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Journal articles on the topic "Health services – Lesotho – Roma"
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Mugomeri, Eltony, Dedré Olivier, and Elmien van den Heever-Kriek. "The effect of tenofovir in renal function in HIV-positive adult patients in the Roma health service area, Lesotho, southern Africa." Journal of the International AIDS Society 17 (November 2014): 19681. http://dx.doi.org/10.7448/ias.17.4.19681.
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Obioha, Emeka E., and Masemote G. Molale. "Functioning and Challenges of Primary Health Care (PHC) Program in Roma Valley, Lesotho." Studies on Ethno-Medicine 5, no. 2 (August 2011): 73–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09735070.2011.11886393.
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Rusi, Nadia. "Discrimination of Roma Women Regarding Their Access to Reproductive Health Services in Albania." European Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies 4, no. 1 (January 21, 2017): 41. http://dx.doi.org/10.26417/ejms.v4i1.p41-50.
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The situation of Roma women regarding the provision of the reproductive health services is a sensitive issue in the Albanian reality, in the framework of the implementation of the fundamental rights and in the framework of achieving social justice. Previous reports with their focus on “Roma population” have brought surveys related to different fields, including employment, education and estimation of the general situation of Roma community in such fields. From this point of view it is estimated that there is a lack of special reports treating only the situation of Roma women, in different aspects of their economic, social, cultural life and their health as well. Furthermore, a review of the previous literature in such a field shows a lack of study regarding the situation of Roma women in their access to reproductive health services. Taking into consideration the reasons mentioned above, this paper aims to serve as an orientation for the course of the State - Community Policies in such a field. The paper is focused in three main aspects: analysis of the Albanian normative framework in regard to reproductive health, situation of Roma women regarding their access in reproductive health services and drawing conclusions regarding the equal treatment of Roma women in the field of reproductive health.
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Kozubik, Michal, Jitse P. van Dijk, and Ivan Rac. "Health Risks Related to Domestic Violence against Roma Women." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 19 (September 24, 2020): 6992. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17196992.
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Background: Data on Roma women’s experience of violence from their male partners are very scarce. We explored the process of actual domestic violence against Roma women, the threat of violence and its health consequences. We further focused on barriers in the availability of specialized support services aimed at eliminating domestic violence. Methods: The sample included 20 Roma women living throughout Slovakia: scattered among the majority (45.0%), in crisis centers and sheltered houses (40.0%), and in segregated Roma settlements (15.0%). Data were obtained through qualitative research by means of semi-structured interviews in 20 individual case studies. All 20 women had experienced a combination of violence: physical, psychological and economic, all of them connected with social isolation. Results: Prevailing gender stereotypes are a precondition of domestic violence against women, regardless of their status. Violence against Roma women resulted in several health consequences, and all of the 20 women suffered from these. Most of them reported general psychological problems (75%), among which anxiety and depression (25%), headache (25%), weight loss (10%) and health problems connected with motor activity (5%). The barriers include lack of awareness among Roma women of any specialised support services and the absence of such services for abused women in the region. Conclusions: Domestic violence results in serious psychological and physical health consequences. Violence elimination is generally set up without a specific ethnic or gender approach. Disregard of these specifics can lead to deepening of the uneven position of Roma women within the family, community and society, and the acceptance of violence against Roma women.
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Garcia-Espinel, Tania, Laura Aso, Gisela Redondo-Sama, and Ainhoa Flecha. "Roma Never Die Alone." Qualitative Health Research 27, no. 14 (September 14, 2017): 2189–200. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1049732317729138.
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A common characteristic of Roma as a cultural group is that they do not allow their elderly to die alone. Nevertheless, rooted in a mainstream cultural perspective of health provision services, public institutions usually do not allow Roma people to be with their loved ones in their last moments. Following the communicative methodology, we conducted a communicative case study on the death of the most relevant female Roma leader in Catalonia. She was accompanied by more than two hundred family members and friends in her room and corridor at an important hospital in Barcelona. We performed our research in the 2 years following her death to obtain the reflections of the Roma members involved. These reflections revealed the egalitarian dialogue forged between these Roma members and the hospital personnel, which enabled the former to embrace their culture and support their loved ones before death. Because this dialogue was possible and fruitful, the acknowledgment of cultural diversity and the improvement of the quality of services offered to Roma might also be possible in other health institutions.
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Lucheş, Daniel, Despina Vasilcu, and Ionela Gălbău. "Health and Education in Roma Families. Comparative Study, Romanian Roma Families from Rennes, France vs. Roma from Mironu, Suceava, Romania." European Review Of Applied Sociology 9, no. 12 (June 1, 2016): 48–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/eras-2016-0005.
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AbstractThe lower level of education for health and school education among vulnerable groups from Romania is an important part of the vicious circle of poverty and social removal, in particular for Roma minority. The quality of education and health related to this minority group is correlated with cultural aspects and the Roma attitude toward those determinants factors.The study relies on data obtained after questioning a number of 50 people, Roma that immigrated in Rennes, France and 50 Roma from Mironu, Valea Moldovei County, Suceava city. The results of the research show a considerable difference between the attitude of the Roma people from France compared with the attitude of the Romas from Romania regarding the health services and the education that they benefit. The immigrants have a positive attitude regarding the school and the medical services, after applying the quiz it can be said that they are pretty unpleased of the Romanian services than the foreign ones.Although, the Roma minority has the support of the authorities in Rennes and also in Mironu, support for social inclusion and adaptation in a local community, but they are reluctant in accepting these benefits. The programs developed for helping them hadn’t had the expected results, though.Health and education have a specific purpose in developing the society in general. Now we can say that solving the problem with the access to education and health for Roma minority represents the key of their social and economic integration.
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Jarcuska, Pavol, Daniela Bobakova, Jan Uhrin, Ladislav Bobak, Ingrid Babinska, Peter Kolarcik, Zuzana Veselska, and Andrea Madarasova Geckova. "Are barriers in accessing health services in the Roma population associated with worse health status among Roma?" International Journal of Public Health 58, no. 3 (April 2, 2013): 427–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00038-013-0451-8.
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Ezer, Tamar, Alphia Abdikeeva, and Martin McKee. "Legal advocacy as a tool to advance Roma Health." Health Economics, Policy and Law 13, no. 1 (September 7, 2017): 92–105. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1744133117000238.
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AbstractRoma in central Europe face many violations of their rights, including those that impede their access to high-quality health care. Legal frameworks have the potential to address these violations, whereas legal advocacy services offer a means for enforcement of rights. We undertook key informant interviews with Roma civil society organisations and selected knowledgeable individuals in Macedonia, Romania and Serbia to identify lessons from the development of these services. Achievements were reported in four areas. Legal empowerment, with employment of Roma paralegals was especially effective, increasing awareness of the ability to challenge violations. Documentation of human rights violations is an important basis for advocacy, but does not guarantee redress, and may work best in combination with legal empowerment or international pressure. Strategic litigation can play a key role in removing bureaucratic obstacles that prevent Roma from exercising their right to access to health care. Progress in changing the narrative on Roma in the mainstream media has been limited but examples of good practice exist. Although much remains to be done, Roma groups report that legal advocacy has strengthened their ability to challenge rights violations, thereby enhancing their ability to access effective and responsive care.
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Obioha, Emeka E., and Mots’elisi Matsela. "Social Costs and Benefits of Community Home Based Health Care (CHBHC) Delivery System in Roma Valley, Lesotho." Studies on Ethno-Medicine 7, no. 2 (August 2013): 115–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09735070.2013.11886452.
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ADAIR, TIMOTHY. "UNMET NEED FOR CONTRACEPTION AMONG HIV-POSITIVE WOMEN IN LESOTHO AND IMPLICATIONS FOR MOTHER-TO-CHILD TRANSMISSION." Journal of Biosocial Science 41, no. 2 (March 2009): 269–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0021932008003076.
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SummaryIn Lesotho, the risk of mother-to-child-transmission (MTCT) of HIV is substantial; women of childbearing age have a high HIV prevalence rate (26·4%), low knowledge of HIV status and a total fertility rate of 3·5 births per woman. An effective means of preventing MTCT is to reduce unwanted fertility. This paper examines the unmet need for contraception to limit and space births among HIV-positive women in Lesotho aged 15–49 years, using the 2004 Lesotho Demographic and Health Survey. HIV-positive women have their need for contraception unmet in almost one-third of cases, and multivariate analysis reveals this unmet need is most likely amongst the poor and amongst those not approving of family planning. Urgent action is needed to lower the level of unmet need and reduce MTCT. A constructive strategy is to improve access to family planning for all women in Lesotho, irrespective of HIV status, and, more specifically, integrate family planning with MTCT prevention and voluntary counselling and testing services.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Health services – Lesotho – Roma"
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Adebanjo, Adefolarin Babafemi. "Comparison of clinical and immulogical responses to Zidovudine (AZT) and Tenofovir (TDF) – containing ARV regimens in patients taking HAART at Roma health service area of Lesotho." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/20440.
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Thesis (MMed) -- Stellenbosch University, 2010.Bibliography
Objective: The objective of this retrospective cohort study is to assess whether demographic and anthropometric parameters, laboratory tests, co-morbidity, co-infection, treatment regimen, IRIS and adherence to treatment predict the expected response to HAART and differences if any, in the pattern of response as measured by CD4 count, weight gain and haemoglobin levels in two cohorts of patients in Roma, The Kingdom of Lesotho. Method: Data were collected randomly from a computerised database of the Antiretroviral Centre of the hospital and two cohorts of 151 subjects in each of the two arms of the study were identified from hospital records from January 2008. Each of these subjects was followed up over a period of 12 months with data obtained for at least 2 visits within the 12 month span. Data were obtained at baseline, 3 months and also at 6 and 12 months marks. Data on characteristics were compared between the two arms. Variables that may be potential confounders were identified and univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were carried out to establish differences independent of confounding factors for the combined endpoints as well as for each endpoint separately. Results: In all 302 patients had their records analysed and comparison of clinical and immunological response patterns in patients taking AZT and TDF-containing ART regimens and the possible prediction of which the regimen would be better and within which population. Despite the perceived mismatch between two NRTIs it can be concluded from the results of this study that, overall, the inclusion of AZT in treatment regimen showed a modest protective effect over the TDF counterpart as measured by the endpoints of the discriminative powers of the Receiver Operating Curves of the explanatory variables being 66% , 77% and 66% for CD4, Haemoglobin and Weight respectively, and 63%, 70% and 65% for the same variables in the AZT and TDF arms of the study respectively. Conclusion: In a population of HIV patients on treatment in resource-limited settings AZT-containing regimens appear to show a slight improvement over the TDF-containing ones.
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Akintade, Oluwasanmi Lawrence. "Awareness, use and barriers to family planning services among female students at the National University of Lesotho, Roma, Lesotho." Thesis, University of Limpopo ( Medunsa Campus), 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10386/215.
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Thesis (MPH)--University of Limpopo, 2010.Background: Sexual health of young people is a matter of public health concern and Reproductive health occupies a central position in health and development. Unwanted pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections among young women can be prevented through effective use of contraception. Unmet need for contraception in developing world and rates of unintended pregnancy among young women is high. Aim of the Study: To assess the level of awareness of contraceptives and utilization of family planning services among young women and barriers that hinders effective use of such services Methods: A quantitative descriptive survey was conducted among 360 female undergraduate students of the National University of Lesotho, Roma, Lesotho. A hand delivered self administered questionnaire was used to collect data with the help of four trained research assistants. Epi info version 3.5 was used for data entry and analysis. Results: Awareness of family planning is high among the participant (98.3%); Condom is the most commonly known and used family planning method. Level of sexual experience and Contraceptive prevalence is high. Married status is associated with current use, positive perception on health benefit while Formal teaching on family planning is associated with misconceptions. Conclusion: The level of awareness and Utilization of family planning services is high among female students of university of Lesotho. Access to services is good but there are misconceptions. There is the need to introduce family planning teaching that is based on accurate knowledge to school curriculum
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Obioha, EE, and MG Molale. "Functioning and Challenges of Primary Health Care (PHC) Program in Roma Valley, Lesotho." Ethno Med, 2011. http://encore.tut.ac.za/iii/cpro/DigitalItemViewPage.external?sp=1000710.
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Primary Health Care (PHC) plays a vital role in decentralization of health care services. PHC is designed to
ensure health care coverage at the community level through the involvement of the community in improving their healthy
living. PHC offers treatment and care in continuum that is supported by a facility-linked home- based care system and a
referral system. While PHC is global, its operation and functioning in the area of community health provisioning varies across
communities. The main objective of this study is to find out whether PHC is effective or not in Roma Valley, Lesotho. The study
was carried out in Roma Valley, in the Maseru district of Lesotho. The population for this study includes the nurses under the
department of PHC, village health workers, Chiefs and out-patients from four different villages. Out of this, a sample of thirty
individuals was selected. The data for this study was collected through qualitative research technique, particularly oral interviews
and written records or secondary data sources. The analysis revealed that nurses and village health workers respond to the
social needs and health problems of the community and community members are also involved in improving their health status.
Village health workers face many challenges in their engagement in this system such as not being given incentives for what they
do and often uncooperative disposition of some community members including their leaders. It was also found that they operate
under a lot of stress due to lack of resources.
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Linjewile-Marealle, Navoneiwa. "Factors influencing utilization of Oral Health Services in Lesotho." The University of the Western Cape, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/5802.
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Magister Public Health - MPH (Public Health)The oral health programme in Lesotho aims to offer curative, preventive, promotive and rehabilitative oral health services. However, observations as well as annual reports suggest that oral health service utilization is poor, as most patients only attend dental clinics with advanced stages of decayed teeth which can only be extracted. The reasons for this very undesirable late utilization of oral health services have not been systematically explored and understood in Lesotho. This makes it difficult for health planners to find solutions for improving access, utilizations and responsiveness of oral health services.
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Idzerda, Leanne. "Effective coverage of primary health care services for the Roma in Serbia." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/28673.
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Research Question: This research will assess whether the Roma population are able to effectively access primary care services, and if not, what barriers prevent them from doing so.
Background: The Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), in partnership with the Serbian government and the Canadian Society for international Health, has prioritized equitable access to healthcare services for vulnerable populations in Serbia. As part of this larger initiative, the factors that affect access to primary care services for the Roma population will be analyzed in an attempt to determine if and how services can be improved.
Methodology: Disaggregated data was collected from three population groups in Serbia; the general population, the poorest quintile (not including the Roma), and the Roma population. The effective coverage framework, which incorporates availability, affordability, accessibility, acceptability, and effectiveness, was used to structure the analysis.
Results: This research found that the Roma are disadvantaged across a range of equity dimensions. The Roma are less likely to be able to afford health services, or physically access primary care centers, and are more likely to be discriminated against by health workers.
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Shawa, Mirriam. "Utilization of reproductive health services by high school adolescents in the Thaba-Tseka District in Lesotho." Thesis, University of Limpopo (Medunsa Campus), 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10386/679.
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Thesis (MPH) -- University of Limpopo, 2012.Background: Youth friendly services were introduced in all the ten districts t of Lesotho to meet the adolescents health needs including reproductive health of adolescents. Despite this initiative there is still a high prevalence of teenage pregnancy and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection among young people. Aim: The aim of the study was to investigate the utilization, and factors influencing the utilization of reproductive health services (RHS) among high school adolescents in Thaba-Tseka district of Lesotho. Methodology: This was a quantitative descriptive cross-sectional study. The study population was adolescents aged between 13 -19 years in the two high schools in the district. A total of 800 adolescents were asked to complete a structured, self-administered questionnaire. Descriptive statistics were used to summarise demographics, sexual activity, experience of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), and awareness and use of RHS. The chi-square test was used to identify associations between categorical variables, and binary logistical regression modelling was used to identify significant predictors of utilisation of RHS. Results: The response rate was 97.5% (780/800), but only 723 questionnaires had sufficient data to be analysed. The mean age of respondents was 16.4 years with a standard deviation of 1.7years. Of the respondents, 49.5% (358/723) had been sexually active with the youngest age at sexual debut of 8 years. Of these, 71.5% (256/358) were presently sexually active; 82.4% (295/358) had low overall levels of awareness of RHS; 37.9% (136/358) had ever visited the adolescent health corner (AHC); 34.9% (125/358) reported that there was a place that provided RHS in their local clinic; 57.3% (205/358) had ever used condoms; and 56.7% (203/358) had experienced a STI; Of those presently sexually active, 89.5% (229/256) used some form of contraceptive, with 95.2% (218/229) buying condoms from a retail shop although only 94.0% (205/218) reported using them, while 38.9% (89/229) also obtained them from the AHC. Only 13.3% (27/203) of those who had experienced signs of STI ever visited the AHC for treatment. Of those who knew about RHS, 54.4% (68/125) utilized the services. Statistically significant predictors of RHS utilization were having a friend using RHS (odds ratio [OR] =8.87; P value< 0.001) and access to RHS (OR=7.97; P < 0.001). Participants in higher grades were significantly less likely to use RHS compared to participants in lower grades (OR=0.21; P<0.001). Conclusion: Almost half of the adolescents engage in sexual activity at an early age and RHS are under-utilised, mostly because of lack of access. There is a need to embark on increasing accessibility of RHS among adolescents to promote utilization of RHS.
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Messerli, Werner. "Seboche health services area : Health delivery system and influencing factors in a rural area of Lesotho (Africa) /." [S.l : s.n.], 1987. http://www.ub.unibe.ch/content/bibliotheken_sammlungen/sondersammlungen/dissen_bestellformular/index_ger.html.
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Mofokeng, Shoeshoe. "Views of health service providers on the need for support services for HIV-positive mothers in the rural areas of Lesotho : an ecological perspective." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/96969.
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Thesis (M Social Work)--Stellenbosch University, 2015.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: HIV/AIDS is one of the worst pandemics affecting the world today. It cuts across all boundaries and many people are infected as well as affected. The virus has reached all the corners of the globe, but the most hit by it is Africa, especially southern Africa, which carries more than half of the population infected and affected by HIV/AIDS. The top five countries whose populationsare infected with HIV are in southern Africa. Lesotho is amongst the top three on this list and also has problems of poverty and a high unemployment rate. Women and children, who are the target groups that are most affected by poverty, are also those living in rural areas. Thus, being an HIV-positive mother living in the rural areas of Lesotho means one has to deal with poverty, the inaccessibility of services and the psychological impacts of HIV. The aim of the study was to gain a better understanding of the views of health service providers on the need and accessibility of support services for HIV-positive mothers in the rural areas of Lesotho from an ecological perspective. To achieve this aim, the objectives were: to offer an overview of the phenomenon of HIV and describe the psychosocial needs and sociocultural circumstance of HIV-positive mothers in the rural areas of Lesotho, and to discuss the HIV-positive mothers’ need for support services from an ecological perspective. Both quantitative and qualitative research approaches were used. The research utilised exploratory and descriptive design. Purposive sampling was used to select the 30 participants who took part in the study. Data was gathered by means of semi-structured questionnaires that were administered during individual interviews. The questionnaires were formulated on the basis of information retrieved during the literature review. The findings of the study reveal that HIV-positive mothers living in the rural areas of Lesotho have economic, social and cultural circumstance as factors hindering their treatment and prevention of HIV/AIDS. They are also faced with the psychological impacts of HIV, and the findings revealed that disclosure was the key to addressing their problems. The findings also show that most mothers receivedemotional, instrumental, informational and appraisal support from their families at the micro-level of the ecological perspective. The other levels – meso, exo and macro – provided only limited support for the mothers. The recommendations are that these mothers need social support at all levels of the ecological perspective to meet their needs
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: MIV/vigs is een van die ergste pandemies in die moderne wêreld. Dit ken geen grense nie, en vele mense ly hetsy daaraan of daaronder. Die virus het reeds alle uithoeke van die aarde bereik. Tog gaan Afrika, veral Suider-Afrika, die swaarste daaronder gebuk, en word meer as die helfte van die totale populasie wat aan of onder MIV/vigs ly hier aangetref. Die vyf lande met die hoogste MIV-infeksiesyfers ter wêreld is almal in die streek geleë. Lesotho is een van die drie lande boaan hierdie lys, en het terselfdertyd te kampe met die probleme van armoede en ’n hoë werkloosheidsyfer. Vroue en kinders, synde die groepe wat die ergste deur armoede geraak word, woon ook meestal in landelike gebiede. ’n MIV-positiewe moeder in die landelike gebiede van Lesotho moet dus armoede, ontoeganklike dienste sowel as die sielkundige uitwerking van MIV trotseer. Die doel van hierdie studie was om vanuit die ekologiese perspektief ’n beter begrip te vorm van gesondheidsdiensverskaffers se sienings oor die behoefte aan en toeganklikheid van steundienste vir MIV-positiewe moeders in die landelike gebiede van Lesotho. Om hierdie doel te bereik, was die oogmerke om ’n oorsig van die MIV-verskynsel te bied, die psigososiale behoeftes en sosiokulturele omstandighede van MIV-positiewe moeders in die landelike gebiede van Lesotho te beskryf, en die moeders se behoefte aan steundienste vanuit die ekologiese perspektief te bespreek. ’n Kwantitatiewe sowel as ’n kwalitatiewe navorsingsmetode is gevolg, en die navorser het van ’n verkennende en beskrywende ontwerp gebruik gemaak. Doelgerigte steekproefneming is gebruik om die 30 studiedeelnemers te kies. Data is met behulp van semigestruktureerde vraelyste gedurende individuele onderhoude ingesamel. Die vraelyste is opgestel op grond van inligting wat in die literatuuroorsig bekom is. Die studie bevind dat ekonomiese, maatskaplike en kulturele omstandighede MIV/vigs-behandeling en -voorkoming vir MIV-positiewe vroue in die landelike gebiede van Lesotho belemmer. Daarbenewens moet hulle die sielkundige uitwerking van MIV die hoof bied, en die studie dui op openbaarmaking as die sleutel om hul probleme te hanteer. Die bevindinge toon ook dat die meeste moeders emosionele, fisiese, inligting- en bevestigende steun van hul families op die mikrovlak van die ekologiese perspektief ontvang. Die ander vlakke – meso, ekso en makro – bied slegs beperkte steun. Die studie kom tot die gevolgtrekking dat hierdie moeders op alle vlakke van die ekologiese perspektief maatskaplike steun moet ontvang om in hul behoeftes te voorsien.
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Zawacki, Sarah Gabriella. "A sense of injustice : experiences of the Central and Eastern European Roma in accessing UK health and public services." Thesis, Durham University, 2019. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/12977/.
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This study explores how Central and Eastern European Roma communities perceive and experience UK health and public services. The Roma arguably experience poorer health than any other minority ethnic group in the UK, according to a range of indicators, measures and outcomes. Health issues in UK Roma communities are reported to stem from language barriers, difficulties in registering with a GP and mistrust of health professionals. To date, there has been little comprehensive exploration of the influence of social, cultural and political factors on health in Central and Eastern European Roma communities in the UK. Much of the literature provides an overview of barriers to access, yet gives limited attention to the complex social dynamics underlying interactions between the Roma and health service providers. This study investigates the interplay of Roma migration experiences, personal histories of discrimination, barriers to accessing health and benefits systems, and the influence of public policy decisions in shaping UK Roma people's experiences of health services. This study incorporates data collection through participant observation and interviews, as well as an analysis of national and local policy attention to the health situations of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller (GRT) communities. The policy analysis occurred concurrently with fieldwork, and findings helped to contextualise Roma interviewees' impressions of health system functioning. Field data was collected over the course of volunteer work carried out at Roma community organisations in London and Luton. Field notes were recorded throughout the course the this fieldwork, and interviews with 27 Roma community members and 10 health professionals began after approximately 5 months of active participant observation. Analysis of field data proceeded according to a strategy that hybridised grounded theory and narrative methodologies. This entailed an initial round of grounded theory analysis, which involved the constant comparison methods of analysing concepts arising from the data, and provided an overarching framework for understanding the social phenomena under observation. Fieldnotes and selected interviews were then subjected to a second round of scrutiny, with particular emphasis on their narrative character. Analysing these individual stories added nuance and depth to the results of grounded theory analysis, and provided insight into the ways in which Roma migrants experience discrimination, unconscious bias and unequal treatment within UK public service environments. The time period in which this study occurred - 2014 to 2018 - was a time of substantial political change in the UK, and the results are best understood in the context of growing public hostility to migrant groups. Within a policy landscape of limited official attention to the needs of the Roma, intra-community development of health-related knowledge, direct contact with health services and engagement in a broader environment of public service provision contribute to the development of power differentials between Roma individuals and service providers. Many participants in this study suffered from long-term ill health, yet intra-community networks of health information-sharing aided participants in better understanding their health conditions and empowering themselves to seek out support. Their contact with health and benefits systems, however, revealed barriers related to limited language support, lack of transparency in administrative procedures, difficulties in navigating complex and unfamiliar systems and cultural disparities between patients and providers. Analysis of these factors in light of participants' distinct narrative revealed further dimensions of service providers' unconscious bias, participants' efforts to assert their right to equitable access to services and the long-term emotional impacts of unequal treatment.
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Alunni, Lorenzo. "La cura e lo sgombero : etnografia dell’intervento sanitario nei campi rom di Roma." Thesis, Paris 10, 2012. http://www.theses.fr/2012PA100084.
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Ce travail aborde la question des interventions sanitaires dans les espaces urbains dits « campi nomadi », où vivent les communautés roms, dans la ville de Rome.Dans la première partie, les données de type démographique sont abordées sous l’angle d’une problématisation de leurs formes de collecte des données et des enjeux politiques qui les déterminent. Leur analyse est mise en relation avec le constat que la majorité des études de type médical sur les Roms concernent des questions génétiques, comme c’est aussi le cas des nouvelles formes de fichage et d’identification. Dans la deuxième et troisième partie, l’attention se concentre sur l’ethnographie qui a été menée dans les « campi nomadi » de Rome, en suivant l’activité quotidienne d’une unité médicale mobile (dite « Camper sanitario ») dédiée au soin dans ces espaces urbains. La rencontre médicale dans les espaces d’exception où ces patients résident devient l’occasion d’observer les dynamiques de leurs relations avec la société majoritaire et les institutions qui la réglementent. L’enquête vise à identifier les éléments de l’économie morale des gestes des interventions médicales. Le but est de les restituer à leur dimension biopolitique de pacification de sujets qui font l’objet de strictes politiques de sécurité et de rejet de la part du gouvernement soit national soit localThis work deals with the sanitary interventions in the urban spaces called “campi nomadi” that can be found around the city of Rome, where Roma communities live. The first part of this research deals with the demographic data, from the point of view of the problematization of the ways it had been collected and the political stakes which determine it. Its analysis is related to the acknowledgement of the fact that the grand majority of the medical studies on Roma population engage on genetic data, in the same way the new forms of profiling and identification. The second and third part of this work concentrate on the ethnographic research pursued in the nomad camps of Rome, following the daily activity of a mobile medical unit (also called “sanitary camper”) who’s main activity was offering medical support in this urban spaces. The medical encounter that takes place in this spaces of exception, where the patients live, becomes the occasion for observing the dynamics of their relations with the dominant society and the institutions which rule it. This research aims to identify those elements which relate to the moral economy of the acts of medical intervention by underlying their bio-political dimension related to the pacification of the subjects which are otherwise object of strict security policies and of rejection from local and national administrations
Books on the topic "Health services – Lesotho – Roma"
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Hall, D. Health and family planning services in Lesotho: The people's perspective. [s. l.]: [s. n.], 1988.
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David, Hall. Health and family planning services in Lesotho: The people's perspective. Morija, Lesotho: Available from Morija Museum & Archives, 1989.
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Statistics, Lesotho Bureau of. Kingdom of Lesotho: 2000 end decade multiple indicator cluster survey (EMICS). Maseru: Government of Lesotho, Bureau of Statistics, 2000.
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Beal, Charles B. Maternal and child health extension project feasibility study for the Gambia, West Africa, Dahomey, West Africa, Lesotho, Southern Africa. [Santa Cruz, Calif.?: s.n., 1990.
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(Lesotho), MBB-GWC Joint Venture, and St. James Mission Hospital (Mantšonyane, Lesotho), eds. Community health, water, sanitation, & waste disposal in Mohale dam area, Lesotho. Maseru, Lesotho: Sechaba Consultants, 1997.
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Onabanjo, Julitta. Evaluation of the National Adolescent Health Promotion and Development Programme for Lesotho: Evaluation report. Maseru: [Government of Lesotho], 2002.
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Hall, David. Participatory learning review of the Paballong HIV/AIDS Centre, Ha Senekane, Lesotho. Maseru: Sechaba Consultants, 2009.
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Confederazione generale italiana del lavoro. Conferenza nazionale. Per il diritto alla salute un sistema di qualità: Prima Conferenza nazionale della CGIL, Roma 29-31 gennaio 2004. Roma: Ediesse, 2004.
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European, Working Group on Operational Research Applied to Health Services (24th 1998 Roma Italy). Monitoring, evaluating, planning health services: ORAHS'98 : 24th meeting of the European Working Group on Operational Research Applied to Health Services, Roma, Italy, July 19-24, 1998. Singapore: World Scientific, 1999.
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Division, Lesotho Family Health, and World Health Organization, eds. Rapid evaluation of maternal child health and family planning services in Lesotho. [Maseru]: The Division, 1993.
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M. Sebatane, Edith, Maretšepile Mahamo, and Phaello Ntšonyane. "Child Care for the Under 3 Year Old Children: Experiences from Lesotho." In Health and Academic Achievement - New Findings [Working Title]. IntechOpen, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.93918.
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Lesotho, like many developing countries, experiences challenges in providing quality early childhood services for children below 3 years of age. No formal education programme for children aged below 3 years exists yet, except the informal daycare centres run by inexperienced child-minders. At this tender age, the focus for child development and care must focus on child protection, healthy stimulation nutrition and health. Realizing the need for quality child services for the age cohort, Catholic Relief Services Lesotho introduced a programme named Whose Child is This? (WCIT) that focuses on provision of quality services for the children. This chapter shares Lesotho’s experiences in addressing delivery of quality informal early learning environments. A case study of one daycare centre in the Maseru Industrial settlement was undertaken focusing on practices and services rendered to children aged below 3. New lessons learned were the need for partnerships among agencies serving children’s needs, and collaboration with parents strong advocacy for implementation of the Nurturing Care Framework is critical for all ECCD service providers. Institutions of higher learning need to step forward to produce research evidence on importance of strong foundations for children aged below 3 years.
Conference papers on the topic "Health services – Lesotho – Roma"
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Mitrović, Ljubinko, and Predrag Raosavljević. "HUMAN RIGHTS OMBUDSMEN IN THE PANDEMIC: CHALLENGES IN PROTECTION OF VULNERABLE GROUPS." In EU 2021 – The future of the EU in and after the pandemic. Faculty of Law, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.25234/eclic/18353.
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Pandemic of virus COVID-19 posed numerous and unprecedented challenges to citizens and authorities which required shift in behavior and actions of all segments of society. Representing Ombudsmen Institution of Bosnia and Herzegovina, authors shared their experience in monitoring implementation of the decisions of all levels of government and presented challenges in striking the right balance between interests of public health and protection of rights of vulnerable groups. Public authorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina have passed emergency measures aimed at containing the spread of virus, but some of them failed to maintain human rights standards. Following the decisions of crisis centers to limit the freedom of movement, it was necessary to secure rights of children to education, protection from domestic violence and neglect in the family context. In introducing online education, authorities were asked to adapt recognition and grading system to the children in different conditions and circumstances, especially to the children with difficulties in development, children living in poverty and on margins of society such as Roma children or those living in institutions. Ombudsmen Institution registered increase in the number of domestic violence cases because measures limiting freedom of movement had impact on victims' ability to seek help from trusted sources, usually members of immediate family or representatives of law enforcement agencies. Having in mind that large number of citizens could not afford access to the official gazettes in any form, Ombudsmen requested that all enacted legislation be accessible online recommended that the decision banning reporters from conferences be reconsidered, guided by the right of citizens to be informed of their government actions. Examining the practice of placing COVID stickers on mail by the Post Office, Ombudsmen issued recommendation to stop such practice as it was deemed disproportional to the right to privacy and protection of personal data, while the protection of postal workers could have been ensured by other protective measures. It also became evident that national budgetary capacities had to be increased in order to prevent deterioration in provision of basic public services such as health and social protection, since economic consequences of the pandemic were disproportionally felt by the groups exposed to poverty, such as Roma, refugees or migrants. Drawing conclusion from concrete cases, authors offer review of particular emergency measures, analyze their adequacy, justifiability and timeliness, while presenting authorities’ response to Ombudsmen’s findings in formulating more adequate and efficient but, at the same time, least intrusive measures taken in response to the disaster. In search of common response to such widespread phenomenon, governments should recognize the intention of Ombudsmen Institutions to be in „permanent session“ over protection of vulnerable groups and should more actively involve it in discussions on emergency measures and their effect on human rights and freedoms. It proved to be better suited to act quickly, to apply more effective remedies and to correct government actions thanks to its knowledge of the local context than traditional institutions for protection of human rights, such as constitutional courts, international courts or treaty bodies.
Reports on the topic "Health services – Lesotho – Roma"
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McFadden, Alison, Lindsay Siebelt, Cath Jackson, Helen Jones, Nicola Innes, Stephen MacGillivray, Kerry Bell, et al. Enhancing Gypsy, Roma and Traveller peoples’ trust: using maternity and early years’ health services and dental health services as exemplars of mainstream service provision. University of Dundee, September 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.20933/100001117.
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