Briefing Paper 5
African and Caribbean men and mental health. May 2007
This paper explores the complexities involved when we link mental illness with issues of ‘race’, culture and ethnicity; reviews some of the evidence for African and Caribbean men; and makes suggestions for addressing these in mental health practice. The paper focuses on settled communities from African and Caribbean backgrounds and has a bias to the crisis end of services.
Author(s): Frank Keating
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The Reaching Out Project: Report on preliminary consultations May - July 2005
Gaudion, A., Maternity Alliance and Medact, June 2006
This report gives a summary of ‘Reaching Out’, a pilot project to improve access to maternity services for highly marginalised black and minority ethnic women.  The project targeted pregnant women and families with young infants to discern their healthcare needs, and improve access to support services, benefits and antenatal and postnatal care.
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Relation between racial discrimination, social class, and health among ethnic minority groups
Karlsen, S., and Nazroo, J. Y., American Journal of Public Health,92(4), April 2002
This study explores associations between racism, social class, and health among ethnic minority people in England and Wales. Marked independent associations existed between reported experience of racism and perceptions of Britain as a “racist society”, household social class, age, sex, and various mental and physical health indicators. These associations showed reasonable consistency across the different ethnic groups.
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Inequalities in maternal health: National cohort study of ethnic variation in severe maternal morbidities
Knight, M. et al, British Medical Journal, 338:b542, 2009
This report outlines the ethnic differences in severe maternal morbidity in the United Kingdom.  Using the monthly UKOSS mailing to obtain quantitative data, the report found significantly higher rates of morbidity among black and minority ethnic mothers.
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