Indicator history

There are no comprehensive data collected with regard to access of minority women to health care services. There are only some partial studies which reveal some concrete issues in this field. Health promotion strategy and action plan for tackling health inequalities in the Pomurje region (2010) mentions the need for pregnant Roma women to get involved sooner in preventive checks which should be achieved by raising their awareness on the importance of such checks as well as by raising their awareness on their right to have such checks. The strategy however, does not contain information whether such lack of preventive checks is solely the result of their lack of awareness or also lack of access.

Similarly, a report on the situation of Roma in Ljubljana mentions the need to ensure that Roma girls that are arriving to Ljubljana due to marriage are in need of, among other support services, access to health services due to early pregnancies and labours. The report does not indicate whether access is denied to unregulated legal status, lack of health insurance or lack of awareness. Also, the report shows that Roma women who are in need of psychiatric health services go to pro bono health centre for persons without health insurance in Ljubljana, where a psychiatrist is available free of charge once a week, indicating that these women cannot get these services through the regular health insurance system.

Source:

Health promotion strategy and action plan for tackling health inequalities in the Pomurje region, 2010, http://ec.europa.eu/health/ph_determinants/socio_economics/documents/slovenia_rd01_en.pdf.

Majda Hrženjak, Jelka Zorn, Špela Urh, Ana M. Sobočan, Petra Videmšek, Darja Zaviršek: Romi v Ljubljani – različnost perspektiv,  final report of a research project, 2008, available at http://www.mirovni-institut.si/data/tinymce/Publikacije/Romi%20v%20Ljubljani/KON%C4%8CNO%20PORO%C4%8CILO1%20OBLIKOVANO.pdf.