Building Meaningful Community Advocacy for Ethnic‐based Health Equity: The RoAd4Health Experience

Reference: Daniela E. Miranda, Manuel García‐Ramírez, María J. Albar‐Marín. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ajcp.12443 Abstract: The pervasive failure of policies aimed at overcoming health inequities suffered by European Roma reflects the oppressive and impoverished living conditions of many ethnic minorities in the Western world. The multiple social inequities that Roma experience and the cumulative...

13 September, 2020
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Una investigación de acción participativa basada en la comunidad para la justicia sanitaria de la población gitana en un distrito desfavorecido de España

Reference: Daniela E. Miranda, Manuel Garcia-Ramirez, Fabricio E. Balcazar, Yolanda Suarez-Balcazar. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph16193722 Abstract: Addressing health disparities and promoting health equity for Roma has been a challenge. The Roma are the largest disadvantaged ethnic minority population in Europe and have been the victims of deep social and economic injustices, institutional...

1 July, 2020
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Abogacía por la salud de la población gitana: capacitación de profesionales del Distrito Sanitario Sevilla

Reference: María Jesús Albar Marín. Departamento de Enfermería, Facultad de Enfermería, Fisioterapia y Podología, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, España. Daniela E. Miranda. Departamento de Psicología Social, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, España. DOI: 10.1016/j.gaceta.2019.07.010 Abstract: This article describes a workshop whose objective was to build Roma health advocacy capacity among a group...

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COVID-19 Effects on Roma Health Rights and Social Determinants in Seville

Seville, 16 May 2020. Following the meeting with the Mayor of Seville, Juan Espadas, on Wednesday 6th May, Roma women, CESPYD, Studio 41013 and other collaborators developed a policy brief with a set of recommendations that have been proposed to the City Council. Roma populations of Seville suffer a constant violation of their human...

16 May, 2020
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Advocating for Roma Rights in the Face of the Coronavirus Crisis

Seville, 8 May 2020. CESPYD, together with a group of Roma women, leaders of community organizations, researchers and journalists are concerned about the consequences that the crisis of the coronavirus is having on the neighbors who live in the most unjust conditions during the confinement period in Seville (Spain). In...

8 May, 2020
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Not a step back against antigypysim!

Our colleagues from FAKALI organize a gathering tomorrow to protests against the antigypsist declarations of Italy’s Prime Minister Matteo Salvini. Join us!!

25 June, 2018
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Sexual and reproductive health in Roma women: the family planning programme of Polígono Sur in Seville (Spain)

Reference: Escobar-Ballesta, M., García-Ramírez, M., Albar-Marín, M.J., & Paloma, V. (in press). Salud sexual y reproductiva en mujeres gitanas: el programa de planificación familiar del Polígono Sur. Gaceta Sanitaria. doi:10.1016/j.gaceta.2017.12.006 Full text: https://cespyd.es/a/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/2018-Escobar-Ballesta-et-al-Salud-sexual-y-reproductiva.pdf Abstract: Objective: To describe the challenges, resources and strategies of the staff of the family planning programme of the Polígono Sur Healthcare Centre...

6 April, 2018
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First meeting between OSF-RIO, CESPYD and FAKALI

In February 2017, Open Society Foundation-Roma Integration Office’s planned a field visit to meet with CESPYD and FAKALI in Sevilla. RIO program officers had the chance to become more familiar with both organization’s work. RIO program officers visited both Polígono Sur Primary Healthcare Center and the Torreblanca Healthcare Center. We...

20 February, 2017
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ROAD4HEALTH: Kick-Off Meeting

On February 2nd the official project kickoff meeting took place at the Universidad de Sevilla Nursing department.  In this meeting partners presented the activities and objectives of each phase included in the project. Please see meeting agenda here: ROAD4HEALTH Kick-Off Agenda. Fakali’s staff, the advisory board and student collaborators were invited...

4 February, 2017
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The Challenge of Equity in Health Policies Aimed at the Roma Population in Spain

Reference: García Ramírez, M., Escobar-Ballesta, M., Lizana, T., & Albar, MJ (2016). El Reto de la Equidad en las Políticas Sanitarias Dirigidas al Pueblo Gitano en España. Global Journal of Community Psychology Practice, vol. 7. Full text: http://gjcpp.org/en/article.php?issue=21&article=118 Reference: In this paper we address the contribution of the community psychology to the formulation of...

24 September, 2016
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IV European Meeting “Mediation in Romany Health”

On the 6th, 7th and 8th of June, the University Residence Flora Tristan of the Pablo de Olavide University hosted the IV European Meeting of “Mediation in Romany Health”, organized by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and CESPYD, in collaboration with the University Pablo de Olavide and the Office...

12 June, 2016
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