Thursday, Oct 15 — Pregnancy loss affects approximately 1 in 4 pregnancies each year in Ireland, including Traveller and Roma women. “We remember all the babies who have been lost and born sleeping, may their souls rest in heavenly peace and may God comfort their loved ones on this day of remembrance” – Valerie O’Leary […]
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Category: Maternal Health
This morning Pavee Mothers and Traveller Brighter Beginnings hosted a coffee morning in celebration of HSE Breast Feeding Week Valerie O’Leary (Pavee Mothers) and Mary Collins (Pavee Point Primary Health Care Worker) spoke to those gathered about breast and infant feeding, and the history of Traveller women breastfeeding. The group capped off the morning with […]
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On Wednesday (23 Sept), Pavee Mothers attended the Shaping the Future forum, hosted by the Department of Children, Disability and Equality. The forum is the final stage of a wider consultation process on the future of early learning and care and school age care across Ireland — bringing together parents, early years educators, school age […]
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On Thursday Pavee Mothers & Traveller Brighter Beginnings (TBB) attended the Rotunda Hospital conference ‘Connecting Care – Postnatal Support for Families’. The event provided Pavee Mothers & TBB the opportunity to meet nurses, midwives and other medical professionals, and to share information on how Traveller mothers, babies, and families can be best supported during the […]
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On Wednesday morning in Pavee Point offices Dublin, our Primary Health Care Team, as well as Pavee Mothers and our Drugs & Alcohol Programme attended training on Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD). The training was led by Tristan Casson-Rennie, CEO of FASD Ireland, and he shared understandings of what it is like to live with […]
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To mark World Maternal Mental Health Day, Pavee Mothers and the Mental Health team facilitated a coffee morning with Pavee Point staff. The morning generated very good conversation around the stigma of mental health. It was a very informative session: where it is particularly important to have a space to have open conversations around Mental […]
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Yesterday NWCI and the Department of Health held a launch event for the Women’s Listening Forum Reports. The findings focused on women’s experiences of healthcare in Ireland and will inform the next Women’s Health Action Plan. Pavee Point and the National Traveller Women’s Forum facilitated our own listening exercise with Traveller and Roma women from […]
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Now is the season for coughs and colds. RSV is a very serious cold and cough virus that can make newborn babies very sick. One in two babies get RSV in their first year of life. Pavee Point Pavee Mothers project has produced two leaflets explaining the virus and how Traveller and Roma parents […]
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On Thursday, Pavee Point participated at an important national webinar on Infant Feeding and Traveller Health hosted by the HSE Child Health Public Health / National Healthy Childhood Programmes. The webinar brought together a range of health professionals – including PHNS/lactation consultants and maternity staff – to discuss some of the challenges and recommendations, in […]
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🎥WATCH: for 30 years, partnership between the Health Service Executive, services, Travellers organisations, and Primary Health Care for Travellers projects has been vital in addressing Traveller health inequalities. More is needed to sustain projects going forward, including robust implementation and resourcing of the National Traveller Health Action Plan (NTHAP, 2022), better terms and conditions for […]
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Pregnancy and birth can be an exciting time, but also a time of great change. It is normal to feel worried or stressed about different things that are happening, especially at the moment during COVID-19. If you are a new mother remember that there are lots of supports available to help you mind your mental health during and after pregnancy. […]
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We know lots of Traveller women are very worried about themselves and their babies during this time. This leaflet has some information and key steps you can take to keep yourself and your baby safe. All info here.
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