Batey (plural bateyes) is a term used to refer to a rural community of sugarcane workers in the Dominican Republic. Although the Dominican economy has been heavily dependent on sugar production and export since the 1500s, the 20th-century batey system was formally established in the early 1930s as a way to import cheap and dispensable Haitian migrant workers during the seasonal cane-cutting harvest. While the original bateyes were low, one-story barracks surrounding the mill complex as temporary housing for the Haitian migrant laborers, over time many workers began bringing their families and staying throughout the year, effectively making the bateyes permanent.
Consider the determinants of health of the persons shown in the video. Be sure to comment on the social, political and economic determinants, as well as the more “immediate” determinants of health. (Some of the more immediate determinants will touch on “risk factors.”). You need to explain how batey residents could end up with health problems and briefly articulate what could be done in the short and long run to address those determinants.
