Resources for healthcare professionals
This section is host to a collection of our essential healthcare resources, aimed at healthcare professionals who engage with Romany Gypsy, Roma, or Traveller communities.
These resources have been co-developed and co-produced with community members, and in partnership with specialist organisations (where necessary), to support both people and families from Romany, Roma or Traveller communities, as well as healthcare professionals who need additional resources.
Resources
We worked with Roma Support Group, in partnership with the Health and Wellbeing Alliance, to produce video resources for Romany, Roma and Traveller parents who may be seeking answers to common questions. You can find all our resources here:
- Support with nerves or the baby blues Video | Poster
- Whether feeding naturally is the right option for you and your child Video | Poster
- Whether formula feeding is the right option for you and your child Video | Poster
- How to make baby formula Video
- How to sterilise your baby bottle Video
- How to support your partner with baby feeding Video| Poster
- Using combination feeding Video | Poster
- Information on different feeding methods Video | Poster
- Where to find support for feeding your baby Video | Poster
- Support with managing finances as a parent Video | Poster
You can find the recording of our infant feeding webinar here, where we talk through the above resources.
Reports
The below reports offer insights into the experiences of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities relating to maternity and infant feeding, with a view to improve knowledge and understanding of how to approach the planning and provision of healthcare services.
- Summary Report: Gypsy, Roma and Traveller community experiences of infant feeding, information and support services. Read.
- Gypsy, Roma and Traveller community experiences of infant feeding, information and support services. Read.
- Summary: Tackling Maternal Health Inequalities in Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Communities. Read.
- Guidance: Tackling Maternal Health Inequalities in Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Communities. Read.
We worked with community members to produce leaflet resources for Romany, Roma and Traveller people on common cancer symptoms, as well as when and how to get checked. You can find all our resources here:
We worked with community members to co-produce research and resources for Romany, Irish Traveller, Roma and Traveller people on diabetes. You can find all our resources here:
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Understanding Diabetes in Romany Gypsy, Traveller, and Roma communities report by Dr Alice Byram for Friends, Families and Travellers. View report.
- Diabetes and Gypsies, Roma and Travellers, for Healthcare Professionals one-pager resource. Click to view one-pager.
- Improving Diabetes care for Gypsies, Roma and Travellers report offers summaries on research basics towards improving engagement with, and support of, Romany Gypsy, Irish Traveller, Roma and Traveeller communities. View report.
- Diabetes swap cards can be used by health professionals to help show simple, easy swaps that can be made to diet and lifestyle to reduce the risk of diabetes. Click to download swap cards.
