Gypsies - Psychology
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Early predictors of reading in three groups of native Spanish speakers: Spaniards, Gypsies, and Latin Americans.

29 Apr 2009 The main purpose of the study reported here was to examine the early linguistic predictors of reading (e.g., Knowledge About Print, Listening Comprehension, Receptive Vocabulary, Rapid Naming of Objects and Letters, and Phonological Awareness), for ... Read more...

Health behaviors, nutritional status, and anthropometric parameters of Roma and non-Roma mothers and their infants in the Czech Republic.

30 Dec 2008 OBJECTIVE: To compare maternal health behaviors, maternal nutritional status, and infant size at birth of Romas and non-Romas in the Czech Republic. DESIGN: Maternal interviews and food frequency questionnaire, maternal blood samples, physical ... Read more...

Health of Roma children in Vilnius and Ventspils.

30 Dec 2008 According to the literature data, Roma health and living conditions in Central and Eastern Europe are poorer than of the rest of population. However, the more detailed information about Roma health is lacking. The aim of the study was to evaluate ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Gypsies - Psychology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Early predictors of reading in three groups of native Spanish speakers: Spaniards, Gypsies, and Latin Americans. 29 Apr 2009
• Health behaviors, nutritional status, and anthropometric parameters of Roma and non-Roma mothers and their infants in the Czech Republic. 30 Dec 2008
• Health of Roma children in Vilnius and Ventspils. 30 Dec 2008
• Minority health and small numbers epidemiology: a case study of living conditions and the health of children in 5 foreign Romá camps in Italy. 15 Sep 2008
• Health-related beliefs and experiences of Gypsies and Travellers: a qualitative study. 27 Feb 2007
• Comparing the use of an accident and emergency department by children from two Local Authority Gypsy sites with that of their neighbours. 31 Jul 2006
• Attitudes of Roma toward smoking: qualitative study in Slovenia. 30 Mar 2006
• Gender roles and HIV sexual risk vulnerability of Roma (Gypsies) men and women in Bulgaria and Hungary: an ethnographic study. 30 Jan 2004
• The health status of delinquent gipsy youths in Spain. 29 Nov 2002
• On the road. 30 Jul 2001
• Health, attitude to care and pattern of attendance among gypsy women-a general practice perspective. 30 Jul 2001
• Czech attitudes towards the Roma: "expecting more of Havel's country"? 30 Dec 2000
• The East European Gypsies in the Imperial Age. 30 Dec 2000
• The socio-economic impact of regime change in eastern Europe: Gypsy marginality in the 1990s. 30 Dec 2000
• Gypsies and drug addictions. Study of the adherence to treatment. 28 Feb 2000
• A mission unlike any other. Life in a Kosovar refugee camp. 30 Dec 1999
• [A nurse among the gypsies] 29 Jun 1999
• [Transcultural nursing and beliefs: values and practices of the Gypsy population] 29 Nov 1997
• The use of problem-based learning in dealing with cultural minority groups. 30 May 1997
• When the Gypsies come. An insider's view into a mysterious culture. Interview by Jeanne M. Burger. 30 Dec 1995

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Technical information about 'Gypsies'

Definition: Ethnic group originating in India and entering Europe in the 14th or 15th century.

Descriptor UI: D006178

Alternative terms: Gypsies; Gipsies; Romanies; Romany;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; education; history; legislation & jurisprudence; psychology; statistics & numerical data; ethnology; genetics;

Tree Number: M01.686.754.283;

History Note: 91(79); was see under ETHNIC GROUPS 1979-90

Technical Notes: use this spelling in translations; specify geog