Course Advanced learning material about the challenges of human reproductive medicine in a changing Europe for OB/GYN residents

2021-1-HU01-KA220-HED-000027613 - COHRICE

TEACHERS GUIDE

Pre-pregnancy care and pregnancies related to minority ethnic groups - especially Roma ethnicities, migrants from Africa and Asia

(Advanced level)

Slide 1 : A brief overview of the Social background
Slide 2.: elaborate why is there a need to understand the minority ethnic groups pregnancy.

Slide 3.: explain the reason and importance of the increasing complexity of our society.

Slide 4.: explain the difficulties in accessing reproductive health services of minority ethnic groups, especially Roma ethnicities, migrants from Africa and Asia.

Slide 5.: explain the specificities of Roma society, especially characteristics and cultural differences.

Slide 6.: explain the healthcare disparities between minority groups and migrants in comparison to their national peers.

Slide 7.: discuss the healthcare disparities of minority ethnic groups, especially lower birth weights, more voluntary abortions, lower screening rates for cervical or breast cancer.

Slide 8-9.: explain the factors that affect the healthcare disparities, especially challenges in accessing the health care system, socio-economic difficulties, cultural beliefs.

Slide 10.: explain the difficulties of linguistic obstacles, as factors affect access to reproductive health services for ethnic minorities and migrants.

Slide 11.: explain the difficulties associated with lack of information about health services provided in the host country of the minority ethnic groups.

Slide 12.: explain the difficulties of financial acceptability of vulnerable groups as minorities and migrants.

Slide 13.: explain the difficulties arising from embarrassment and the other cultural issues of minority ethnic groups, especially embarrassment to the preventive gynecology services, social isolation.

Slide 14.: explain the factors which influencing patient satisfaction, real or perceived discrimination the members of minority groups and migrants.

Slide 15.: discuss pre-pregnancy counselling aspects in minority ethnic groups pregnancies.

Slide 16-21.: discuss particularities to the pregnancy care of minority ethnic groups pregnancies, especially: physiological immaturity, social factors, sexually transmitted infections, unsafe abortions, labor and delivery complications, anemia, intrauterine fetal retardation, pregnancy-induced hypertension.

Slide 22-23.: discuss aspects of labor and delivery in minority ethnic groups pregnancies.

Slide 24-25.: discuss of characteristics of puerperium in minority ethnic groups.

Slide 26-27.: summarize the conclusions regarding minority ethnic groups pregnancy management.

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