ArticleInternational journal of public health2024
Early Childhood in Marginalized Roma Communities: Health Risks and Health Outcomes.
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- Too young to die: social inequalities and infant mortality in marginalized Roma communities in Slovakia.Population health metrics · 2026Article
- Barriers to primary health care: perspectives of marginalized Roma women and healthcare professionals.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- Toxocariasis, risk and protective factors, and mental health difficulties in early childhood: a comparison of marginalised Roma communities and the majority population.Parasitology research · 2025Article
- Pregnant Women's Breast Milk and Breastfeeding Myths and Associated Factors: A Case of Refugee and Non-Refugee Women.Journal of evaluation in clinical practice · 2025Article
- A community-based intervention (the Omama Project) improves neurodevelopment in impoverished 2-year-old Roma children: a quasi-experimental observational study.European journal of pediatrics · 2025Observational
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Abstract
Objectives: This study aims to compare selected early childhood health risks and health outcomes of children from marginalized Roma communities (MRCs) in Slovakia with those of the majority. Methods: We obtained cross-sectional data from mother-child dyads from the majority (N = 109) and MRCs (N = 143) via questionnaires and from medical records. Socioeconomic status, health risks and health outcomes were compared using chi-square and Mann-Whitney U tests in SPSS. Results: Mothers from MRCs reported significantly worse socioeconomic status. Air quality in the households in MRCs was significantly worse, affected by heating with stoves, burning fresh wood and indoor smoking. The diet composition of children from MRCs was characterized by shorter breastfeeding and unhealthy diet composition less fresh fruits and vegetables, more processed meat products, and sweet and salty snacks. Children from MRCs more often suffered from respiratory and diarrheal diseases, used antibiotics and were hospitalized. Conclusion: The health and healthy development of children living in MRCs is endangered by various poverty-related factors. Persistent differences in exposures and health in early childhood should be a priority goal of the state's social and health policies.
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