In the margins of stigma: health inequalities among Bulgarian Roma in a post-COVID-19 UK [PDF]
BMJ Global HealthThe COVID-19 pandemic had a disproportionate impact on minoritised ethnic groups in the UK, including newly arrived Roma communities. Employing ethnographic and participatory methods, this study illustrates how systemic barriers, including precarious ...
Alice Robinson +3 more
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Images of Roma through the Language of Bulgarian State Archives [PDF]
Social Inclusion, 2020 This research has been carried out as part of the RomaInterbellum Project which studies the Roma civic emancipation between World War I and World War II.
Aleksandar G. Marinov
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Bulgarian Roma at the Dawn of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Social Sciences, 2023 With the establishment of the state of emergency in Bulgaria on 8 March 2020 due to the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, several restrictive measures aimed at social distancing were being introduced, to which the public had a contractionary reaction. The
Mila Maeva, Yelis Erolova
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Identification of 99% of CFTR gene mutations in Bulgarian‐, Bulgarian Turk‐, and Roma cystic fibrosis patients [PDF]
Molecular Genetics & Genomic Medicine, 2019 Background The spectrum and frequencies of CFTR mutations causing Cystic fibrosis (CF) varies among different populations in Europe, and beyond. Methods We identified 98.9% of all CFTR mutations in a representative cohort of 140 CF patients comprising ...
Guergana Petrova +5 more
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Phenotypic Variability of LGMD 2C/R5 in a Genetically Homogenous Group of Bulgarian Muslim Roma [PDF]
GenesSarcoglycanopathies are among the most frequent and severe forms of autosomal recessive forms of limb-girdle muscular dystrophies (LGMDs) with childhood onset. Four subtypes are known: LGMDR3, LGMDR4, LGMDR5 and LGMDR6, which are caused, respectively, by mutations in the SGCA, SGCB, SGCG and SGCD genes. We present the clinical variability of LGMD 2C/R5
Teodora Chamova +2 more
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Pilot Study About the Importance of the Active Role of Roma Students: Improving the Health of Bulgarian Children from the Roma Minority Group Through Nutrition and Probiotics [PDF]
HealthcareBackground/Objective: The priority task of each country is to ensure the protection of and improvement in its people’s health. One of the key aspects of health is related to food culture, consuming foods that ensure growth and normal development in a person and also prevent diseases.
Daniela Taneva +2 more
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Transnational patterns, social networks and self-help organizations for migrant women [version 3; peer review: 1 approved, 3 approved with reservations] [PDF]
Open Research EuropePrevious research shows the importance of building up self-help structures in a transnational perspective for the inclusion of migrant women who are fleeing their home countries because of war, violence, or different forms of vulnerability.
Paolo Ruspini, Petko Hristov
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EATING HABITS AND BEHAVIOR IN ADOLESCENTS FROM DIFFERENT ETHNIC GROUPS IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF PLOVDIV, BULGARIA [PDF]
Journal of IMAB, 2022 Purpose: The present study aims to analyze eating habits and behavior in adolescents from different ethnic groups in the Municipality of Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
Gergana Petrova +4 more
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Reclaiming Folk in Discourses about Music. Kotel Roma’s Strategies against Antigypsyism
Critical Romani StudiesThis article analyses how Romani residents of Kotel, a small Bulgarian town presented by its municipality as a “model of [..] Roma integration” (Kotelnews 2022) challenges essentialist narratives that are rooted in antigypsyism. In particular, I observe
Camilla Salvatore
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Проблеми на постмодерността, 2020 This paper examines the dimensions of social exclusion and the elements of self-perception of discrimination in access to public goods, employment, and in the media, which is juxtaposed with the priorities of the Bulgarian National Roma Integration ...
Svetlana D. Hristova +1 more
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