People In Romania Research Articles

Arterial Hypertension among Roma people in Romania

Background In Romania, ethnic identity is an important dimension of health inequalities. Romani people’s health status is demonstrably poorer than other Romanians'. Although Roma are Europe’s largest ethnic minority, studies demonstrate that they face serious barriers in access to the health system. Such barriers include poverty, discrimination, lack of health insurance and other official documents (identity cards, birth certificates), failure to communicate or language obstacles, leading to exclusion of …

Image Erosion of Elderly People in Romania and the Need for Proactive Inclusive Approaches

Present society, marked among other things by population aging due to sharp decline in birth rates and population migration respectively, feels the need of an update regarding the reporting to rights, roles and status of the citizen. Respect for the other at all stages of physical and mental development should on the one hand be transmitted through educational, economic, social policies, but on the other hand its correct implementation is essential. Elderly people constitute one of those most vulnerable categories to multiple forms of violence in the Eastern European area, because of the risks to which they are exposed. Physical, mental and conscience integrity of elderly are increasingly endangered in contemporaneity. In the present paper we will insist on the current image and perception regarding the role and status of the elderly in society, on certain elements characteristic of protection and social services whose beneficiaries are people included in this age category and equally, on the strategies that can be improved for an active integration in the economic, community and cultural life.

Relational Aspects of Leisure and Recreational Sport among Young People in Romania

The importance of this research resides in the obtaining of information with an important research character regarding the approach of life quality of young people in Romania, through the effects of practicing recreational sport in their free time. So, the essence of this paper consists in the relation between the free time and the recreational sport because, the later can be a benefit and a pleasant way to spend free time. The research was done on a randomly chosen group of 730 adults, professionally active, with ages between 22 and 43, distributed on two age intervals 22-32 and 33-43. The results showed that, in the options for spending the free time, the most answers were represented by sport-like activities (38,3%), followed by sedentary activities like reading a book, watching TV, computer games (18,6%), and a percentage of 23,50% said that they do not have free time. A percentage of approximately 70% of the subjects with ages between 22-32 practices sports in their free time, unlike the subjects with ages between 33 and 43 for whom the percentage is 9%.

Prevalence of sedentary behaviour in young people in Romania and Slovakia

Sedentary behaviour is becoming a popular area of health research, but most studies report data on samples from Australia, the UK and USA, and on a narrow range of behaviours. The present study reports on the prevalence of multiple sedentary behaviours in a sample of secondary school students ( n = 635; mean age 16.0 years) from Romania and Slovakia. Ecological Momentary Assessment diaries were used to record multiple behaviours across weekdays and weekend days. Results showed high levels of many sedentary behaviours, particularly for screen time at weekends. Other behaviours included homework, sedentary socializing and motorized transport. Gender, age and country differences were evident for some behaviours. Interventions may need to account for socio-demographic moderators, and studies need to assess multiple sedentary behaviours.

Ecoeconomics Aspects of Processing and Marketing of Organic Milk Obtained from Sheep

In recent years, increasing food supply on the market for food and agriculture led to radical changes in terms of eating habits of people in Romania but also worldwide. Eating rational, adequate both in terms of quantity and especially quality is a sine qua non of growth and development of a healthy body since childhood (Savu C., , Georgescu N., 2004). Ingested foods are those that provide energy and protein substances necessary for proper growth and functioning of the human body.

The Attitude of the Elderly Persons Towards Health Related Physical Activities

The study concerns senior citizens from Romania that have retired, that have different social and professional history and who took part voluntarily to such investigation. This study looks at the fact the physical exercise represents the only way to preserve health and to slow the ageing process, but it is not used enough by the elderly. The goal of the study is to record findings regarding the tendency of elderly as far as physical activities. We start from the hypothesis that the elderly people in Romania are not involved in the practice of physical exercises, despite the fact that they are aware of the positive effects of the physical activity. The results show that the elderly are well aware of the positive effects of physical exercises, but they are not enough involved in such practice. The subjects are able to evaluate their health degree and to choose the necessary movement for different segments of the body, the women preferring their back area and the men their abdominal area. Most of the elderly people are used to moving and walking for an average of 20-40minutes. A small number of elderly do physical exercises independently and the most frequent movements target the muscular-joint mobility. The aged people know well the positive effects of the physical activity for health, but they are not involved enough in such practice.

Hamdullah Suphi Tanrıöver ve Gagavuzlar

Hamdullah Suphi Tanriover successfully had been the head of “Turk Ocagi” for many years and he left a serious impact on Turkish youth with his strong rhetoric. He was a member of very famous family who raised important thinkers and artists. He was born 1886 and died 1966 in Istanbul. He had been a head of “Turk Ocagi” successfully between 1912-1932. He had been an eyes, ears and conscience of of Turkish people outside Turkey. In 1931 with the decision of the Council of Ministers he appointed as first class ambassador to Bucharest and he maintained this position till 1944. In meantime, he closely interested in Turkish people in Romania and Bulgaria. As a first job he brought majority of Gagauz girls and boys to Turkey. Then he led to place them into first, middle and high schools. He traveled Gagauz Turkish towns and villages in Bessarabia and in this region he contributed the opening of 26 schools giving education in Turkish language. He obtained teachers appointment to these schools and brought the textbooks from Turkey for these schools. He also provided an education for 30-40 Gagauz youth in various schools in Turkey. Tanriover’s one of the services in Romania is with special personal effort he led to open a large Turkish martyrdom in Bucharest 6th June in 1935. For over 13 years and after representing the Republic of Turkey in Romania he returned home 5th December 1944.

Recognition of elder abuse by home care workers and older people in Romania

No previous studies have considered elder abuse in Eastern Europe. We aimed to determine the proportion of home care workers and older people receiving care in a Romanian home care service who correctly identified elder abuse in a vignette, and who had detected elder abuse at work. In 2009, care workers and clients of a non-government home care organization serving four areas in Romania completed the Caregiver Scenario Questionnaire to measure ability to identify abuse. We asked the professionals whether they had detected a case of abuse. 35 (100%) professionals and 79 (65.8%) older people took part. Four (11.4%) professionals had encountered a case of elder abuse, two (5.7%) in the last year. No staff and only one older person correctly identified all four abusive strategies in a vignette. Staff with more professional caregiving experience recognized fewer abusive strategies (r = -0.46, p = 0.007). Rates of identification were worryingly low among all professionals, and this was more marked if they had worked longer, suggesting their experiences may have reduced their ability to detect it. Mandatory abuse training for care professionals, and strategies to support reporters of suspected abuse, could help improve the management of elder abuse in all countries.

T02-P-01 Online personal advertisements of Romanian men: differences in characteristics and preferences by Sexual Orientation

Objective Studying sexualities in Romania is interesting as it has gone through major socio-economic and political changes in the past few decades and has recently joined the European Union. In this study, we will focus on the differences in the content of personals between men seeking men and men seeking women, as sexuality in Romania is a contested issue. Design and method We collected the data from a Romanian Internet website in spring 2007. In this study, we focused only on personals posted by men living Bucharest, the capital of Romania. The final sample size is 380, with 187 men seeking men and 193 men seeking women. Results Our results show that men seeking women provided more information on themselves than men seeking men. A point worth noting is that 26 percent of the men seeking men personals included a photograph. Even though the percentage is much higher for men seeking women and that the difference is statistically significant, this 26 percent suggests that some people are willing to reveal their alternative sexualities and resist the relatively homophobic culture in Romania. Conclusions The results suggest that some people with alternative sexualities are no longer hiding in Romania. Nonetheless, the percentage of people in Romania who are out or are comfortable with their alternative sexualities is unknown. While the results show that some Romanian men are more open about expressing their sexualities than others, there are still many obstacles affecting how people choose to share and express their sexualities in Romania.

Phenomenon of immigration and suicide in young people in Romania

Phenomenon of immigration and suicide in young people in Romania

HIV-positive Romanian Adolescents: Acquisition Routes, Risk Behaviors, and Psychological Correlates

This research evaluated risk behaviors in HIV-positive adolescents (N = 153) receiving routine HIV medical care from their providers at a large medical center in Bucharest, Romania. Although the participants were of an appropriate age (M = 15.94 years) to have acquired HIV as one of the large numbers of pediatric AIDS cases during Ceauşescu's Communist regime, many (20%) reported acquiring HIV sexually, relatively recently. The sample as a whole exhibited significant deficits in HIV knowledge, attitude, subjective norm, perceived control, and intention; significant risk behavior also appeared in terms of reports of unprotected intercourse with both HIV-positive and -negative partners. These results imply a change in the epidemiological model for HIV transmission in Romania, with increased sexual transmission of HIV. Discussion centers on interpretations of these patterns and drawing implications for HIV risk reduction for young people in Romania.

Visually impaired (VI) education in Romania and the United Kingdom: Special education in Romania since 1990 for blind and partially sighted children and young people, with comparisons drawn from similar experiences of legislative and educational changes in England and Wales since 1981

This article reviews the educational facilities available in the last decades of the 20th century for blind and partially sighted children and young people in Romania and the UK. A turning point in England and Wales came with the Education (Special Educational Needs) Act 1981. For Romania, the turning point came in 1990 with the overthrow of the Ceaucescu regime in late 1989. Romania is seeking entry to the European Union in 2007. This has provided an incentive to bring special educational philosophy and facilities quickly into line with other countries in the European Union. Similar problems regarding inclusion are encountered in both countries. Differentiating features are their different demographic characteristics and the educational resources and assets available at the time of the major changes. Finally, there is a brief review of the number of people with sight loss in paid employment as the next logical focal point for a national inclusion strategy. The UK has been able to develop and advance further than Romania in this sphere, but the legal framework is in place in Romania. The generic terms visually impaired (VI) and sight loss are both used throughout when referring to blind and partially sighted people.

Depression in post-communist Romania

Depression in post-communist Romania

Birds in Cages Still Sing Well: An Introduction to the Musical Anthropology of Romanian Jails

L'A. propose une introduction a une anthropologie musicale des prisons roumaines a partir d'un travail de terrain realise dans les annees 1990 dans les prisons de Bistrita (Transylvanie) et Jilava (pres de Bucarest). A cette occasion il a notamment pu collecter plusieurs repertoires de musiques et chansons executees par les prisonniers, notamment des chansons de prison, pieces lyriques qui illustrent la vie sociale et psychologique de la prison. Ce repertoire specifique provient surtout de la population gitane/rom incarceree, dont l'A. se propose de mettre en lumiere la creativite et la richesse ethnomusicologique.

Back to the future: education for visually handicapped children and young people in Romania

This article describes the present situation in the schools for visually handicapped children in Romania and the urgent need for improvements in education and living conditions. It outlines a specific plan of action, agreed at a symposium held in Cluj in October 1990, to be funded by the British Red Cross and organised by the International Council for the Education of the Visually Handicapped.