This collection brings together the Child Welfare articles supplied for the Knowledge Hub.
Jeunes Haïtiens de Montréal et Déviance: Frustration, méfiance et mauvaises fréquentations Young Haitians in Montreal and deviance: Frustration, mistrust, and bad company
La présente étude, menée auprès de jeunes Haïtiens de Montréal, permet d'évaluer un modèle de prédiction de la déviance conçu sous l'angle des rapports sociaux. Selon le cheminement proposé, plus les jeunes Haïtiens éprouvent de la…
Sticks and stones: Racism as experienced by adolescents in New Brunswick
The purpose of the study was to describe both the nature of racism as experienced by adolescent self-described victims in the province of New Brunswick, Canada, and their response to the perceived racist incidents. A qualitative…
Fighting a ‘Public Enemy’ of Black Academic Achievement—the persistence of racism and the schooling experiences of Black students in Canada
This article adds to the growing literature on the Black education experience in Canada – a subject that has not been a priority in mainstream Canadian education. The author shares a significant part of the results…
Hospitalization for community-acquired, rotavirus-associated diarrhea -: A prospective, longitudinal, population-based study during the seasonal outbreak
Objectives: To determine the age-specific hospitalization rate for rotavirus-associated diarrhea in Canadian children during the seasonal outbreak, and to characterize children and their households, for assessment of the need for a rotavirus vaccine. Design: Prospective multisite…
Sickle cell disease of the spine in children
Objective : To determine the incidence of back pain in children admitted with sickle cell disease so as to increase awareness of this disease in black children presenting with back pain or discomfort. Design : A…
Migration and HIV: An epidemiological study of Montrealers of Haitian origin
We aimed to determine the prevalence of HIV infection and associated risk factors among Montrealers of Haitian origin. We carried out a voluntary, anonymous survey in 7 primary care medical clinics in Montreal among 5039 persons…
Incidence of tuberculosis among reported AIDS cases in Quebec from 1979 to 1996
Background: The impact of HIV infection on tuberculosis (TB) rates in Quebec has not been fully established. Because concurrent HIV infection is the single most important factor in TB reactivation, the authors used Quebec AIDS surveillance…
Becoming Black: Rap and Hip-Hop, Race, Gender, Identity, and the Politics of ESL Learning.
This article is about the impact of becoming Black on ESL learning, that is, the interrelation between identity and learning. It contends that a group of French-speaking immigrant and refugee continental African youths who are attending…
Persistence of vitamin D-deficiency rickets in Toronto in the 1990s
In 1946, Professor F.F. Tisdall, an eminent nutrition scientist of the time, predicted that childhood vitamin D deficiency would soon no longer be a public health problem.1 His optimism stemmed from the knowledge that vitamin D…
The development of in-group pride in Black Canadians.
Age differences in attitudes of kindergarten and third-grade Black children from a majority-Black school in a Canadian city toward Blacks, Whites, and Amerindians, were examined on both the single-response Preschool Racial Attitudes Measure (PRAM) and a…
Incidence et caractéristiques des signalements d’enfants maltraités: Comparaison interculturelle
Cette recherche compare l'incidence et les caractéristiques des signalements faits au service de protection de l'enfance selon deux groupes ethniques. Les taux d'incidence sont calculés à partir de l'ensemble des signalements reçus (2854) par les services…
The black family in Canada: A preliminary exploration of family patterns and inequality
This paper presents a preliminary and exploratory analysis of the general profile of the black family in Canada, based on data from the 1986 census. The primary focus is the interrelationship of family and household type,…
