Open AccessCorrelates of Picuriste Use in a Sample of Health-Seeking Haitian Immigrants and Adult Children of Immigrants in Miami–Dade County, Florida
Author(s) -
Guitele J. Rahill,
Christopher Rice
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2009.162479
Subject(s) - miami , immigration , medicine , logistic regression , community health , gerontology , native born , demography , sample (material) , public health , family medicine , environmental health , population , nursing , geography , chemistry , environmental science , archaeology , chromatography , sociology , soil science
We explored covariates of the use of picuristes (traditional health workers with no formal medical training who provide intramuscular, subcutaneous, and intravenous injections, typically with nonsterile needles) in the Haitian community of Miami-Dade County, Florida.