Stratification Economics and Grassroots Development: The Case of Low–Income Black Women Workers in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

AbstractThis article examines North Atlantic views of Protestant missions and race in the Dominican Republic between 1905 and 1911, a brief period of political stability in the years leading up to the U.S. Occupation (1916–1924). Although Protestant missions during this period remained small in scale on the Catholic island, the views of British and American missionaries evidence how international perceptions of Dominicans transformed in the early twentieth century. Thus, this article makes two key interventions within the literature on Caribbean race and religion. First, it shows how outsiders’ ideas about the Dominican Republic's racial composition aimed to change the Dominican Republic from a “black” country into a racially ambiguous “Latin” one on the international stage. Second, in using North Atlantic missionaries’ perspectives to track this shift, it argues that black-led Protestant congregations represented a possible alternative future that both elite Dominicans and white North Atlantic missionaries rejected.

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Trends in social inequalities in breastfeeding and infant formulas in Latin American countries between the 1990 and 2010 decades

Public Health Nutrition ◽

10.1017/s1368980021000392 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-10

Author(s):

Camila S Ferreira ◽

Catarina M Azeredo ◽

Ana Elisa M Rinaldi

Keyword(s):

Dominican Republic ◽

Social Inequality ◽

Latin American ◽

Low Income ◽

Social Inequalities ◽

Weighted Least Squares ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Demographic And Health Surveys ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Simultaneous Decrease

Abstract Objective: To analyse trends of social inequality in breastfeeding and infant formula (IF) use in Latin America between 1990 and 2010 decades. Design: Time-series cross-sectional study with data from Demographic and Health Surveys. We described the prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding (EBF), breastfeeding between 6 and 12 months (BF6-12) and IF for infants under 6 months (IF < 6) and between 6 and 12 months (IF6-12). Social inequalities were assessed using the slope index of inequality (SII) and concentration index (CIX). Trends in the prevalence of breastfeeding, IF and index of social inequality were analysed by a linear regression model with weighted least squares variance. Setting: Bolivia, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Haiti and Peru. Participants: 51·358 alive infants younger than 12 months. Results: Five countries showed an increasing trend for EBF and BF6-12, four increased for IF < 6 and six for IF6-12. Simultaneous decrease in IF < 6 (Colombia: −0·3/year; Haiti: −0·02/year) and increase in EBF (Colombia: +2·0/year; Haiti: +1·9/year) were observed only in two countries. EBF prevalence was high in the lowest income quintiles in five countries, and IF prevalence was high in the highest income quintiles in all countries and over the decades. For BF6-12, a decrease in inequality (prevalence increased in the highest quintile) was observed in Guatemala (SII1995 = −0·42; SII2015 = −0·28) and the Dominican Republic (SII1996 = −0·54; SII2013 = −0·26). Guatemala was the only country showing a decrease in inequality for BF (SII = −0·005; CIX = −0·0035) and an increase for IF (SII = 0·022; CIX = 0·01). Conclusions: The inequality in BF and IF remained over time. However, inequality in IF < 6 has decreased because low-income infants have increased use and high-income infants have decreased.

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Esclavos, patriotas y poetas a la sombra de la cruz: cinco ensayos sobre catolicismo e historia cubana: By Manuel P. Maza Miquel, S.J. (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: Centro de Estudios Sociales Pedro Juan Montalvo, S.J., 1999. Pp. 263. Bibliography. No price.)

The Americas A Quarterly Review of Latin American History ◽

10.1017/s000316150002993x ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 56 (4) ◽

pp. 601-602

Author(s):

José M. Hernández

Keyword(s):

Dominican Republic ◽

Santo Domingo

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Do responses to an intimate partner violence screen predict scores on a comprehensive measure of intimate partner violence in low-income black women?

Annals of Emergency Medicine ◽

10.1067/s0196-0644(03)00718-2 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 42 (4) ◽

pp. 483-491 ◽

Cited By ~ 36

Author(s):

Sheryl L Heron ◽

Martie P Thompson ◽

Emily Jackson ◽

Nadine J Kaslow

Keyword(s):

Intimate Partner Violence ◽

Black Women ◽

Low Income ◽

Partner Violence ◽

Intimate Partner

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“Brenda’s Got a Baby”

Journal of Black Psychology ◽

10.1177/0095798415619260 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 43 (1) ◽

pp. 50-76 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Brooklynn K. Hitchens ◽

Yasser Arafat Payne

Keyword(s):

Black Women ◽

Low Income ◽

Secondary Analysis ◽

Black Mothers ◽

Single Motherhood ◽

Structural Inequality ◽

Individual Interviews ◽

Number Of Children ◽

Extensive Field ◽

Group Interviews

This secondary analysis examines low-income, street-identified single Black mothers aged 18 to 35 years in Wilmington, Delaware. This study is guided by the following question: To what extent do family composition and criminal record/street activity shape notions of Black single motherhood? “Sites of resilience” theory informs this study by providing a reconceptualization of street life and the phenomenological experiences of street-identified Black women. This analysis draws on 310 surveys, 6 individual interviews, 3 dual interviews, 2 group interviews, and extensive field observations. Findings reveal how these women experience single motherhood within the context of blocked opportunity and structural inequality. Results also indicate that most women socially reproduced childhood attitudes and conditions, including “fatherless” homes and single motherhood. Use and sales of narcotics and incarceration were primary factors for why their children’s father didn’t reside in the home. Findings also suggest that number of children, arrest and incarceration rates, and educational and employment statuses are predictive of marital status in the women.

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Misoprostol and declining abortion-related morbidity in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: a temporal association

BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology ◽

10.1111/j.1471-0528.2005.00704.x ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 112 (9) ◽

pp. 1291-1296 ◽

Cited By ~ 58

Author(s):

Suellen Miller ◽

Tara Lehman ◽

Martha Campbell ◽

Anke Hemmerling ◽

Sonia Brito Anderson ◽

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Keyword(s):

Dominican Republic ◽

Temporal Association ◽

Santo Domingo

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In vitro Antimicrobial Activity of Tropical Medicinal Plants used in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: Part 2

Pharmacognosy Communications ◽

10.5530/pc.2021.1.11 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

pp. 52-60

Author(s):

Cesar Manuel Lozano ◽

Manuel Antonio Vasquez Tineo ◽

Maritza Ramirez ◽

Maria Isabel Infante

Keyword(s):

Antimicrobial Activity ◽

Medicinal Plants ◽

Dominican Republic ◽

Santo Domingo ◽

In Vitro Antimicrobial Activity

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Racial Disparities in Women's Mobility out of Retail and Service Occupations

10.31235/osf.io/ykufd ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Liana Christin Landivar ◽

Julia Beckhusen

Keyword(s):

Black Women ◽

Women Workers ◽

Educational Attainment ◽

Racial Disparities ◽

Race And Ethnicity ◽

Hispanic Women ◽

Occupational Mobility ◽

Program Participation ◽

Job Tenure ◽

Black And White

Nearly 40 million workers are employed in retail and service occupations. While the average age and educational attainment of workers in these occupations has increased significantly since the 1970s, many of these occupations offer low wages, along with limited fringe benefits and opportunities for advancement. These occupations also employ a disproportionate share of Black and Hispanic women. Using longitudinal data from the 2004 and 2008 Survey of Income and Program Participation which provide occupational data over a four year timespan, we evaluate the prevalence of occupational mobility by sex, race, and ethnicity. This research shows there are racial disparities in occupational mobility, with Black and Hispanic women less likely to exit retail and service occupations than White, non-Hispanic women. Educational attainment increased the likelihood of occupational mobility. Hispanic women’s lower levels of educational attainment depressed their occupational mobility, while longer job tenure increased the likelihood they would be occupationally mobile. Differences in human capital and job tenure did not explain mobility disparities between Black and White, non-Hispanic women. However, unionization reduced occupational mobility and partly accounts for Black women’s lower rates of mobility. Black women were more likely to be unionized and unionization was associated with decreased occupational mobility among women. Workers in unionized retail and service occupations earned higher wages, reducing the incentive to leave and lowering their occupational mobility rate.

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Clinical manifestations of chikungunya among university professors and staff in Santo Domingo, the Dominican Republic

Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública ◽

10.26633/rpsp.2017.64 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 41 ◽

pp. 1 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Michael A Zingman ◽

Amarilis Then Paulino ◽

Matilde Peguero Payano

Keyword(s):

Dominican Republic ◽

Longitudinal Research ◽

Clinical Manifestations ◽

Population Based ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Santo Domingo ◽

Phase Duration ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

University Professors ◽

Convenience Sample

Objective. To further characterize chikungunya virus infection and its associated clinical manifestations, using a sample of university professors and staff in Santo Domingo, the Dominican Republic. Methods. A cross-sectional study with quota sampling by department was performed to obtain a convenience sample of professors (n = 736) and staff (n = 499) at the Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo. Surveys were used to collect demographic and infection data during the fall term of 2014. Univariate and bivariate analyses were carried out to quantify infection and clinical manifestation prevalence and to assess relationships of these outcomes with age, sex, and acute phase duration. Results. Of 1 236 participants, 49% reported infection (professors = 41%; staff = 61%). Of these, 53% also reported the presence of chronic effects, largely arthralgia (48%). Significant relationships were observed between reported infection and sex (P = 0.023), age (P < 0.001), and occupation (P < 0.001). More headache (P = 0.008) and edema (P < 0.001) in females, more headache (P = 0.005) in younger subjects, and more myalgia (P = 0.006) in those with longer acute symptoms were found. Additionally, more chronic arthralgia (P < 0.001; P = 0.003) and chronic edema (P < 0.001; P = 0.001) in females and older subjects, and more chronic myalgia (P = 0.041) and chronic edema (P = 0.037) in those with longer acute symptoms were observed. Conclusions. To the authors knowledge, this is the first population-based chikungunya prevalence study in the Dominican Republic, and the first to explore clinical manifestations in a university setting. The findings reflect results from studies following the 2005 – 2006 Reunion Island outbreak: prevalence of infection and chronic arthralgia, as well as associations with sex, age, and acute intensity. Longitudinal research can provide further insight into these effects.

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