• Social Determinants of Health
    Social Determinants of Health
  • Community Hearts Day event at Abigail Centre, Finglas, organised by Pavee Point Traveller and Roma Centre, supported by Irish Heart and CDETB. Here Michael Collins, Mens Development Worker, Pavee Point conducts a tour of the garden. ©Photo by Derek Speirs.
    Community Hearts Day event at Abigail Centre, Finglas, organised by Pavee Point Traveller and Roma Centre, supported by Irish Heart and CDETB. Here Michael Collins, Mens Development Worker, Pavee Point conducts a tour of the garden. ©Photo by Derek Speirs.
  • LGBTQ+ Pride 2017.
    LGBTQ+ Pride 2017.
  • Minister of State for Mental Health & Older People, Helen McEntee, TD - the statistics on Traveller mental health are shocking. ©Photo by Derek Speirs.
    Minister of State for Mental Health & Older People, Helen McEntee, TD - the statistics on Traveller mental health are shocking. ©Photo by Derek Speirs.
  • Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Nils Muiznieks visits Cara Park, Coolock and walks past an abandoned training centre - a casualty of the recession explains Michael Collins. ©Photo by Derek Speirs.
    Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Nils Muiznieks visits Cara Park, Coolock and walks past an abandoned training centre - a casualty of the recession explains Michael Collins. ©Photo by Derek Speirs.
  • Community Hearts Day event at Abigail Centre, Finglas, organised by Pavee Point Traveller and Roma Centre, supported by Irish Heart and CDETB. ©Photo by Derek Speirs.
    Community Hearts Day event at Abigail Centre, Finglas, organised by Pavee Point Traveller and Roma Centre, supported by Irish Heart and CDETB. ©Photo by Derek Speirs.

Pavee Point strongly believes that health is not only the absence of disease and that there are factors that contribute towards Traveller and Roma  poor health status.

The context of our health work is defined by a holistic way, using a social determinant of health approach.

The social determinants of health (SDH) are the non-medical factors that influence health outcomes. They are the conditions in which people are born, grow, work, live, and age, and the wider set of forces and systems shaping the conditions of daily life.

This model clearly illustrates that we need to tackle all causes to effect change in health as outlined above in the Dalghren and Whitehead Model.

The Health Team in Pavee Point consists of:

Local, Regional and National Level

We work at a local level by supporting local Traveller Primary Healthcare Projects, Men’s Health Projects and Mental Health projects.  At regional level we support the Eastern Regional Traveller Health Network (ERTHN) and the Eastern Regional Traveller Health Training Netwrok.  At national level we support the National Traveller Health Network.