title: [Questionnaire regarding the self perception of health status and attitude to family planning of the roma population in Iaşi county].
abstract: The integration of Romania into the European Union implies the adjustment of the medical care strategies, including the family planning policies.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the knowledge level concerning family planning of the roma population of Iaşi County.
  
  
  METHODS
  The transversal study has been applied in 4 communities, with a population structure in which the roma ethnic have a grown weight. The questionnaire that was validated, has been applied to 363 women, includes data which are structured in 4 domains: demographic, socio-economic, information concerning the self-perception of the health status and family planning. The variables have been analyzed using specific statistic tests.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The female population of fertile age does have the self-perception of a risen the health status of themselves, and of the whole family, in the areas where there is a good collaboration with the family doctor. The answers concerning the usage of modern contraceptive methods emphasizes that the women from different communities have adopted this type of family planning methods, correlated to a high educational level (6.14 +/- 3.5 school yrs.), older age at first marriage (19.29 +/- 2.94 vs. 15.79 +/- 3.5 yrs.) and at first birth (21 +/- 3.45 yrs. vs. 18.4 +/- 3.0 yrs.).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The attitude towards modern family planning methods of the roma population in Iaşi County and the level of information about the health status have been positively influenced by the activity of the sanitary mediators and by the involvement of the family physician.
authors.affiliation: Clinica a III-a Obsterică-Ginecologie, Facultatea de Medicină, Universitatea de Medicină si Farmacie "Gr. T. Popa", Iaşi.
authors.forename: Maricica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Păfvăleanu
authors.forename: Zenovia
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Pricop
authors.forename: Doina
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Azoicăi
authors.forename: L V
authors.initials: LV
authors.lastname: Boiculese
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cozma
authors.forename: Micşunica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pintilie
authors.forename: Roxana-Cristina
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Grigoraş
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Nechita
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Herescu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D003267:Contraception; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004522:Educational Status; D005062:European Union; D016656:Family Planning Policy; D005193:Family Planning Services / Q000193:education / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D006178:Romani People / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012383:Romania / Q000208:ethnology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires