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Roma Health Report: data collection in the Member States of the European Union

The purpose of this report is to provide an evidence-based review of literature on Roma health, covering 2008-2013 and the following indicators:

1. Mortality and life expectancy
2. Prevalence of major infectious diseases
3. Healthy life styles and related behaviours
4. Access and use of health services and prevention programmes
5. Prevalence of major chronic diseases
6. Health factors related to the role of women in the Roma community
7. Environmental and other socio-economic factors

The methodology used was based on two steps: (i) Desk Research based on the review of secondary data (a literature review); and (ii) Fieldwork collecting primary data through semi-structured interviews.

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Putting Equality into Practice

Types of resource: Tool | Year: 2016 and older | Region: EU |

The brochure presents a number of views of positive action in employment and non-employment contexts. Thanks to the various contributors, with their wide range of backgrounds and perspectives, the brochure offers an impression of what positive action might mean in different fields including, for example, education and the integration of minorities in the police. In its final part, the brochure looks at the future, raising issues that are increasingly becoming important in the debate, such as the collection of data.