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All Ireland Traveller Health Study
Table of Contents
BACKGROUND TO THE ALL IRELAND
TRAVELLER HEALTH STUDY 1
INTRODUCTION 2
Launch of Study 2
Study Aims and Principle 3
Rationale for the Study 4
Irish Travellers 6
Traveller Population 6
Review of the Policy Contexts Framing the All Ireland Traveller Health Study 8
Brief History of Traveller Health Surveys in the Past 14
Other Important Policy Developments Pertaining to Travellers 22
Northern Ireland 23
Why Primary Health Care? 23
Community Participation 24
Intersectoral Collaboration 24
The Primary Health Care for Travellers Project as a Model of Good Practice 25
Replication and Expansion of the PHCTP 27
Measures of Overcoming Barriers to Health Promotion and Healthcare for
Minority Populations: International Experience 27
TECHNICAL STEERING GROUP AND RELATED GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE 29
Technical Steering Group (TSG) 29
Traveller Stakeholder Group: Northern Ireland 30
Groups and Networks – Republic of Ireland 30
Existing Traveller Structures That Played a Critical Role in the Study 34
Northern Ireland 39
ETHICAL APPROVAL 41
ETHICAL APPROVAL PROCESS – REPUBLIC OF IRELAND 42
ETHICAL APPROVAL PROCESS – NORTHERN IRELAND 42
STUDY METHODOLOGY 43
OVERVIEW OF METHODOLOGIES 44
SUB-STUDIES 45
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