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The health of the population in socially excluded communities has been in poor condition for a long time. The reason is not only poor access to health care, but also low awareness of the population about the prevention and symptoms of diseases. The aim of the presented project SASTE ROMA (Healty Romany) is the development and implementation of tools aimed at strengthening the prevention of specific communicable and non-communicable diseases in the Roma community.
Experts from the St. Anne’s University Hospital Brno, the Brno University Hospital and the Masaryk Memorial Cancer Institute will create an online audiovisual educational platform that will provide school children and the adult population with the most important information about early detection of the disease and the right response. In cooperation with the Health Mediators of the State Institute of Public Health, we will create printed and audiovisual information materials and organize cultural and educational events. With these activities, we target children and the adult population.
The SASTE ROMA project will cover the most serious diseases, especially cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, oncological diseases of adults and children, depression and other mental illnesses, lung diseases, diabetes, hypertension and infectious diseases such as hepatitis, TB, COVID-19 and sexually transmitted diseases.
Part of the project is the evaluation of the intervention in terms of feasibility and the effect on increasing health literacy. Through its activities, the project also contributes to the fight against discrimination.