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Tell someone, don’t keep it to yourself A study in to the mental health needs of Gypsy and Traveller Communities in Bolton using a Community Engagement Approach Jez Buffin School of Social Work University of Central Lancashire Preston

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Tell someone, don’t keep it to yourself

A study in to the mental health needs of Gypsy and Traveller Communities in Bolton using a Community Engagement Approach

Jez BuffinSchool of Social Work

University of Central LancashirePreston

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Petra Fehn, Hailey Kelbie, Tina Lee, Diane Price, Karen Sharp, Jacob (Fiver) Smith, Alia Syed Anita Wojcik, Jamie Young, Mariah Young, Victoria Young, Reggie Young

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Improving Access to Psychological Therapies

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Winters, M. and Patel, K. (2003) Community Engagement, Report 1: The Process The Centre for Ethnicity and Health, Preston

Fountain, J. Patel, K. Buffin, J. (2007) Community Engagement: The Centre for Ethnicity and Health Model. In Domineg, D. Fountain, J. Schatz, E. Bröring, G (eds) Overcoming Barriers: Migration, marginalisation and access to health services. Amsterdam, Amsterdam Oecumenisch Centrum (AOMC)/Correlation network for social inclusion and health

Email [email protected] for copies

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Training issues

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51 respondents to the community questionnaireTable 1: Gender of respondents

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Male (n=14) Female (n=37)

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18-25 26-35 36-50 51+

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Sending me away Getting signed away

Getting put away and losing my

children

Frightened of being put away

Would be scared of getting section

off

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