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Health Needs Assessment - Residents Survey

Health Needs Assessment - Residents Survey

Thank you for taking the time to complete this voluntary survey.

This survey aims to capture your views about your health and will help towards health care providers understanding what they could do to help improve the health of the Gypsy and Traveller Community in Cornwall.

Privacy notice

The Data Controller for the information you provide in this survey is Cornwall Council, New County Hall, Treyew Road, Truro TR1 3AY. Data Protection Registration Number: Z1745294. Once the survey has closed, your data will be held within Cornwall Council’s secure network and premises for up to 2 years. Your data will be available to authorised members of staff at Cornwall Council and the NHS who are required to process it for the purposes outlined above.

Are you registered with a GP?

Yes

Are you registered with a Dentist ?

Yes

What is your preferred appointment type?

Phone call

Video call

Face to face

E consult - online form

Drop in session to see someone face to face

Other (please specify)

Which health services would you usually contact? you can choose multiple answers

School nurse

Nurse

Health visitor

Midwife

Pharmacy

Out of hours

Minor injuries unit

Emergency Department

Mental health services

Sexual health services

How would you describe your overall health ?

Very good

Good

Fair

Poor

Very poor

Prefer not to say

Why did you choose that option to describe your health?

How would you describe your mental health?

Very good

Good

Fair

Poor

Very Poor

Prefer not to say

Why did you choose that option to describe your mental health

Do you have any medical conditions that you usually see a health professional for?

Yes

Prefer not to say

10.

Do you attend invites for cancer screening ? for example cervix screening / breast screening / bowel screening

Yes

Prefer not to say

11.

Do you attend you invitations for vaccines ? flu jab / covid jab

Yes

Prefer not to say

12.

Do you get your children vaccinated ?

Yes

Only some of the vaccines on offer.

Prefer not to say

13.

Do health professionals talk to you in a way you understand ?

Yes

Other (please specify)

14.

What problems do you have accessing healthcare? select all that apply to you

Unable to book an appointment

I find reading difficult so it is hard for me to read information

I do not have a phone

I do not have access to reliable internet

I do not have my own transport

I find it difficult understanding health professionals

I can not get to appointments due to childcare

I am worried about people judging me

I am too afraid to go to appointments

Other (please specify)

15.

What transport do you use to get to health appointments

I use public trasnport

Myself or a family member own a vehicle and can drive

I have no transport

I will walk

I will cycle

Other (please specify)

16.

Do you feel your housing affects your health ?

Yes

Other (please specify)

17.

Please select what applies to your housing

It is cold in the winter

It is too hot in the summer

There is damp

I have previously had a fire in my home

I have a carbon monoxide monitor

The fire service has assessed my home for fire risk

My house is insulated

I have difficulty paying for heating

I have difficulty paying my rent

My home is not big enough to house my family

I feel unsafe

Other (please specify)

18.

Are you employed ?

Employed

Self employed

Unemployed

Home maker

I am unable to work due to physical disability

I am unable to work due to my mental health

I am not able to work as I can not read

Other (please specify)

19.

Please select how your finances affect your health

Leisure - I am not able to afford leisure activites that help my mental wellbeing and fitness - activities such as gym membership or swimming

My finances are ok.

Food - I can only afford poor quality food or I have to rely on food banks to feed my family

Transport - Unable to get transport to health appointments

Housing - my housing quality to poor

Buying medicine - Unable to buy over the counter medicine for example paracetamol

Prefer not to say

20.

Please select if you have ever experienced any discrimation described below

Prefer not to say

I feel I can not attend support groups with members of the general public

People act if they are afraid of me

I feel threatened

I am called names

People think I am dishonest

People act if I am not smart

21.

What would be the best thing that would help you to improve your health?

22.

How would you describe your reading and writing ? you can select multiple options

I can read and write

I can read but I find writing difficult

I can not read but I can write

I can read basic information

I prefer to read information with both pictures and words.

I need help to fill in forms

I rely on others to read for me

I was never taught to read and write.

Prefer not to say

Other (please specify)

23.

How would you prefer to be invited for health appointments ?

Phone call

Text message

Voice message

Letter

Letter with both pictures and words to help me understand the information

Other (please specify)

24.

Do your children attend school? Please select all that apply

Yes - enrolled in education but do not go all of the time

Yes - Full time primary school

Yes - Full time secondary school

My children have completed primary school but do not go to secondary school

My children have completed primary and secondary school.

No - my children do not go to school

Prefer not to say

Other (please specify)

25.

Why do your children sometimes miss school? Please select all that apply

My children have been bullied

We have moved and are currently awaiting school placement

We are unable to get our children to school because of transport

My children are learning skills at home

My children help family members with their job and are learning skills on the job

My children help care for another family member so can not go to school

I am happy for my children to go to primary school but not secondary school

I am worried what my children will be exposed to in school - for example sex education,

I do not want my children to mix with other children who are not part of the gypsy and travelling community

I do not want my children to go to school

My children have been excluded from school

My children dislike school and sometimes refuse to go to school

Other (please specify)

26.

What would encourage you or help you to send your children to school ?

27.

Would you feel happy attending health related support groups with patients from outside the Gypsy and Traveller community?

Yes - physical, mental health support groups and health education groups

Yes - physical health support groups

Yes - mental health support groups

Yes - health education groups

28.

Thank you. Please use the space below to offer any comments and suggestions relating to your health needs.