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Molecular genetic analysis of rare ocular disorders in Roma population from the Czech Republic
Rysková, Natálie ; Lišková, Petra (advisor) ; Klímová, Aneta (referee)
The Roma are the largest and most widespread transnational ethnic community. The Czech Republic estimates their 2% representation in its population. Due to the high level of endogamy, the spectrum and frequency of hereditary diseases in the Roma population differ from the majority population. Hereditary eye diseases are one of the most common causes of blindness in younger adults and thus represent a real socio-economic burden. The aim of the thesis was to perform molecular genetic analysis in individuals of Roma origin suffering from hereditary diseases affecting vision, including dual impairments and syndromes, and to determinate the frequency of the detected pathogenic variants in this population. Molecular genetic analysis of 17 families was performed using direct and whole exome sequencing. Within the framework of an international collaboration, the degree of their mutual kinship was calculated using the PLINK program. The frequency of selected variants was determined in a control dataset comprising 156 Roma exomes and genomes. The spectrum of analyzed diseases included various retinal dystrophies, primary congenital glaucoma, Usher syndrome, neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis, Noonan syndrome, nanophthalmos and congenital cataract, facial dysmorphism and neuropathy. The results of the thesis...
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Specific of Roma Population worked out through the means of Drama in Education
Blovská, Markéta ; Svobodová, Radmila (advisor) ; Marušák, Radek (referee)
This thesis focuses on the topic of multicultural education based on elaborated methods and techniques of drama in education. The theoretical part deals with the drama in education, its objectives, methods and techniques, and its inclusion in The Framework Educational Program for Basic Education (FEP), then on the Roma population and its specifics, multicultural education, its goals and its inclusion in the FEP. Through structured drama techniques in the practical part I try to explain school children the history, culture, values and way of life of the Roma population reflected by assimilation policy of the Czech Republic of the last century. Via this drama in education lessons focused on learning the specifics of the Roma population, I make an effort to prevent or influence prejudices. I have chosen to focus on this ethnic minority as it is the largest ethnic group in the Czech Republic and it is exposed to probably most significant racial prejudice. Keywords drama in education, structured drama, multicultural education, Roma population, culture and history of the Roma population, The Framework Educational Program for Basic Education, primary school children
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Specific of Roma Population worked out through the means of Drama in Education
Blovská, Markéta ; Svobodová, Radmila (advisor) ; Marušák, Radek (referee)
This thesis focuses on the topic of multicultural education based on elaborated methods and techniques of drama in education. The theoretical part deals with the drama in education, its objectives, methods and techniques, and its inclusion in The Framework Educational Program for Basic Education (FEP), then on the Roma population and its specifics, multicultural education, its goals and its inclusion in the FEP. Through structured drama techniques in the practical part I try to explain school children the history, culture, values and way of life of the Roma population reflected by assimilation policy of the Czech Republic of the last century. Via this drama in education lessons focused on learning the specifics of the Roma population, I make an effort to prevent or influence prejudices. I have chosen to focus on this ethnic minority as it is the largest ethnic group in the Czech Republic and it is exposed to probably most significant racial prejudice. Keywords drama in education, structured drama, multicultural education, Roma population, culture and history of the Roma population, The Framework Educational Program for Basic Education, primary school children
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Awareness of the Roma population in dental care
KARÁSKOVÁ, Pavla
The diploma thesis is focused on the issue of the dental care of the Roma patients. Major fields of interest were the awareness of Roma in different aspects of the dental care and the willingness of dentists to register Roma patients in their surgery. For this thesis was originally planned to use the qualitative research but the pilot study showed that quantitative research would be better option. Dentists were willing to fill in questionnaires but they had no time for interviews due to the big amount of their work duties. I chose questionnaires also for Roma respondents. Thanks to them I gathered more pieces of information from majority of Roma population than if I had used the qualitative research. For each group involved in the research were created different questionnaires. Questionnaires were created by me. The first aim of this thesis was to find out how informed and how willing are Roma population in case of preventive dental examinations. Results show that the willingness to undergo preventive examinations has more than half of respondents. Positively answered 61 percent of registered Roma and 57 percent of dentists answered that Roma undergo preventive examinations. When we compared the awareness of registered Roma respondents with unregistered Roma respondents, registered Roma respondents are more informed than unregistered Roma respondents. For example in the case of information about payments for medical acts which are paid by health insurance companies, 70 percent of registered Roma respondents and only 30 percent of unregistered Roma respondents have awareness about it. The second aim of this thesis was to find out the willingness of dentists to register Roma in their surgeries. It was obvious to me that most of the dentists don't accept new patients due to the capacity. For this reason I asked a question: "If you accept new patients, will you accept Roma?" 57 percent of dentists answered that they would register Roma. If there does exist cooperation between Roma and social worker, the willingness of dentists to register Roma increases and reaches 84 percent. This big difference corresponds to negative experience which dentists have with Roma. It means that assistance of the social worker can positively affect relationships and communication between dentists and Roma patients. Problem in communication is not only on the side of Roma population. All health workers should compulsorily study the issue of multicultural education. If they understand historical values and customs of different cultures, there is a possibility to eliminate culture barriers, intolerance, prejudice and discrimination. These facts perhaps in hidden form are mostly the main reason not to accept the patient. In case of effective communication and building mutual trust Roma patients can better understand rules which are required by dentist and gain information which are important to prevent problems with toothache, financial expenses, and ultimately, with esthetics. The research revealed that Roma, according to answers of dentists, neglect dental hygiene and dental care of their children. Dental hygiene of Roma patients was identified as inadequate by 54 percent of dentists. Only 14 percent of dentists are satisfied with the dental hygiene of children. It would be very suitable to use in preschool facilities services of dental hygienists that can help children learn appropriate hygienic habits and through "homeworks" pass gained information to other family members. A summary of possible solutions to problems of dental care of Roma is therefore effective communication between Roma patient and dentist which would be possible by implementation of multicultural education of all health workers and cooperation with the social worker as a mediator between them.
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The Roma population of Eastern Slovakia in the 1980s selected aspects of study
MACHOVÁ, Petra
This thesis focuses on the characteristics of the Roma population in the Eastern Slovakia specifically in the district of Trebišov. The first parts of this thesis examine the professional literature and statistical sources that deal with such problems. Methodological part gives insight into working with these statistical sources. In other chapters, historic and ethnographic aspects of the Roma population are highlighted and the specific territory is examined closely. The fundamental parts of the work are represented by the chapters based on the statistical evidence of the Roma population made by the District National office in 1982-1988. The primary aim of this thesis was to transcribe the records into digital form and assess the situation of the Roma population in terms of quantity, proportion, sex and age structure, economic activity and housing. Another part of the analytical work is also the characterization of the development of the quantity of Roma population in Eastern Slovakia approximately from the late 19th century.
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