Tell someone, don’t keep it to yourself

A study in to the mental health needs of Gypsy and Traveller Communities in Bolton using a Community Engagement Approach

Jez BuffinSchool of Social Work

University of Central LancashirePreston

Petra Fehn, Hailey Kelbie, Tina Lee, Diane Price, Karen Sharp, Jacob (Fiver) Smith, Alia Syed Anita Wojcik, Jamie Young, Mariah Young, Victoria Young, Reggie Young

Improving Access to Psychological Therapies

Winters, M. and Patel, K. (2003) Community Engagement, Report 1: The Process The Centre for Ethnicity and Health, Preston

Fountain, J. Patel, K. Buffin, J. (2007) Community Engagement: The Centre for Ethnicity and Health Model. In Domineg, D. Fountain, J. Schatz, E. Bröring, G (eds) Overcoming Barriers: Migration, marginalisation and access to health services. Amsterdam, Amsterdam Oecumenisch Centrum (AOMC)/Correlation network for social inclusion and health

Email jbuffin@uclan.ac.uk for copies

Training issues

51 respondents to the community questionnaireTable 1: Gender of respondents

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Male (n=14) Female (n=37)

Table 2: Age of respondents

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18-25 26-35 36-50 51+

Sending me away Getting signed away

Getting put away and losing my

children

Frightened of being put away

Would be scared of getting section

off

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