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
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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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