The mediating effect of discrimination, social support and hopelessness on self-rated health of Roma adolescents in Slovakia

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Kolarcik, Peter ^a,b   Geckova, Andrea Madarasova ^a,b   Reijneveld, Sijmen A ^c   Van Dijk, Jitse P ^a,c  

^a P J AFÁRIK UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^b PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Discrimination; Hopelessness; Roma ethnicity; Self rated health; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; EQUITY; ETHNICITY; EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; PERCEPTION; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FATHER CHILD RELATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH STATUS; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROMANI (PEOPLE); SELF EVALUATION; SELF RATED HEALTH; SLOVAKIA; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOPE; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL CLASS;

SLOVAKIA;

ADOLESCENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOPE; HUMANS; MALE; ROMA; SELF REPORT; SLOVAKIA; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84947770900     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12939-015-0270-z     Document Type: Article

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