Seminar: Teresa Janevic

Abstract: 

Roma are the largest minority group in Europe and face widespread racism and health disadvantage.  Using qualitative data from Serbia and Macedonia, a conceptual framework was developed showing pathways by which three levels of racism—institutional, personal, and internalized--influence access to prenatal and maternity care among Romani women.  The qualitative study consisted of focus groups of Romani women, as well as in-depth semi-structured interviews with gynecologists and key informants from NGOs and state institutions on the topics of maternal health care seeking, experiences during care, and perceived health care discrimination. Following a grounded theory approach, the following pathways emerged from our analysis: perceptions and interactions with the health system, psychological factors, social environment and resources, lack of health system accountability, financial needs, and exclusion from education.  Results from this qualitative study will be used to inform a sequential quantitative study to explore several of the hypothesized pathways between racism and access to maternal health care among Romani women in greater detail.

12-1:30pm- Seminar

1:30-2:45pm- Lunch:  D.Byrd

3:30-4:00pm- G.Kligman 

If you are interested in meeting with or joining speaker for lunch/dinner, please send email to Chandra Ford at clford@ucla.edu with cc: to yvette@ccpr.ucla.edu.

 Further information about Teresa Janevic, can be found on Prof. Janevic's webpage.