Medical Practices and Representations of People From Haiti in French Guiana

NCT06539130 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: Parcours Quali
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 83
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

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

Conditions

Social Representations of Infectious Diseases

Keywords

Migration; Infectious disease; Traditional medecine; Precariousness

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Description of social representations of HIV and HBV infections among migrant population from Haïti

  To describe the social representations of HIV and HBV infections and their impact on use of traditional medecine among migrant population from Haïti, using qualitative questionnaire

  At inclusion

Secondary Outcomes (4)

• Description of living conditions of migrants from Haïti

  At inclusion

• Description of difficulties to access health care and health prevention

  At inclusion

• Description of food insecurity situations met by migrants from Haïti

  At inclusion

• Description of social and health professionals representations on migrants from Haïti

  At inclusion

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 65 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

People originated from Haïti Health and social professionals working with people originated from Haïti

You may qualify if:

• To be born in Haïti
• To have moved to French Guiana for more than 3 months
• To be more than 18 years old
• To be infected or not by HIV or HBV
• To agree to participate to the study
• To be a health or social professional
• To be involved in medico-psycho-social care to people originated from Haïti
• To be more than 18 years old
• To agree to participate to the study

You may not qualify if:

• Not to be able to answer the questoins in French or Haïtian creole langage
• To be under guardianship, curatorship or legal protection

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Centre Hospitalier de Cayenne: lead

Study Sites (1)

Centre Hospitalier de Cayenne

Cayenne, 97300, French Guiana

Location

Related Publications (2)

• Tareau MA, Greene A, Palisse M, Odonne G. Migrant Pharmacopoeias: An Ethnobotanical Survey of Four Caribbean Communities in Amazonia (French Guiana). Econ Bot. 2022;76(2):176-188. doi: 10.1007/s12231-021-09529-0. Epub 2021 Oct 20.

  PMID: 34697504 BACKGROUND

• Weniger B, Rouzier M, Daguilh R, Henrys D, Henrys JH, Anton R. [Traditional medicine in the Central Plateau of Haiti. 2. Ethnopharmacologic inventory]. J Ethnopharmacol. 1986 Jul;17(1):13-30. doi: 10.1016/0378-8741(86)90070-x. French.

  PMID: 3762193 BACKGROUND

Related Links

• Discriminations and access to health care in French Guiana
• Urban medicinal gardens in French Giuana : an Haïtian network
• Contemporary images of urban poverty in France, the United States and Latin America
• HIV/AIDS at the Europe's caribbean borders. Memories of an epidemic in a land of exception
• The migrant couple confronted with HIV

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Communicable Diseases

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Infections; Disease Attributes; Pathologic Processes; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Study Officials

• Antoine Adenis, MD, PhD

  Centre Hospitalier de Cayenne

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: CASE ONLY
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 1, 2024
• First Posted: August 6, 2024
• Study Start: May 30, 2022
• Primary Completion: May 22, 2023
• Study Completion: May 22, 2023
• Last Updated: August 6, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-08

Locations

FR (1)