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Roma Attitudes to health and INTERVENTIV PROGRAMM

Roma Attitudes to health and INTERVENTIV PROGRAMM. Asist.mag.Erika Zelko,dr.med.spec. EFPC Istanbul, 9-10.9.2013. Purpose. Identify the attitudes and Roma health needs C reate one intervention program for promoting healthy lifestyle in Roma settlements

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Roma Attitudes to health and INTERVENTIV PROGRAMM

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  1. Roma Attitudes to health and INTERVENTIV PROGRAMM Asist.mag.Erika Zelko,dr.med.spec. EFPC Istanbul,9-10.9.2013

  2. Purpose • Identify the attitudes and Roma health needs • Createone intervention program for promoting healthy lifestyle in Roma settlements • Analysedthe outcome data after intervention.

  3. Project teamandInterventionProgramm Project team Interventionprogramm • MedicalStudents • General praktitioners • Communityhealthnurses • Roma • Localauthority • Workshops • Written material • Website • Radio and TV shows

  4. Methods • prospective intervention case - control study • combined the quantitative and qualitative research methodology • 25 interviews – nonrandomselection • 650 Roma to answer a survey questionnaire (beforandaftertheintervention, 400 Roma included in thestudy)- randomselection • intervention group and a control group • questionnaire was performed from validated EuroQol and EUROPREV questionnaires with added issue of knowledge about normal values of blood pressures, blood sugar, body temperature and cholesterol

  5. Analyse • Data were analysed with a computer ATLAS program for qualitative with help from two independent researchers • Computer program SPSS 20.0 for quantitative data.

  6. Some Findings • 21/25 interviewed Roma think that everybody is responsible for his own health • 21/25 did not have problems with discriminations at the health institutions • the Roma gave us some very good tips for Roma health improvement

  7. Table 1: Changes in risk factor knowledge in the control and intervention groups

  8. Table 2: Effect of intervention on views about changing smoking habits

  9. Table 3: Attitudes regarding the importance of health protection and promotion measures attitudes

  10. Importantoutcomes • The 3-month health education intervention project showed changes in the Roma knowledge of risk factors and disease symptoms • thechange in knowledgedid not affectthechangeofattitudesthat influence healthpromotionandprotection • I predictthattheintervention program had to take longer • The Roma mustbeincluded in theprocessofcreatingandimplementingtheaktivitis at thesettlementes

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