An exploration of the well-being and health status of Roma living in a 'nomad camp' in Scampia, Naples
نام عام مواد
[Thesis]
نام نخستين پديدآور
Vivaldi, Elisabetta
نام ساير پديدآوران
Humberstone, Barbara ; Greenfields, Margaret ; Howard, Keelin
وضعیت نشر و پخش و غیره
نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره
Coventry University
تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره
2018
یادداشتهای مربوط به پایان نامه ها
جزئيات پايان نامه و نوع درجه آن
Ph.D.
کسي که مدرک را اعطا کرده
Coventry University
امتياز متن
2018
یادداشتهای مربوط به خلاصه یا چکیده
متن يادداشت
This study focuses on health and well-being amongst the Roma community in the "Old Camp" settlement in the Neapolitan Municipality of Scampia. The research is based on long-term ethnographic fieldwork carried out in the camp, amongst Romani residents and non-Romani people who played a role in the life and health of the camp's inhabitants. The study is informed by the World Health Organization's (1946) holistic definition of health, and by work on the social dimensions of health which has grown following Marmot and Wilkinson's (1998) seminal volume. These approaches see health not just in clinical terms, but rather understand well-being as including physical, psychological and social dimensions which are inextricably linked. The study argues that Roma communities should not be perceived as unique "monolithic" populations, but as being composed of individuals, with personal thoughts, feelings and perceptions, different ways of leading their lives and different life experiences including recent migration histories; struggles to exercise their right as asylum-seekers; and conflicts resulting from being born in a territory that does not easily recognise their right to citizenship. During fieldwork, Roma explained their personal perceptions of wellness and illness and of the impact of state and local policies on their well-being. Key-findings were that Roma's sense of well-being is affected by racism, discrimination, and intercommunal mistrust which has adverse effects on relationships between Roma communities and government agencies. A further significant finding was that there are generational tensions within the Roma community, opening the possibility of changes in communal customs and structures. By presenting the perceptions of the Romani themselves regarding their well-being, and their congruence with a holistic approach to health and well-being rather than a narrowly clinical one, the study may inform effective health policies at a local, national and international level.
موضوع (اسم عام یاعبارت اسمی عام)
موضوع مستند نشده
H Social Sciences (General)
موضوع مستند نشده
HT Communities. Classes. Races
موضوع مستند نشده
JA Political science (General)
موضوع مستند نشده
RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
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