Resources for healthcare professionals
This section brings together a range of essential healthcare resources, aimed at healthcare professionals who engage with Romany Gypsy, Roma, or Traveller communities.
Resources
Access to NHS Services
Resources
- G.P. registration 'Get Help' card: View card here
- What can the NHS App do for Gypsies and Travellers?: Watch video here
Cancer or the 'bad thing'
Resources
- How to reduce the risk of cancer: Information for Gypsies and Travellers: View leaflet here
- Gypsy and Traveller Men's Health: View leaflet here
- Cervical cancer screening: View leaflet here
- Breast cancer information: View leaflet here
- Video playlist with key cancer information: Video Playlist here
Diabetes
Resources
- Diabetes Health Information for Gypsies and Travellers: Information for Gypsies and Travellers on spotting the signs of Diabetes, and how to get help live with it: View leaflet here
- Diabetes swap cards: View cards here
Reports
- Diabetes and Gypsies, Roma and Travellers, for Healthcare Professionals one-pager resource: Read here
- Understanding Diabetes in Romany Gypsy, Traveller, and Roma communities report by Dr Alice Byram for Friends, Families and Travellers: Read here
- 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 Traveller communities: Read here
Improving hepatitis awareness and access to health services
These resources present findings and recommendations on healthcare access, blood-borne hepatitis awareness, stigma, and barriers to engaging with health services among Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities.
Resources
- Hepatitis C general information: Watch video here(opens in new tab)
- Why testing matters: Watch video here(opens in new tab)
- The importance of awareness: Watch video here(opens in new tab)
- Why knowing can make a difference: Watch video here(opens in new tab)
- Look after your health: Watch video here
- Trusting the healthcare system: Watch video here
- Hepatitis C information for Gypsies and Travellers Poster: View Prison version here | View Standard version here
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Report
- Improving hepatitis Awareness and Access for Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities: Read here
Maternal Health & Infant Feeding
Resources
- Support with nerves or the baby blues: Watch video here | View poster here
- Whether feeding naturally is the right option for you and your child: Watch video here | View poster here
- Whether formula feeding is the right option for you and your child: Watch video | View poster here
- How to make baby formula: Watch video here
- How to sterilise your baby bottle: Watch video here
- How to support your partner with baby feeding: Watch video here | View poster here
- Using combination feeding: Watch video here | View poster here
- Information on different feeding methods: Watch video here | View poster here
- Where to find support for feeding your baby: Watch video here | View poster here
- Support with managing finances as a parent: Watch video here | View poster here
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 here
- Gypsy, Roma and Traveller community experiences of infant feeding, information and support services: Read here
- Summary: Tackling Maternal Health Inequalities in Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Communities: Read here
- Guidance: Tackling Maternal Health Inequalities in Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Communities: Read here
Sexual Health
Sexual health is often highly stigmatised, which can lead to low confidence, limited knowledge, and reduced engagement with services, such as STI testing and contraception.
Funded by West Sussex County Council, these resources were co-developed with community members and aim to increase knowledge of, and motivation to access condoms, STI and HIV testing, and contraception.
Resources
- Sexual health information for men: Print version | Digital version
- Sexual health information for women: Print version | Digital version
Report
- Towards Zero: Gypsy and Traveller insights on sexual health and HIV prevention in West Sussex: Read here
Vaccination: HPV
A set of resources exploring the barriers Gypsies and Travellers experience when accessing the HPV (human papillomavirus) vaccination, how health professionals can build understanding and trust, as well as culturally relevant, co-produced leaflets for Gypsies and Travellers on what the vaccine does and why.
Resources
- Importance of the HPV vaccine: Print version | Digital version.
- Irish Traveller family's experience of accessing the HPV vaccine: Watch here
Report
- HPV Vaccination in Gypsy and Traveller Communities: Guidance for Professionals: Read here
Vaccination: Maternity, childhood, whooping cough and measles
A series of short animations with key information on vaccinations related to maternity, childhood, measles, and whooping cough.
Co-developed and co-produced with people from Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities and in partnership with the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) and Roma Support Group (RSG), these resources aim to support Gypsy, Roma and Traveller families to make informed choices on healthcare.
Resources
- Childhood and maternal vaccinations: Watch the video here
- Childhood vaccinations: Watch video here
- Maternal vaccinations: Watch video here
- Measles symptoms, and key information: Watch video here
- What are measles and whooping cough?: Watch video here
- What is measles?: Watch video here
- What is whooping cough?: Watch video here
- When We Were On The Road: Irish Traveller experiences of vaccinations: Watch video here
- Whooping cough symptoms, and key information: Watch video here
- YouTube playlist featuring all the videos: Video Playlist here
- Polish Romanes translated YouTube playlist for Roma communities: Video Playlist here
- Romanian Romanes translated YouTube playlist for Roma communities: Video Playlist here
- Slovak Romanes translated YouTube playlist for Roma communities: Video Playlist here
Report
Friends, Families and Travellers can provide inclusive services training for healthcare professionals and organisations working with Gypsy, Roma or Traveller communities — find out more here.
