Mapping the Gypsy Traveller community in England: what we know about their health service provision and childhood immunization uptake | Zendy

Osman Dar | Zendy; Maya Gobin | Zendy; Stuart Hogarth | Zendy; Chris Lane | Zendy; Mary Ramsay | Zendy

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Mapping the Gypsy Traveller community in England: what we know about their health service provision and childhood immunization uptake

Author(s) -

Osman Dar,

Maya Gobin,

Stuart Hogarth,

Chris Lane,

Mary Ramsay

Publication year - 2013

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/fdt052

Subject(s) - disadvantaged , population , health care , government (linguistics) , medicine , agency (philosophy) , public health , immunization , inequality , community health , environmental health , economic growth , nursing , sociology , mathematical analysis , social science , linguistics , philosophy , mathematics , antigen , immunology , economics

A series of reports over the last two decades have concluded that the overall health status of UK Gypsy Traveller Community is very poor when compared with the general population and relatively poor in comparison with other disadvantaged groups. Despite a government commitment to reducing health inequalities, differences in health outcomes and in healthcare access and service provision have persisted.

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