A survey of quality of life indicators in the Romanian Roma population following the ‘Decade of Roma Inclusion’

• DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.12546.2
• Publication Date: 2018-03-08T09:10:21Z
• Authors: Rebecca Powell Do...; Daniel Müller-Demary; Alexandra Hosszu; Ana Duminica; Andrea Bertke; Bryan Lewis; Stephen Eubank
• Keywords: 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine; 1. No poverty; 10. No inequality; 6. Clean water; Research Article; 3. Good health

<ns4:p><ns4:bold>Background</ns4:bold>: This study explores how the Roma in Romania, EU’s most concentrated population, are faring terms of a number quality life indicators, including poverty levels, healthcare, education, water, sanitation, and hygiene.</ns4:p><ns4:p><ns4:bold>Methods</ns4:bold>: 135 surveys were conducted across five geographically diverse Romanian communities. Household participants selected through comprehensive random walk method. Analyses on all data using Pandas for Python.</ns4:p><ns4:p><ns4:bold>Results</ns4:bold>: These indicate that Romania face significant disparities with students less likely to progress beyond 8<ns4:sup>th</ns4:sup>grade. In addition, population remains significantly disadvantaged regard safe secure housing, poverty, healthcare status, particularly connection diarrheal disease. contrast, however, both non-Roma rural areas difficulties regarding full-time employment, hygiene infrastructure.</ns4:p><ns4:p><ns4:bold>Conclusions</ns4:bold>: demonstrate challenges remain also point myriad ways which Romanians, regardless ethnicity, encountering hardship. highlights improvements can be made ensure Roma, indeed citizens, have access confidence sanitation services, clean adequate treatment.</ns4:p>