Over 200 people tuned in for Pavee Point’s webinar on the impacts of racism on mental health delivered by Australian Professor at Deakin Univesity, Yin Paradies for World Mental Health Day on 8th October 2020. Professor Paradies talked about the experience of Aboriginal Australians which echoes the experience of Irish Travellers. He said studies showed […]
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Category: Health
As we go through this Covid19/Coronavirus crisis, thank you for your show of solidarity with Travellers and Roma on Wednesday 8th of April – International Traveller & Roma Day. This crisis presents extra challenges for many Travellers and Roma who live in already vulnerable situations in cities and in rural settings around the country. Overcrowding […]
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We know from the All Ireland Traveller Health Study that there are significantly lower outcomes in Traveller men’s health. Traveller men live 15 years less than men from the general population. Mental health is a major issue with a suicide rate among Traveller men that is 7 times the national average. The Traveller Health Unit […]
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In the face of a growing drug problem within the Traveller community Pavee Point Traveller & Roma Centre is calling for measures to improve Traveller engagement and outcomes from addiction services. (Photo: Catherine Byrne, TD Minister for National Drugs Strategy with John Paul Collins, Corrine Doyle and Martin Collins of Pavee Point) Catherine Byrne, TD, […]
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Mr. Jim Walsh, Dept of Health told the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Issues Affecting Traveller that Traveller Primary Healthcare Projects are a good model and should become part of health service delivery. “A lot of credit goes to Traveller Health Workers”, he said and the Dept would be happy to support the National Traveller Health […]
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Travellers hold the key to finding solutions when it comes to their own mental health – a new Traveller art exhibition on Traveller mental health shows. ‘Unpacking Traveller Mental Health’ is an exhibition developed by Traveller Primary Health Care projects in the Eastern Region Traveller Health Unit to highlight the stresses and strains that make up […]
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