IN ROMA FAMILY

Roma people in B&H are a marginalised population group. Th eir health condition is consid-erably worse than the condition of other population groups. Th e health problems of Roma people correlate with inadequate living and dwelling conditions. Roma children are facing the impossibility of being health care benefi ciaries, because their parents are unemployed. Th e objective of this survey was to examine the family surrounding of children in age up to years, including the social conditions under which they live and the presence of health risk behav-iour. Th e research presents a descriptive cross-section study. We interviewed non-Roma parents and children and Roma parents and children (in the communities of domicile Roma people) in B&H Federation. Th e results obtained indicate that only , of Roma par-ents are secondary-school leavers, while remaining percentage covers those with incomplete primary school or without education at all, against , of non-Roma parents who have sec-ondary education. Th e parents consider themselves good providers for their children (, of Roma parents and of non-Roma parents often play with their children). Th e Roma parents seek for medical attention for their children only in the cases when urgent healt