A Comparative Health Survey of the Inhabitants of Roma Settlements in Hungary

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ID11039745
AutoresZsigmond Kósa (Zsigmond Kósa is the county chief medical officer of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County, Hungary. György Széles, László Kardos, Karolina Kósa, Gabriella Fésüs, Róza Ádány, and Zoltán Vokó are with the School of Public Health, Medical and Health Science Centre, University of Debrecen, Hungary. Renáta Németh and Sándor Országh are with the Johan Béla National Center for Epidemiology, Budapest, Hungary. Martin McKee is with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, England.), György Széles (0009-0003-7566-1604, Zsigmond Kósa is the county chief medical officer of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County, Hungary. György Széles, László Kardos, Karolina Kósa, Gabriella Fésüs, Róza Ádány, and Zoltán Vokó are with the School of Public Health, Medical and Health Science Centre, University of Debrecen, Hungary. Renáta Németh and Sándor Országh are with the Johan Béla National Center for Epidemiology, Budapest, Hungary. Martin McKee is with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, England.), László Kardos (0000-0003-4749-1057, Zsigmond Kósa is the county chief medical officer of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County, Hungary. György Széles, László Kardos, Karolina Kósa, Gabriella Fésüs, Róza Ádány, and Zoltán Vokó are with the School of Public Health, Medical and Health Science Centre, University of Debrecen, Hungary. Renáta Németh and Sándor Országh are with the Johan Béla National Center for Epidemiology, Budapest, Hungary. Martin McKee is with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, England.), Karolina Kósa (0000-0001-7867-2403, Zsigmond Kósa is the county chief medical officer of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County, Hungary. György Széles, László Kardos, Karolina Kósa, Gabriella Fésüs, Róza Ádány, and Zoltán Vokó are with the School of Public Health, Medical and Health Science Centre, University of Debrecen, Hungary. Renáta Németh and Sándor Országh are with the Johan Béla National Center for Epidemiology, Budapest, Hungary. Martin McKee is with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, England.), Renáta Németh (0000-0001-6796-3563, Zsigmond Kósa is the county chief medical officer of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County, Hungary. György Széles, László Kardos, Karolina Kósa, Gabriella Fésüs, Róza Ádány, and Zoltán Vokó are with the School of Public Health, Medical and Health Science Centre, University of Debrecen, Hungary. Renáta Németh and Sándor Országh are with the Johan Béla National Center for Epidemiology, Budapest, Hungary. Martin McKee is with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, England.), Sándor Országh (Zsigmond Kósa is the county chief medical officer of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County, Hungary. György Széles, László Kardos, Karolina Kósa, Gabriella Fésüs, Róza Ádány, and Zoltán Vokó are with the School of Public Health, Medical and Health Science Centre, University of Debrecen, Hungary. Renáta Németh and Sándor Országh are with the Johan Béla National Center for Epidemiology, Budapest, Hungary. Martin McKee is with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, England.), Gabriella Fésüs (Zsigmond Kósa is the county chief medical officer of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County, Hungary. György Széles, László Kardos, Karolina Kósa, Gabriella Fésüs, Róza Ádány, and Zoltán Vokó are with the School of Public Health, Medical and Health Science Centre, University of Debrecen, Hungary. Renáta Németh and Sándor Országh are with the Johan Béla National Center for Epidemiology, Budapest, Hungary. Martin McKee is with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, England.), Martin Mckee (0000-0002-0121-9683, Zsigmond Kósa is the county chief medical officer of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County, Hungary. György Széles, László Kardos, Karolina Kósa, Gabriella Fésüs, Róza Ádány, and Zoltán Vokó are with the School of Public Health, Medical and Health Science Centre, University of Debrecen, Hungary. Renáta Németh and Sándor Országh are with the Johan Béla National Center for Epidemiology, Budapest, Hungary. Martin McKee is with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, England.), Róza Ádány (0000-0002-9679-6669, Zsigmond Kósa is the county chief medical officer of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County, Hungary. György Széles, László Kardos, Karolina Kósa, Gabriella Fésüs, Róza Ádány, and Zoltán Vokó are with the School of Public Health, Medical and Health Science Centre, University of Debrecen, Hungary. Renáta Németh and Sándor Országh are with the Johan Béla National Center for Epidemiology, Budapest, Hungary. Martin McKee is with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, England.), Zoltán Vokó (0000-0002-1004-1848, Zsigmond Kósa is the county chief medical officer of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County, Hungary. György Széles, László Kardos, Karolina Kósa, Gabriella Fésüs, Róza Ádány, and Zoltán Vokó are with the School of Public Health, Medical and Health Science Centre, University of Debrecen, Hungary. Renáta Németh and Sándor Országh are with the Johan Béla National Center for Epidemiology, Budapest, Hungary. Martin McKee is with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, England.)
Año2007
Volumen97
Número5
Páginas853-859
Fecha de publicación2007-05-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
EditorialAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2005.072173
PMID17395845
PMCIDPMC1854867
OpenAlexW2001231775
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas44
Referencias citadas5

Objectives. We compared the health of people living in Roma settlements with that of the general population in Hungary. Methods. We performed comparative health interview surveys in 2003 to 2004 in representative samples of the Hungarian population and inhabitants of Roma settlements. Results. In persons older than 44 years, 10% more of those living in Roma settlements reported their health as bad or very bad than did those in the lowest income quartile of the general population. Of those who used any health services, 35% of the Roma inhabitants and 4.4% of the general population experienced some discrimination. In Roma settlements, the proportion of persons who thought that they could do much for their own health was 13% to 15% lower, and heavy smoking and unhealthy diet were 1.5 to 3 times more prevalent, than in the lowest income quartile of the general population. Conclusions. People living in Roma settlements experience severe social exclusion, which profoundly affects their health. Besides tackling the socioeconomic roots of the poor health of Roma people, specific public health interventions, including health education and health promotion programs, are needed

Environmental health · Geography · Health promotion · Human settlement · Population · Psychological intervention · Public health · Quartile · Socioeconomic status · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Demography · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies · Genital Health and Disease · Medicine · Romani and Gypsy Studies