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All Ireland Traveller Health Study
Figure 5: Health Service Executive structure for AITHS study
HSE Social Inclusion Unit
UCD
Lead Local Health Manager
32 Local Health Managers
THU Coordinators
THUs
Director of Public Health Nursing
National Hospitals Office
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HSE
ICGP
THU
UCD
Health Service Executive
Irish College of General Practitioners
Traveller Health Unit
University College Dublin
Maternity / Paediatric services
Population Health
ICGP
The Traveller Study Reference Group
The Traveller Study Reference Group was established by Pavee Point to bring together the Travellers/
Traveller Organisations to facilitate communication and engagement with Travellers and Traveller
groups. The membership of this reference group is outlined in the flowchart in Figure 6. Pavee Point
resource the National Traveller Health network and the Traveller Community Development Programme
network, and obtained a commitment from the National Association of Traveller Centres (NATC) to
work towards ensuring maximum participation of all national Traveller networks in the study. Pavee
Point also has formal and informal links to groups such as the Garda ethnic liaison officers, the network
of visiting teachers for Travellers, the preschools for Travellers, local family resource centres and area
based partnership companies. These vocational groups and organisations were contacted to support
nationwide population coverage of the AITHS, and to provide information about the study to Travellers
who used their service. They were also targeted with ongoing information and training on the study.
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