Technical Report - Donegal Traveller's Project

All Ireland Traveller Health StudyTable 236: For those who would use a healer/curing person for an illness or sickness only- which of the following sicknesses/ illnesses would you go to a healer for? Table presentedby respondent sex. (Questionnaire item C2_20)ROINIMalen=393Femalen=591Malen=125Femalen=121Thrush 43.8% 47.4% 20.0% 38.0%Infectious diseases 19.1% 19.5% 12.8% 19.0%Eczema 51.4% 56.7% 29.6% 47.9%Arthritis 44.5% 45.2% 28.0% 56.2%Aches & pains 53.7% 51.1% 54.4% 66.1%Burns 53.7% 50.4% 48.8% 66.9%Flu/chest 22.6% 19.0% 24.0% 35.5%Asthma 47.3% 48.2% 23.2% 37.2%Depression/Worries 52.2% 51.8% 41.6% 51.2%Other 21.1% 14.6% 15.2% 21.5%Table 237: For those who would use a healer/curing person for an illness or sickness only- which of the following sicknesses/ illnesses would you go to a healer for? Table presented byrespondent age group. (Questionnaire item C2_20)ROINIUnder 30n=43930-44n=24145 +n=252Under 30n=12230-44n=7445 +n=50Thrush 51.9% 44.4% 36.9% 28.7% 31.1% 26.0%Infectious diseases 19.4% 22.0% 18.3% 14.8% 17.6% 16.0%Eczema 58.8% 52.7% 49.2% 39.3% 37.8% 38.0%Arthritis 42.6% 44.4% 51.2% 32.8% 39.2% 68.0%Aches & pains 50.3% 51.9% 56.3% 54.9% 63.5% 68.0%Burns 55.6% 50.6% 49.2% 54.9% 64.9% 54.0%Flu/chest 19.8% 19.9% 23.0% 27.0% 33.8% 30.0%Asthma 47.2% 51.0% 44.0% 29.5% 35.1% 24.0%Depression/Worries 50.3% 58.5% 50.4% 43.4% 52.7% 44.0%Other 18.0% 16.6% 15.9% 19.7% 17.6% 16.0%When asked if they ever wished to make a complaint about some aspect of the health service, 25.6%in ROI and 36.4% in NI said yes and of these, 38.8% in ROI and 55.4% in NI indicated they knew howto go about it. Whilst numbers were small, more people were satisfied or somewhat satisfied with theoutcome in NI (72%) than ROI (37.7%), of the people who made a complaint.186