20.500.12556/DKUM-65447 Health beliefs and practices among Slovenian Roma and their response to febrile illnesses a qualitative study Stališča in ravnanje Romov v Sloveniji v zvezi z vročinskimi stanji kvalitativna študija Introduction: When the Roma fell ill in the past, they used herbal home remedies to treat diseases. If the remedy failed to cure the illness, they called the local healer. Today, most Roma visit physicians. This study investigates health beliefs and practices held by the Roma people in Slovenia and their response to febrile illnesses. Methods: Field interviews using a semi-structured questionnaire were conducted in the vicinity of Kočevje. Sociodemographic data were gathered and recorded manually, and the interviews were tape recorded. Qualitative analysis was performed by three researchers. Special attention was paid to data validation. Results: The majority of Roma are not acquainted with thermometers and therefore do not use them. About onethird of the interviewees knew what the normal body temperature should be. Only 15% of the Roma population take their body temperature when they are feeling unwell. One-half visit their physicians. More than half of the population take paracetamol or aspirin when they feel feverish. More often, they resort to tea and emphasize the healing effect of sweating. Conclusion: The Roma beliefs and practices regarding health and fever are instructive and show how impoverished a narrow biomedical approach can be. Failure to use technical devices, such as thermometers, and lack of familiarity with the numerical values defining the border between normal and elevated body temperature, nonetheless do not mean that the Roma take inappropriate measuresin response to illness. Illnesses (including fever) can also be recognized without these tools and can be appropriately responded to by drinking teas, using compresses, and taking fever-reducing medications. Uvod: V preteklosti so Romi za zdravljenje uporabljali domače zeliščne pripravke. Kadar ta zdravila niso bila učinkovita, so poklicali lokalnega zdravilca. Danes večina Romov obišče zdravnika. V prispevku ugotavljamo, kakšno je prepričanje in ravnanje slovenskih Romov v zvezi z zdravjem in kako ukrepajo pri vročinskih stanjih. Metode: V okolici Kočevja smo na terenu izvedli intervjuje na osnovi polstrukturiranih vprašalnikov. Zbrane sociodemografske podatke smo ročno zapisovali, pogovore pa smo posneli. Kvalitativno analizo podatkov so izvedli trije raziskovalci. Posebno pozornost smo namenili validaciji podatkov. Rezultati: Večina Romov ne pozna termometra in ga zato tudi ne uporablja. Približno ena tretjina vprašanih je vedela, kakšna naj bi bila normalna telesna temperatura. Ob slabem počutju si le 15 odstotkov romskega prebivalstva meri telesno temperaturo. Polovica jih obišče zdravnika. Več kot polovica romskih prebivalcev vzame paracetamol ali aspirin, kadar ima vročino. Pogosteje se zatečejo k pitju čaja in poudarjajo zdravilne učinke potenja. Zaključek: Prepričanja in ravnanje Romov v zvezi z zdravjem in povišano telesno temperaturo so poučna in nam kažejo, kako osiromašen je lahko ozko usmerjeni biomedicinski pristop. Dejstvo, da Romi ne uporabljajo tehničnih pripomočkov, npr. termometra, in ne poznajo številčne vrednosti, ki loči med normalno in povišano telesno temperaturo, še ne pomeni, da ob bolezni ravnajo neustrezno. Bolezenska stanja, tudi povišano telesno temperaturo, lahko prepoznamo tudi brez teh orodij in se jim ustrezno postavimo po robu s pitjem čaja, z uporabo obkladkov in z jemanjem zdravil proti vročini. Roma illness thermometer fever activity doctor Romi bolezni termometer povišana telesna temperatura aktivnosti zdravljenje true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Znanstveno delo 2017-04-05 09:49:05 2017-04-05 09:50:28 2022-07-08 03:08:19 2019-07-11 15:18:29 2011 0 0 str. 169-174 št. 3 Letn. 50 2011 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0351-0026 614 3287810 28810457 0351-0026 URN:SI:UM:DK:XSVGYNPT Zdravstveno_varstvo_2011_Pavlic_et_al._Health_beliefs_and_practices_among_Slovenian_Roma_and_their_response_to_febrile_illnesses_a_quali.pdf Zdravstveno_varstvo_2011_Pavlic_et_al._Health_beliefs_and_practices_among_Slovenian_Roma_and_their_response_to_febrile_illnesses_a_quali.pdf 1 CD85584382445C3461F0EB54539DCF6B 68f03d5a919f647da7d1d170d77d29d3937163c28fe885355e580d1be9423d93 11d008c4-7c0e-11eb-bb7a-00155d0001ca https://dk.um.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=110664 http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/sjph.2011.50.issue-3/v10152-010-0041-6/v10152-010-0041-6.xml 1 https://dk.um.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=110663 Medicinska fakulteta 0 0 0