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Dr Elle Wadsworth interviews Dr Eve Taylor about her research on smoking and drinking in Gypsy and Traveller communities in England.

In this episode, Dr Elle Wadsworth talks to Dr Eve Taylor, a research fellow at University College London, UK. The interview covers Eve’s research article looking at smoking and drinking among the Gypsy and Traveller communities in England. The Gypsy and Traveller community in the UK [01:24] The importance of studying this community with regards to smoking and drinking [02:28] The underrepresentation of the Gypsy and Traveller communities in national data [03:27] The Smoking Toolkit study [03:59] How the Smoking Toolkit study addresses limitations found in previous studies [04:55] The key findings from the study: smoking [05:44] The key findings from the study: drinking [06:17] The key findings from the study: smoking and drinking interaction [07:23] Whether the findings were expected [08:00] The implications of the findings [09:38] Examples of good practice within the community [12:40] The stark difference in the smoking rates between ethnicities in England [14:00] The take home messages from the study [14:39] About Elle Wadsworth: Elle is an academic fellow with the Society for the Study of Addiction. She is based at the University of Bath with the Addiction and Mental Health…

People in this episode

Host: Dr Elle Wadsworth

Guest: Dr Eve Taylor

Topics covered

• smoking
• drinking
• Gypsy and Traveller communities
• public health
• research findings
• underrepresentation
• health disparities

Keywords

• Gypsy and Traveller
• smoking rates
• drinking behavior
• public health research
• tobacco research
• population-level survey
• health disparities
• underrepresented communities

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University College London, Society for the Study of Addiction, University of Bath

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