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Health status of Gypsy Travellers

Author(s) -

Patrice Van Cleemput,

Gareth Parry

Publication year - 2001

Publication title -

journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.916

H-Index - 82

eISSN - 1741-3850

pISSN - 1741-3842

DOI - 10.1093/pubmed/23.2.129

Subject(s) - socioeconomic status , population , epidemiology , medicine , demography , ethnic group , public health , social class , irish , environmental health , social deprivation , gerontology , linguistics , philosophy , nursing , sociology , anthropology , political science , law , economics , economic growth

Although previous studies suggest that Gypsy Travellers have poorer health status and excess mortality compared with the general population, there is no epidemiological evidence using validated measures in this nomadic ethnic group. The aim of this study was to compare the health status of traditional Gypsy Travellers with norms from the UK population, and with a concurrent comparison group using the Euroqol health status measure (EQ-5D).

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