Access of Roma to sexual and reproductive health services: Qualitative findings from Albania, Bulgaria and Macedonia

Global Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 522-534

  Colombini, Manuela ^a   Rechel, Bernd ^a   Mayhew, Susannah H ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

gender inequalities; informal payments; Roma; sexual and reproductive health; South Eastern Europe

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALBANIA; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BULGARIA; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEE; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMAL PAYMENT; MACEDONIA (REPUBLIC); MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RACISM; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEXISM; SEXUAL HEALTH; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALBANIA; BULGARIA; CULTURE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GYPSIES; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MACEDONIA (REPUBLIC); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859634295     PISSN: 17441692     EISSN: 17441706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2011.641990     Document Type: Article

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