Table 5 Characteristics of the included published research studies
Author and countries | Focus | Design and methods | Sampling strategy | Sample characteristics | Analytic strategy | Quality score | Funding |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Janevic et al., [58] Serbia and Macedonia | Discrimination and access to prenatal and maternity care amongst Romani women | Community-based participatory research. 8 focus groups In-depth structured interviews | Purposive sampling of Romani women. Snowball sampling of gynaecologists | 71 Romani women who had given birth in past year, age 14–44. 8 Gynaecologists | Constant comparison method | B | Not specified |
Columbini et al. [59] Albania, Bulgaria, Macedonia | To explore access of Roma in South-Eastern Europe to sexual and reproductive health services | Focus group discussions | Purposive sampling | 58 male and female Romani participants | Thematic analysis using AtlasTi | B- | UNFPA, and European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies |
Condon and Salmon [60] South-west England | To explore mothers and grandmothers’ views on feeding in the first year of life, including the support provided by health professionals. | 1-1 interviews | Not specified | 22 women, of whom 11 were Romani. 2 were grandmothers and 9 mothers. | Coding using NVivo 9 and development of themes | B- | University of the West of England as part of the SPUR Early Career Researcher funding stream. |