Health indicators of the National Roma Integration Strategy in Spain in the years 2006 and 2014
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Title: | Health indicators of the National Roma Integration Strategy in Spain in the years 2006 and 2014 |
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Authors: | La Parra-Casado, Daniel | Arza-Porras, Javier | Estévez, Jesús F. |
Research Group/s: | Observatorio Europeo de Tendencias Sociales (OBETS) |
Center, Department or Service: | Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Sociología II | Universidad de Alicante. Instituto Interuniversitario de Economía Internacional |
Keywords: | Health indicators | Roma population | National Roma Integration Strategies | Spain |
Knowledge Area: | Sociología |
Issue Date: | Oct-2020 |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
Citation: | European Journal of Public Health. 2020, 30(5): 906-910. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckaa070 |
Abstract: | Background: In 2011, the European Commission adopted the European framework for the National Roma Integration Strategies (NRISs) 2020, which focussed on four areas: education, employment, health and housing. In 2012 Spain approved its Strategy 2012–20, one of the central aims of which is to reduce social inequalities in health that affect the Roma population. Our objective was to analyze changes in health inequalities between the Roma population and the general population in Spain in the years 2006 and 2014. Methods: The Spanish National Health Surveys (NHSs) 2006 (n = 29 478) and 2012 (n = 20 884) and the NHS of the Spanish Roma Population 2006 (n = 933) and 2014 (n = 1155) were compared. This study considered the variables included in NRIS 2012–20: self-perceived health, tobacco use in men, traffic accidents in men and women, obesity in women and gynaecological visits. Results: Despite the adoption of the NRIS 2012–20, there were no observed improvements in health between 2006 and 2014 in the Roma population. Nor was there a reduction in inequalities in health concerning the general population in Spain. Also, there was no reduction in the health inequalities by gender for the two populations. Conclusions: Health is determined in part by social factors including education, employment, housing and also by anti-Roma discourses and discrimination. Improving the health of the Roma population requires a multi-sectoral approach with a gender perspective. |
Sponsor: | This work was funded by the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities (MICINN), State Research Agency (AEI) and European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), in the framework of the Project CSO2017-83787-P. The National Health Survey of the Spanish Roma Population 2014 was funded by The Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness of Spain, ERDF Funds (‘National Health Survey to Roma Population 2013–14’, Project Ref. PI12/00842), and Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality of Spain. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10045/109613 |
ISSN: | 1101-1262 (Print) | 1464-360X (Online) |
DOI: | 10.1093/eurpub/ckaa070 |
Language: | eng |
Type: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Rights: | © The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Public Health Association |
Peer Review: | si |
Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckaa070 |
Appears in Collections: | INV - OBETS - Artículos de Revistas INV - EQUIDIVERSIDAD - Artículos de Revistas |
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