Background Minority vulnerable communities, such as the European Roma, often face
numerous barriers to accessing healthcare services, resulting in negative health outcomes …

Whereas the topic of the 'cultural sensitivity'of healthcare systems has been addressed
extensively in the US and the UK, literature on the subject in most European countries …

Although the prevalence of common mental health conditions such as depression and
anxiety, is higher among people with a migration background, these groups are generally …

Non-adherence to prescribed treatment is considered the foremost cause of treatment failure
in chronic medical conditions. Airway clearance techniques (ACT) play a key role in the …

Background The global burden of chronic respiratory diseases (CRDs) disproportionally
affects Roma populations. Health interventions addressing CRD among Roma or other …

The Roma population is typified by a poor and, due to difficulties in ethnicity assessment,
poorly documented health status. We aimed to compare the usefulness of self-reporting and …

In one area of Sheffield, characterised by a high proportion of Urdu speakers, together with
numbers of ethnic Roma people, Yemenis, and Somali speakers, one practice has, over 20 …

Background With an explicit focus on Roma women in Spain (Kale/Spanish Gypsies), this
study aims to integrate key informants' opinions about the main actions needed to improve …

Introduction Spatially segregated, socio-economically deprived communities in Europe are
at risk of being neglected in terms of health care. In Hungary, poor monitoring systems and …

The Roma populations in Central and Eastern Europe are two to three times more likely to
have unmet health needs compared to non-Roma residents. The aim of the present study …