Roma Health: An Overview of Communicable Diseases in Eastern and Central Europe.

ABSTRACT: The Roma are Europe's largest minority. They are also one of its most disadvantaged, with low levels of education and health and high levels of poverty. Research on Roma health often reveals higher burdens of disease in the communities studied. This paper aims to review the literature on communicable diseases among Roma across Eastern and Central Europe. A PubMed search was carried out for communicable diseases among Roma in these parts of Europe, specifically in Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Serbia, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and North Macedonia. The papers were then screened for relevance and utility. Nineteen papers were selected for review; most of them from Slovakia. Roma continue to have a higher prevalence of communicable diseases and are at higher risk of infection than the majorit

SUBMITTER: Tombat K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7588998 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature