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Sense of coherence and self-reported health among Roma people in Sweden--a pilot study. [PDF]

Int J Circumpolar Health, 2012
Objectives. The Roma people have been known in Europe for a 1000 years, during which they have usually been the subject of discrimination and oppression leading to isolation, powerlessness and poor health.
Hassler S, Eklund L.
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Roma People, Where to? Tradition and Change in Roma Communities [PDF]

European Review Of Applied Sociology, 2021
Abstract Roma community in Romania is one of the largest ethnic communities in this country. Romani people integration and reducing disparities between the Roma community and the majority one is a priority for both the Romanian state and the Roma civil society.
Parno Marius Imre, Vasiluţă-Ștefănescu Marius   +1 more
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Health and Roma People in Turkey. [PDF]

Balkan Med J, 2016
The research and published literature on Roma health in Turkey is much more limited than in other European countries. Among these, there are hardly any published literature focusing on the health status, health indicators and health behaviors.The aim of this research is to describe the perceptions of health-related concepts and access and the use of ...
Ekmekçi PE.
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Roma people and their road to cultural identity. [PDF]

Journal of Research and Innovation for Sustainable Society, 2023
The paper “Roma people and their road to cultural identity’’ aims to present how the cultural identity of the Roma people has evolved through time and how it managed to preserve itself through history. Furthermore, it is important to see how the cultural identity of the Roma people is a key component in forming any kind of public policies and also in ...
Andrei Ghimisi
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Roma People in Virtual Reality

Politeja, 2019
Stereotypical perceptions of Roma people as those who like to walk along forest paths to camps, or stories about Gypsy fairies with crystal balls have nothing in common with such trendy and contemporary terms as new technologies. How can one imagine a stereotypical Roma who loves horses and campfires surfing the Internet?
Joanna Talewicz-Kwiatkowska
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Prevalence and Risk Factors for Hepatitis B Virus Infection in Roma and Non-Roma People in Slovakia. [PDF]

Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2018
Prevalence of Hepatitis B is relatively low in developed European countries. However specific subpopulations may exist within each country with markedly different Hepatitis B burden. Roma minority is very numerous in Slovakia and their lifestyle is completely different to non-Roma population.
Drazilova S, Janicko M, Kristian P, Schreter I, Halanova M, Urbancikova I, Madarasova-Geckova A, Marekova M, Pella D, Jarcuska P, Jarcuska P, HepaMeta Team.   +11 more
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Temporary migration of Romanian Roma people to European countries. [PDF]

Front Sociol
IntroductionRoma people in Europe are still in a great risk of social exclusion because of the stereotypes, prejudices, and discrimination against them, known as Antigypsyism. They also encounter high levels of poverty, lower levels of education, housing conditions, and health care, high rates of unemployment, and so on.
Meseşan-Schmitz L, Coman C, Bódi DC, Gotea M.   +3 more
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Screening for diabetes among Roma people living in Serbia. [PDF]

Croat Med J, 2010
To investigate the prevalence of diabetes in the Roma population in Serbia.We screened 11 urban and 8 rural Roma communities from October 2006 to May 2008 for the presence of diabetes. Blood glucose values, name, age, sex, presence of diabetes, family history, and obesity were recorded.We analyzed the data from 1465 Roma people, 953 women and 512 men ...
Beljić Zivković T, Marjanović M, Prgomelja S, Soldatovic I, Koprivica B, Acković D, Zivković R.   +6 more
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Social invisibility and discrimination of Roma people in Italy and Brazil

Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 2023
In everyday debates on topics such as cultural differences, it seems relevant to analyze not only institutional conversations or speeches, but also mass-media communications. The way the media portray social events contributes to the construction of our categories of explanation of the world.
Melotti, Giannino, Bonomo, Mariana, Brasil, Julia Alves, Villano, Paola   +3 more
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Unpacking antigypsism and support for solidarity-based actions: Implications of social class, discrimination awareness, group efficacy and emotions. [PDF]

PLoS One
Roma people, being the largest ethnic minority in Europe, continue to experience prejudice and structural discrimination. Moreover, there is low participation in Roma collective action and allies' solidarity-based actions.
Carmona-López C, Urbiola A, Navas M, de Lemus S.   +3 more
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