Download ~ Traveller Health and Primary Care in Ireland: A Consultative Forum (Professional) (Report) ~ by Marie Claire Van Hout ~ Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Traveller Health and Primary Care in Ireland: A Consultative Forum (Professional) (Report)
- Author : Marie Claire Van Hout
- Release Date : January 01, 2010
- Genre: Health & Fitness,Books,Health, Mind & Body,Business & Personal Finance,Industries & Professions,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 75 KB
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Background The Irish Travellers are a small indigenous group, typically nomadic, who have been part of Irish society since the Middle Ages and are defined as 'a community of people commonly so called who are identified (by themselves and others) as a people with a shared history, culture and traditions, including, historically, a nomadic way of life on the island of Ireland' (p5). (1) Travellers in Ireland are not recognised officially as a minority ethnic group, but maintain their identity as an ethnic nomadic group in Ireland by choice and reinforcement of their detachment from the 'settled' community. (2) Limited opportunities for interaction between Travellers and the sedentarist population exacerbates the negative perception of Traveller culture and fuels institutional discrimination. (3) Poor housing conditions for Travellers in Ireland, amid coercive assimilatory government efforts, remain fundamental to Traveller health disparity, poor educational outcomes and high unemployment. (4)
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