaria
    in the differential diagnosis)
  • Need Prophilaxis before traveling back home
  • Thyphoid fever is also very common (water)
  • Have patients brings meds bottles including
    herbal meds
  • Some may not know how to read or write

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Pictures of Haiti
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Pictures of Haiti
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