Differences in literacy, education level, and healthcare attendance in two different Roma subgroups from Transylvania, Romania

Background: Literacy and education levels were demonstrated to be low in the Roma population. The outcomes after the implementation of different educational policies, in different countries, were not properly assessed for Roma subgroups until now. Aims: We aimed to study literacy, education level, a...

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Main Authors: Varga Boglárka, Marton László, Balázs Anita, Lőrincz Anita, Kovács Tímea, Sorbán Orsolya, Szabó Monica IM
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Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2023-09-01
Series:Acta Marisiensis - Seria Medica
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/amma-2023-0028
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description Background: Literacy and education levels were demonstrated to be low in the Roma population. The outcomes after the implementation of different educational policies, in different countries, were not properly assessed for Roma subgroups until now. Aims: We aimed to study literacy, education level, and healthcare attendance in two well-defined Roma subgroups, compared to the majority population, in a specific Transylvanian rural region.
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spelling doaj.art-22edd44f4cc642d89583d20338ec96ce2023-10-12T14:08:00ZengSciendoActa Marisiensis - Seria Medica2668-77632023-09-0169319520010.2478/amma-2023-0028Differences in literacy, education level, and healthcare attendance in two different Roma subgroups from Transylvania, RomaniaVarga Boglárka0Marton László1Balázs Anita2Lőrincz Anita3Kovács Tímea4Sorbán Orsolya5Szabó Monica IM61Compartment of Diabetology, Emergency Clinical County Hospital of Targu Mures, Romania1Compartment of Diabetology, Emergency Clinical County Hospital of Targu Mures, Romania2Internal Medicine Clinic, Municipal Hospital of Odorheiu Secuiesc, Romania3Obstetrics and Ginecology, Szent Imre Egyetemi Oktatókórház, Hungary4Internal Medicine, Emergency Clinical County Hospital of Targu Mures, Romania5Diabest Medical Center, Sfântu Gheorghe, Romania6Compartment of Diabetology, Emergency Clinical County Hospital of Targu Mures, RomaniaBackground: Literacy and education levels were demonstrated to be low in the Roma population. The outcomes after the implementation of different educational policies, in different countries, were not properly assessed for Roma subgroups until now. Aims: We aimed to study literacy, education level, and healthcare attendance in two well-defined Roma subgroups, compared to the majority population, in a specific Transylvanian rural region.https://doi.org/10.2478/amma-2023-0028education levelilliteracyhealthcare attendancegabor romalovari roma
spellingShingle Varga Boglárka
Marton László
Balázs Anita
Lőrincz Anita
Kovács Tímea
Sorbán Orsolya
Szabó Monica IM
Differences in literacy, education level, and healthcare attendance in two different Roma subgroups from Transylvania, Romania
Acta Marisiensis - Seria Medica
education level
illiteracy
healthcare attendance
gabor roma
lovari roma
title Differences in literacy, education level, and healthcare attendance in two different Roma subgroups from Transylvania, Romania
title_full Differences in literacy, education level, and healthcare attendance in two different Roma subgroups from Transylvania, Romania
title_fullStr Differences in literacy, education level, and healthcare attendance in two different Roma subgroups from Transylvania, Romania
title_full_unstemmed Differences in literacy, education level, and healthcare attendance in two different Roma subgroups from Transylvania, Romania
title_short Differences in literacy, education level, and healthcare attendance in two different Roma subgroups from Transylvania, Romania
title_sort differences in literacy education level and healthcare attendance in two different roma subgroups from transylvania romania
topic education level
illiteracy
healthcare attendance
gabor roma
lovari roma
url https://doi.org/10.2478/amma-2023-0028
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