Study focuses on health needs of Travellers
About 400 members of the community have been trained as researchers for the census-type survey, which is the first of its kind in the world. The results will assess the health of Travellers and the factors associated with it, including culture, lifestyle, socio-economic circumstances and the impact of current health services.
UCD professor Cecily Kelleher, who is leading the research, said the study is for, with, and by Travellers. “We hope quite literally to give Travellers themselves a voice in their future health. We have had over a year of detailed consultation and planning to get to the fieldwork stage and now have a really remarkable electronic questionnaire to ensure the best quality information can be collected with nearly 10,000 families across the country.”
