Table 6 Characteristics of included grey literature
Author | Aim | Source type | Setting | Study method | Participants | Funding |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pohjolainen [36] | To outline barriers and issues experienced by Romani women in relation to maternal health, and issues raised by practitioners in relation to the provision of inclusive maternal health services for Roma. | Parvee Point Report | Ireland | Findings from the Roma maternal and child health seminar, including speakers, focus group discussions among seminar participants, and interviews with practitioners and members of Roma communities. | Romani women Health professionals Roma Health Seminar participants | Health Service Executive, Ireland. |
European Roma Rights Centre [61] | To document discriminatory practices and other forms of human rights abuse against Roma in the provision of health care as well as exclusion from access to health care. | Report for European Roma Rights Centre | Bosnia and Herzegovina, Czech Republic, Croatia, Greece, France, Italy, Kosovo, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Hungary and Spain. | Interviews in Bulgaria Hungary and Spain, research with partner organisations and information from ERRC legal databases | Romani men and women aged 18–70 Physicians treating Roma patients. Number not specified. | Open Society Institute |
Iszak [62] | To document practices of discrimination against Romani women within the health care sector in Hungary. | Report published by European Roma Rights Centre | Szabolcs-Szatmár Bereg, Hajdú-Bihar and Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén counties in Hungary | Interviews | 131 Romani women Physicians, number not specified. | Not specified |
Centre for Reproductive Rights [63] | To document suspected cases of coerced sterilizations against Romani women who accessed reproductive health services in Slovakia. | Report by Center for Reproductive Rights and Poradna | 40 Romani settlements in Eastern Slovakia | Individual interviews and group interviews | 230 Romani women 25 doctors, 7 hospital administrators, 6 nurses | Not specified |
European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia [64] | To investigate the situation of Romani women accessing healthcare. | Report to Council of Europe | Bulgaria, Finland, France, UK. Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Lithuania, Moldova, The Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia and Spain. | Country visits and individual interviews and questionnaires. | Romani women, representatives of governments and NGOs and health workers. Numbers not specified. | UK Government and European Union’s European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia |
Zoon [65] | To document the ways in which the Romanian, Bulgarian, and Macedonian governments and their representatives discriminate against the Roma in the provision of social protection benefits, health care, and housing. | Open Society Foundation report | Romania, Bulgaria and Macedonia | Interviews | Government officials, legislators, social workers, Romani activists, health workers and Romani residents. Numbers not specified. | Open Society Institute |
Benjenariu, & Mitrut [66] | To analyse a large-scale public health program targeting Roma minority, the Roma Health Mediation programme, and its impact on prenatal care and child health | Section of PhD thesis published by University of Gothenburg | Romania | Quantitative analysis of the 2000–2008 Vital Statistics Natality (VSN), Vital Statistics Mortality (VSM) files, and data from the Roma Health Mediator registry and the Roma Inclusion Barometer 2006. | Romani women and their infants born between 2000–2008 (10,885 – 13,685 observations) | Not specified |