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South West Travellers Health Symposium

A symposium regarding the health of Travellers was held on 29th June 2004 at Government Office for the South West, 2 Rivergate, Temple Quay, Bristol.

The recommendations from the symposium have been made available in a Microsoft Word document which can be found by clicking >>here<<

The presentations made on the day have been made available below in PDF and Powerpoint format.

  1. The Health Status of Gypsy Travellers in England - Professor G Parry and team, University of Sheffield, School of Health and Related Research.

    Click for Powerpoint Presentation - 1.6 Megabytes in size

  2. Health of Gypsies and Traveller Children - Professor Alan Emond and Hilary Beach, Centre for Child and Adolescent Health, Bristol

    - 214k in size

  3. Avon Traveller Health Project - Sarah Rhodes, Avon Traveller Health Project

    - 1 Megabyte in size

  4. Traveller Citizenship Project - Linda Howells, Avon Consortium of Traveller Education Services.

    - 28k in size