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In the mirror of difference: health status and access to healthcare among Roma

Stanislava Moraliiska-Nikolova, Ilona Tomova

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Year of Publication: 2011

Cover Type: Soft

Category: Demography

Edition: First Edition

Pages: 340

Format: 6x8.4x1.6

Language: Bulgarian

Summary

The book presents the results of an international comparative study on the health status and access to healthcare of Roma people, conducted in Bulgaria, Greece, Spain, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic in 2008–2009. It was initiated by the Secretariat of the Gitans in Spain Foundation and funded by the European Commission's Public Health Program. The study examined the impact of various factors on the health status of Roma: the characteristics of the health system in Bulgaria compared to those in the other six countries, the coverage of Roma by the health insurance system, their interactions with doctors and medical staff, their socio-economic and educational status, spatial segregation, housing conditions, cultural and family patterns. Data from other sociological studies on Roma health (1992–2009) were also used, revealing trends and unresolved issues in access to healthcare in the post-communist period in Bulgaria. Wherever information on the entire Bulgarian population was available, data from the study on the health status of Roma are presented in a comparative manner. Recommendations have been prepared for social policies and actions to improve the quality of medical services and access to healthcare. The book would be of professional interest to sociologists, doctors and medical workers, politicians, administrators at national and regional level, non-governmental organisations and students.

About The Authors

• Stanislava Moraliiska-Nikolova: Assistant Stanislava Emilova Moraliyska - Nikolova graduated Natural Science and Mathematics School "Prof. Emmanuel Ivanov ", Kyustendil. She has MSc in Informatics received by the Southwestern University "Neophyte Rilski", Blagoevgrad. From 2006 she worked as a senior expert at the Center for Population Studies, BAS, and since 2009 she has been an assistant in "Reproductive processes and structures of the population" at the Institute for Population Studies and Human at the Academy of Sciences and a PhD student in the course "Statistics and Demography". She has participated in national and international projects. Her research interests and publications are in the field of modeling of demographic processes, policies on population and demographic projections.
• Ilona Tomova: Prof. Ilona Tomova graduated Philosophy and Sociology at Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” in 1978 and defended her doctoral dissertation (1984). She specialized at the Institute of Cultural anthropology “Max Plack” - Halle,Yale University, Institute for Advanced study “Collegium Budapest”, Institute for Culture – Essen, and University of Monreal. She was the chairman of the scientific council of the Institute for Population Studies and Human at BAS. From September 1990 to January 1997 she was a senior expert on Ethnic and religious affairs in the office of the President of the Republic of Bulgaria. From March 1997 to March 2009 she was a senior fellow and Deputy Director (2004-2007) at the Institute of Sociology. She has 3 monographs and 47 scientific papers and articles, 16 of them were published in international scientific journals (in Germany, Britain, Canada, USA, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Estonia, Hungary, Russia). She also participates as a leader and a member in more than 40 sociological studies and projects, twelve of which are international.