Healthier Lives for European Minority Groups: School and Health Care, Lessons from the Roma

On average, the Roma in Europe can expect to die 10 years earlier than the rest of the population, given the health conditions they experience. EU-funded research has informed on successful actions (SA) that when implemented among the Roma provide them new forms of educational participation which ha...

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Main Author: Ainhoa Flecha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2013-07-01
Series:International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/10/8/3089
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spelling doaj-d7e7b37ae0874fd4830a875a9e66ef9d2020-11-24T21:29:55ZengMDPI AGInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health1660-46012013-07-011083089311110.3390/ijerph10083089Healthier Lives for European Minority Groups: School and Health Care, Lessons from the RomaAinhoa FlechaOn average, the Roma in Europe can expect to die 10 years earlier than the rest of the population, given the health conditions they experience. EU-funded research has informed on successful actions (SA) that when implemented among the Roma provide them new forms of educational participation which have a direct impact on improving their health status, regardless of their educational level. The findings from this research, unanimously endorsed by the European Parliament, have been included in several European Union recommendations and resolutions as part of the EU strategy on Roma inclusion. To analyze these SA, as well as the conditions that promote them and their impact on reducing health inequalities, communicative fieldwork has been conducted with Roma people from a deprived neighbourhood in the South of Spain, who are participating in the previously identified SA. The analysis reveals that these SA enable Roma people to reinforce and enrich specific strategies like improving family cohesion and strengthening their identity, which allow them to improve their overall health. These findings may inform public policies to improve the health condition of the Roma and other vulnerable groups, one goal of the Europe 2020 strategy for a healthier Europe.http://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/10/8/3089health inequalitiessocioeconomic effects on healthRoma peopleeducative participationinteractive groupsfamily educationvulnerable groups
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Healthier Lives for European Minority Groups: School and Health Care, Lessons from the Roma
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
health inequalities
socioeconomic effects on health
Roma people
educative participation
interactive groups
family education
vulnerable groups
author_facet Ainhoa Flecha
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title Healthier Lives for European Minority Groups: School and Health Care, Lessons from the Roma
title_short Healthier Lives for European Minority Groups: School and Health Care, Lessons from the Roma
title_full Healthier Lives for European Minority Groups: School and Health Care, Lessons from the Roma
title_fullStr Healthier Lives for European Minority Groups: School and Health Care, Lessons from the Roma
title_full_unstemmed Healthier Lives for European Minority Groups: School and Health Care, Lessons from the Roma
title_sort healthier lives for european minority groups: school and health care, lessons from the roma
publisher MDPI AG
series International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
issn 1660-4601
publishDate 2013-07-01
description On average, the Roma in Europe can expect to die 10 years earlier than the rest of the population, given the health conditions they experience. EU-funded research has informed on successful actions (SA) that when implemented among the Roma provide them new forms of educational participation which have a direct impact on improving their health status, regardless of their educational level. The findings from this research, unanimously endorsed by the European Parliament, have been included in several European Union recommendations and resolutions as part of the EU strategy on Roma inclusion. To analyze these SA, as well as the conditions that promote them and their impact on reducing health inequalities, communicative fieldwork has been conducted with Roma people from a deprived neighbourhood in the South of Spain, who are participating in the previously identified SA. The analysis reveals that these SA enable Roma people to reinforce and enrich specific strategies like improving family cohesion and strengthening their identity, which allow them to improve their overall health. These findings may inform public policies to improve the health condition of the Roma and other vulnerable groups, one goal of the Europe 2020 strategy for a healthier Europe.
topic health inequalities
socioeconomic effects on health
Roma people
educative participation
interactive groups
family education
vulnerable groups
url http://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/10/8/3089
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