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ArticleQualitative health research2019

Engaging Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller Communities in Research: Maximizing Opportunities and Overcoming Challenges.

Louise Condon, Helen Bedford, Lana Ireland, Susan Kerr, Julie Mytton, Zoe Richardson, Cath Jackson

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Article in Qualitative health research, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed.

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  19. Perspectives on public involvement in health research from Singapore: The potential of a supported group model of involvement.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2020
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  20. To Comply or Not to Comply: Roma Approach to Health Laws.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Louise Condon1 Swansea University, Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0003-2547-5603
Helen Bedford2 UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, United Kingdom.
Lana Ireland3 Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, Scotland.
Susan Kerr3 Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, Scotland.
Julie Mytton4 University of the West of England, Bristol, United Kingdom.
Zoe Richardson5 NHS Wakefield Clinical Commissioning Group, Wakefield, United Kingdom.
Cath Jackson6 University of York, York, United Kingdom.

Funding

Department of Health 12/17/05
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller people are marginalized worldwide and experience severe health inequalities, even in comparison to other ethnic minority groups. While diverse and hard to categorize, these communities are highly cohesive and members have a strong sense of identity as a group apart from the majority population. Researchers commonly experience challenges in accessing, recruiting, and retaining research participants from these communities, linked to their outsider status, insular nature, and history of discrimination. In this article, the challenges and the opportunities of engaging Gypsies, Roma, and Travellers in a multicenter qualitative research project are discussed. The management of public involvement and community engagement in this U.K.-based project provides insights into conducting research effectively with ethnically and linguistically diverse communities, often considered to be "hard to reach."

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Patient SelectionAdultAgedCommunity-Based Participatory ResearchEthnicityFemaleHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHumansMaleMiddle AgedPoliticsQualitative ResearchResearch DesignRomani PeopleTransients and MigrantsUnited KingdomengagementGypsiespublic involvementqualitative interviewsqualitative researchresearch methodsRomatravellersUnited Kingdomvulnerable groups

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PMID30600758
PMCPMC7322935

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