Traveller Community Engagement with Local Mental Health Services in Dublin North City and County
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Keogh, B., Carr, C., Doyle, L., Brady, AM., Higgins, A. and Eustace-Cook, J., Traveller Community Engagement with Local Mental Health Services in Dublin North City and County, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin, June, 2024, 1 - 32Download Item:
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Irish Travellers are an ethnic group, with a long history, traditions, language, culture
and customs based on a nomadic tradition which sets them apart from settled people
(Pavee Point, 2017). The Central Statistics Office (2016) state that there are around 31,00
Travellers in Ireland. However this figure is likely to be much higher given that there
were an estimated 11,680 Traveller families living in Ireland in 2021 (Department of
Housing, Local Government and Heritage, 2023). Travellers have been documented as
being part of Irish society as far back as the 5th century, where they were referred to as
‘whitesmiths’ due to their association with tin-smithing (Joyce, 2018). Unfortunately,
the history of Travellers is largely unrecorded (Claffey et al., 2017). It is well known that
Travellers experience multiple social and economic disadvantages and have poorer
health outcomes, including mental health (Houses of the Oireachtas, 2021). Mental
distress and suicide disproportionally affect the Traveller community with socioeconomic
disadvantage, racism and discrimination often cited as the root cause of these problems
(Abdella et al., 2010; Houses of the Oireachtas, 2021; McKey et al., 2020; South Dublin
Travellers Report, 2021). A review completed by McFadden et al., (2018) found that there
were a range of factors that influenced Traveller use of the health services including the
mental health services and a summary of these is presented it table 1.1.
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