Primary care for the Roma in Europe: Position paper of the European forum for primary care

Roma populations’ low health status and limited access to health services, including primary care, has been documented in many European countries, and warrants specific health policies and practices. A variety of experiences shows how primary care can adjust its practices to reduce the barriers to p...

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Main Authors: de Graaf Pim, Rotar Pavlič Danica, Zelko Erika, Vintges Marga, Willems Sara, Hanssens Lise
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2016-09-01
Series:Slovenian Journal of Public Health
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/sjph-2016-0030
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spelling doaj-f90849c31baa4a3db58e0b6fd313bcfa2021-09-05T14:00:40ZengSciendoSlovenian Journal of Public Health1854-24762016-09-0155321822410.1515/sjph-2016-0030sjph-2016-0030Primary care for the Roma in Europe: Position paper of the European forum for primary carede Graaf Pim0Rotar Pavlič Danica1Zelko Erika2Vintges Marga3Willems Sara4Hanssens Lise5European Forum for Primary Care, Watermolen 42, Houten, 3995AP, NetherlandsUniversity of Ljubljana, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, Poljanski nasip 58, 1000 Ljubljana, SloveniaUniversity of Ljubljana, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, Poljanski nasip 58, 1000 Ljubljana, SloveniaPharos, Dutch Centre of Expertise on Health Disparities, NetherlandsDepartment of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, Ghent University Hospital, De Pintelaan 185, 9000 Gent, BelgiumDepartment of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, Ghent University Hospital, De Pintelaan 185, 9000 Gent, BelgiumRoma populations’ low health status and limited access to health services, including primary care, has been documented in many European countries, and warrants specific health policies and practices. A variety of experiences shows how primary care can adjust its practices to reduce the barriers to primary care for Roma populations.https://doi.org/10.1515/sjph-2016-0030primary careprimary health carethe roma peoplethe roma people’s health mediatorsosnovno zdravstveno varstvoromiromski zdravstveni posredniki
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Rotar Pavlič Danica
Zelko Erika
Vintges Marga
Willems Sara
Hanssens Lise
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Rotar Pavlič Danica
Zelko Erika
Vintges Marga
Willems Sara
Hanssens Lise
Primary care for the Roma in Europe: Position paper of the European forum for primary care
Slovenian Journal of Public Health
primary care
primary health care
the roma people
the roma people’s health mediators
osnovno zdravstveno varstvo
romi
romski zdravstveni posredniki
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Rotar Pavlič Danica
Zelko Erika
Vintges Marga
Willems Sara
Hanssens Lise
author_sort de Graaf Pim
title Primary care for the Roma in Europe: Position paper of the European forum for primary care
title_short Primary care for the Roma in Europe: Position paper of the European forum for primary care
title_full Primary care for the Roma in Europe: Position paper of the European forum for primary care
title_fullStr Primary care for the Roma in Europe: Position paper of the European forum for primary care
title_full_unstemmed Primary care for the Roma in Europe: Position paper of the European forum for primary care
title_sort primary care for the roma in europe: position paper of the european forum for primary care
publisher Sciendo
series Slovenian Journal of Public Health
issn 1854-2476
publishDate 2016-09-01
description Roma populations’ low health status and limited access to health services, including primary care, has been documented in many European countries, and warrants specific health policies and practices. A variety of experiences shows how primary care can adjust its practices to reduce the barriers to primary care for Roma populations.
topic primary care
primary health care
the roma people
the roma people’s health mediators
osnovno zdravstveno varstvo
romi
romski zdravstveni posredniki
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