SynthesisReproductive health2017
Discrimination against childbearing Romani women in maternity care in Europe: a mixed-methods systematic review.
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- Effectiveness of respectful care policies for women using routine intrapartum services: a systematic review.Reproductive health · 2018Pooled it
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- Caring, pragmatic and discriminatory: how private paediatric outpatient providers normalise unequal care for Roma-ethnographic findings from affluent Slovakia.International journal for equity in health · 2026Article
- Development and validation of the birth integrity questionnaire for measuring attitudes, maternity care, and perceptions of birth.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
- Co-Designing an Engagement Strategy to Include the Voices of a Minority Group in Assessing the Quality of Maternity and Neonatal Care.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2025Article
- Understanding a Minority Group's (Roma) Experiences of Access and Quality in Maternity Services.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2025Article
- Cultural Competence of Obstetricians/Gynecologists and Midwives Providing Midwifery Care to Roma Women in Western Greece.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Vitamin D Status in Roma Mothers and Newborns: Socioeconomic Factors and Impact on Neonatal Outcome.Nutrients · 2024Article
- An online survey of women's views of respectful and disrespectful pregnancy and early labour care in the Czech Republic.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2024Article
- Racism against healthcare users in inpatient care: a scoping review.International journal for equity in health · 2024Article
- Menarche and reproductive health in Spanish Roma women from a reproductive justice perspective: a qualitative study.Reproductive health · 2024Article
- Assessing disparities in health and living conditions: a comparative study of Hungarian-speaking Roma and non-Roma women across Hungary, Romania, and Slovakia.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Person-centered maternity care during childbirth and associated factors at public hospitals in central Ethiopia.SAGE open medicine · 2024Article
- A critical interpretive synthesis of power and mistreatment of women in maternity care.PLOS global public health · 2023Review
- The experience of giving birth: a prospective cohort in a French perinatal network.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2022Article
- Strategies to reduce stigma and discrimination in sexual and reproductive healthcare settings: A mixed-methods systematic review.PLOS global public health · 2022Article
- Operationalizing respectful maternity care at the healthcare provider level: a systematic scoping review.Reproductive health · 2021Article
- Correction to: Toda mujer en el mundo debe tener un cuidado respetuoso durante el parto: una reflexión.Reproductive health · 2020Article
- Women's suggestions on how to improve the quality of maternal and newborn hospital care: a qualitative study in Italy using the WHO standards as framework for the analysis.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundFreedom from discrimination is one of the key principles in a human rights-based approach to maternal and newborn health.
objectiveTo review the published evidence on discrimination against Romani women in maternity care in Europe, and on interventions to address this. SEARCH STRATEGY: A systematic search of eight electronic databases was undertaken in 2015 using the terms "Roma" and "maternity care". A broad search for grey literature included the websites of relevant agencies. DATA EXTRACTION AND SYNTHESIS: Standardised data extraction tables were utilised, quality was formally assessed and a line of argument synthesis was developed and tested against the data from the grey literature.
resultsNine hundred papers were identified; three qualitative studies and seven sources of grey literature met the review criteria. These revealed that many Romani women encounter barriers to accessing maternity care. Even when they are able to access care, they can experience discriminatory mistreatment on the basis of their ethnicity, economic status, place of residence or language. The grey literature revealed some health professionals held underlying negative beliefs about Romani women. There were no published research studies examining the effectiveness of interventions to address discrimination against Romani women and their infants in Europe. The Roma Health Mediation Programme is a promising intervention identified in the grey literature.
conclusionsThere is evidence of discrimination against Romani women in maternity care in Europe. Interventions to address discrimination against childbearing Romani women and underlying health provider prejudice are urgently needed, alongside analysis of factors predicting the success or failure of such initiatives.
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