Roma HEALTH Care II – Promotion of the health literacy of Roma by trained health mediators and the establishment of Community Health Education Centres Erasmus Project

Project Title

Roma HEALTH Care II – Promotion of the health literacy of Roma by trained health mediators and the establishment of Community Health Education Centres

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Strategic Partnerships for adult education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2020

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses; Health and wellbeing; Romas and/or other minorities

Project Summary

In its resolution from 12 February 2019, the European Parliament showed the deficits in the implementation of the National Strategies for the integration of Roma and demanded therefore a stronger post 2020 EU-Framework. Without a doubt, there is progress in the four central fields of Roma integration – education, housing, employment and health. However, the unlimited health care of Roma is still not ensured.

In the frame of the strategic partnership „Roma HEALTH Care“ (2017-1-DE02-KA204-004216), the health situation of Roma in different European countries was complexly researched for the first time. In a dialogue with relevant stakeholders at the local/regional level, the results of this analysis were discussed and the needs were selected that can be covered with support of European projects and the available resources on the spot.

The strategic partnership „Roma HEALTH Care II“ is one of those follow-up projects. Basically, it aims at the improvement of the health situation of Roma in the partner countries. Among others, it shall particularly lead to:

– raising the share of Roma obtaining a health insurance
– increasing the number of Roma making use of available cancer prevention measures
– decreasing the number of addicted Roma respectively of Roma who are threatened by addictions
– improving the vaccination status
– reducing the number of unwanted pregnancies and the risk of venereal diseases
– improving the dental hygiene
– raising the number of Roma who regularly go in for sports and who eat healthier.

In order to achieve the objectives, health education centres shall be established in the involved Roma communities in which accordingly trained health mediators – Roma themselves – implement target group specific measures of adult education for raising the health literacy. The training of health mediators is based on a newly developed Curriculum. An especially developed Handbook serves them as accompanying reference book. Local Action Plans Health for Roma are the legal framework for their work.

The project will be realised by partners from Germany, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Greece, Hungary and Romania.

In the project, Roma are not only beneficiaries but actors. On one hand they will be involved in the elaboration of the Intellectual Outputs, trained as health mediators and multipliers, implement and assess the Test Phases and disseminate information on the project and its results. On the other hand, they will participate in the adult education measures for raising their health literacy and contribute themselves to the improvement of their health situation this way.

Thus, the project will concretely help to accomplish the demands formulated in the resolution of the European Parliament. This is particularly valid for:

– the unlimited medical/health care and
– the active involvement of Roma and Roma communities in the development, implementation and evaluation of measures and
projects for this target group.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 426014 Eur

Project Coordinator

JUGENDSTIL EV & Country: DE

Project Partners

• DIMOS CHALANDRIOU
• PANHELLENIC CONFEDERATION OF GREEK POM
• BULGARSKA ASOCIACIYA PO SEMEYNO PLANIRANE I SEKSUALNO ZDRAVE
• Buzau Municiplity (Buzau City Hall)
• Asociatia Vox Civica
• Mélykút Város Önkormányzata
• Association for Roma Community Development SUMNAL