Breaking the Cycle of Roma Exclusion in the Western Balkans

Robayo, Monica; Millan, Natalia

doi:10.1596/31393

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“…They also suffer from a high risk of poor health and low levels of well-being in comparison with the majority population [8][9][10]. Some of the reasons lie in an unhealthy lifestyle, featuring heavy smoking, poor nutrition and housing [11][12][13][14]; others lie in the Roma approach to a range of health issues, but social exclusion, discrimination and segregation caused by the majority were all mentioned as the main external factors having a strong influence on the health status of Roma [15,16]. Far-right political populism in Europe widely supports and strenghtens negative external factors [17].…”

Section: Roma Healthmentioning

confidence: 99%

To Comply or Not to Comply: Roma Approach to Health Laws

Pavlíková

Freel

Dijk

2020

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According to the general public in Slovakia, compliance with the law is problematic when it comes to Roma and health. Roma compliance with laws has not yet been studied. The aim of this is study was to explore the determinants of Roma behavior in the field of health laws. We used the concept of a semi-autonomous field proposed by Moore (1973) and the theory of planned behavior by Ajzen (1985). We found that Roma (non-)compliance with health laws was influenced by many different factors, such as beliefs, traditions, living conditions and culture. Group beliefs overrule national laws and also individual preferences, which tend to be subordinate to the group view. The less contact Roma from settlements have with non-Roma, the stronger their own rules are in the field of health. Roma health status is influenced by many factors: group beliefs and community traditions are stronger and overrule individual and state behavioral influence. A community-based participatory approach together with improvement of living conditions in cooperation with Roma is desirable.

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Section: Roma Healthmentioning

confidence: 99%

To Comply or Not to Comply: Roma Approach to Health Laws

Pavlíková

Freel

Dijk

2020

IJERPH

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“…One of the possible explanations of the fertility decline smaller than pandemic impact assessment, is the reproductive behavior model of the Roma population similar as in populations of the low-income countries (implying a fertility increase), altogether with their belated and prolonged responce to the pronatalist financial measures introduced during 2019. Namely, some estimates found that number of Roma population in Serbia range from 400 to 800 thousands 8 (Fiscal council RS, 2021;Robayo-Abril and Millán, 2019), where regarding their relatively high fertility rate (Szabo et al, 2021), possible small shifts in Roma fertility can affect national aggregate between 12 and 25%. Previous experience about intense respond of the Roma population to the generous financial benefits to encourage childbearing (Sedlecky & Rašević, 2015;Vasić et al, 2014) leads us to the hint that discrepancy between estimated PWI and observed monthly number of livebirths stems from it.…”

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Covid -19 and fertility in Serbia: Rough pandemic impact assessment

Vasić¹

2021

Demografija

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Past evidence on fertility responses to external shocks, including economic recessions and outbreaks of infectious diseases, shows that people often put their childbearing plans on hold in uncertain times. The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic influenced a wide spectrum of everyday life, from employment, financial wellbeing, uncertainty and health concerns, to work and family reconciliation, dating, marrying, and family planning, thus we may expect certain effect on fertility rates too. The possible impact of the COVID19 pandemic on the birth aggregate during 2021 in Serbia will be calculated based on three different methodologies: Bertillon Birth Effect methodology (BBE), Kearney and Levine (2020) methodology, and Pandemic Wave Impact methodology (PWI - as a newly proposed methodology approach). The primary aim of the paper is to show a potential range of influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on the total number of live births in Serbia during 2021, and the secondary aim is to test our presumptions that this impact mustn't always be negative and that the impact of the pandemic is weakening during the lifespan of the outbreak.

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“…25 Robayo-Abril andMillan 2019: 197, table 2 26 Marjanovic (2015). 27 In a survey of Roma girls in Serbia (CARE International 2011), the hostility of the school environment and teachers' prejudices were ranked as the most common reasons why girls leave school early (69 percent of respondents); the teachers often ignore or fail to take measures to end bullying and harassment against Roma students by their non-Roma peers.…”

Section: Educationmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Problem Is They See Us As A Whole

2019

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This work is a product of the staff of The World Bank with external contributions. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this work do not necessarily reflect the views of The World Bank, its Board of Executive Directors, or the governments they represent. This publication was produced with the financial support of the Umbrella Facility for Gender Equality. Its contents are the sole responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the World Bank. The World Bank does not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in this work. The boundaries, colors, denominations, and other information shown on any map in this work do not imply any judgment on the part of The World Bank concerning the legal status of any territory or the endorsement or acceptance of such boundaries.

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Breaking the Cycle of Roma Exclusion in the Western Balkans

Cited by 21 publications

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To Comply or Not to Comply: Roma Approach to Health Laws

To Comply or Not to Comply: Roma Approach to Health Laws

Covid -19 and fertility in Serbia: Rough pandemic impact assessment

The Problem Is They See Us As A Whole

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