Community-Based Participatory Research with the Roma of Pata Rât, Romania: Exploring Toxic Environmental Health Conditions

Autor/inn/en	Hall, Jennifer L.; Zeman, Catherine
Titel	Community-Based Participatory Research with the Roma of Pata Rât, Romania: Exploring Toxic Environmental Health Conditions
Quelle	In: Journal of Ethnographic & Qualitative Research, 13 (2018) 2, S.92-106 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1935-3308
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Ethnic Groups; Social Bias; Social Discrimination; Sanitation; Pollution; Hazardous Materials; At Risk Persons; Minority Groups; Environmental Influences; Public Health; Health Conditions; Hygiene; Water; Animals; Females; Children; Diseases; Europe; Romania + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Ethnie; Soziale Benachteiligung; Soziale Schließung; Betriebshygiene; Schadstoffbelastung; Hazardous substance; Gefahrstoff; Risikogruppe; Ethnische Minderheit; Environmental influence; Umwelteinfluss; Gesundheitswesen; Wasser; Animal; Tier; Tiere; Weibliches Geschlecht; Child; Kind; Kinder; Disease; Krankheit; Europa; Rumänien
Abstract	The Roma people are the largest stateless population in Central and Eastern (CEE) Europe and face a disproportionate amount of environmental health disparities likely due to a long history of discrimination and stigmatization. Using qualitative research methodology and community-based participatory research methods, we aimed to gain a more nuanced understanding of the Roma of Pata Rât's environmental health conditions by engaging with local Roma through community mapping, observation, community walk-throughs, semi-structured/open-ended interviews, and photography. An added benefit of this approach was its potential for privileging the voices of a people who have often been silenced. Roma participants identified all major routes of environmental exposures and shared their desire for better work and living conditions and need for more attention to their human and community rights. Poor sanitation and contaminated soil, water, and air with potentially high levels of toxic chemicals were additional areas of concern. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01