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All Ireland Traveller Health Study (AITHS), 2010 All Ireland Traveller Health Study (AITHS), 2010 doi:10.7929/ISSDA/K0XTYM0003-00 Department of Health and Children ISSDAIrish Social Science Data Archive 2012 Social SciencesAlcohol useDiet and exerciseEducational backgroundEmploymentExercise (physical activity)HealthHousingLiving conditionsMedical careSmokingSocial supportSubstance useHealth statusAccess to health servicesRacial discriminationDiscriminationHousing conditionsHealth Service Utilisation Morbidity and mortalityGeneral health and well-beingReproductive healthEquality, inequality and social exclusionMinorities The All Ireland Traveller Health Study (AITHS) is the first study of Traveller health status and health needs that involves all Travellers living on the island of Ireland, North and South. It arose from a recommendation in the Department of Health and Children’s National Traveller Health Strategy - 2002-2005 (Department of Health and Children, 2002): ‘A Traveller Needs Assessment and Health Status Study to be carried out to develop and extend the indicators collected in the last survey of Travellers’ Health Status(HRB, 1987) and to inform appropriate actions in the area of Travellers’ Health’. Following the publication of the National Traveller Health Strategy, the Institute of Public Health (IPH) was commissioned by the Department of Health and Children in the Republic of Ireland (ROI), and supported by Pavee Point, a national Traveller Organisation in ROI, to undertake a comprehensive consultation process throughout Ireland to ascertain the views of Travellers, Traveller organisations, the HSE and health personnel in relation to the scope and conduct of the AITHS. This consultation involved over 600 people throughout the regions and was completed in December 2003 with a national conference. The IPH then submitted a report to the Department of Health and Children, which was developed into a scoping document for an All Ireland Traveller Health Study (AITHS) and was put out to tender. The AITHS is jointly funded by the Department of Health and Children and the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety (NI), with fieldwork funding support by the HSE and FAS. In June 2007 the School of Public Health and Population Science, University College Dublin, was awarded the contract for the AITHS. The study team worked in collaboration with the HSE and Travellers and Traveller organisations throughout the island of Ireland to conduct this research. The study aims were to: <ul> <li>To count the number of Travellers living on the island of Ireland</li> <li>To document fertility rates, the number of births (prospectively) and deaths (retrospectively) of Travellers over a period of one year on the island of Ireland</li> <li>To follow a birth cohort of Traveller infants over a period of 1 year prospectively documenting outcomes, and uptake of services including vaccinations</li> <li>To document the health status of Travellers living on the island of Ireland</li> <li>To determine the factors influencing the health status of Travellers and their access to social and health services currently available/utilised by Travellers on the island of Ireland</li> <li>To document qualitatively the attitudes/perceptions of Irish Travellers to health services</li> <li>To examine the health status of Travellers, to assess the impact of the health services currently being provided and to identify the factors which influence mortality and health status, this study will provide a framework for policy development and practice in relation to Travellers.</li> </ul> 20072011 Ireland Individual Travellers living on the island of Ireland Cross-section Total universe/Complete enumeration Telephone interviewOther ISSDA may only supply data for use in the EEA and adequacy decision countries. The data and its creators shall be cited in all publications and presentations for which the data have been used. The data citation may be in the form on the dataset page or in the form required by the publication. Any work based in whole or part on resources provided by ISSDA, should acknowledge: "All Ireland Traveller Health Study (AITHS)" and also ISSDA, in the following way: “Accessed via the Irish Social Science Data Archive - www.ucd.ie/issda”. https://issda.ucd.ie/oai doi:10.7929/ISSDA/K0XTYM 2025-12-11T02:00:00Z ddi:codebook:2_5