РЕПРОДУКТИВНО ЗДРАВЕ НА РОМСКИТЕ ЖЕНИ (Изследване на случай в гр. Кюстендил)
ROMA WOMEN REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH (A case study from the town of Kustendil)

Summary/Abstract: The paper explores the issues of Roma women’s health and reproductive attitudes and behaviour. The Kustendil case study presents a bunch of positive results: Roma mothers’ and children’s mortality is the same as that of the local Bulgarians; Roma women’s health and reproductive culture is very similar to those of the local Bulgarians; the number of abortions in Roma neighbourhood decreased significantly in the last years; two fifths of Roma women use modern means to prevent unwanted pregnancy – mainly intra uterine devices. All these changes became a fact as a result of long and pervasive activity of local medics, the medic centre in the Roma neighbourhood and local institutions and NGO’s. Further homogenization of reproductive attitudes and behaviour among Roma and Bulgarians in Kustendil district could be reached only by improvement the education and the social inclusion, especially in the labour market of Roma women.

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