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Ethnicity and coronary heart disease: making sense of risk and improving care. February 2010
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is predicted to become the dominant cause of death and disability across the globe over the next decade. With an apparently disproportionate susceptibility to cardiovascular disease, the causes and prevention of CVD is of critical importance to minority ethnic
groups. This paper examines the complex interplay between the biological, psychosocial and behavioural causes of CVD, and considers the need for culturally appropriate services to increase awareness of coronary risk factors and support healthier lifestyles.
Author(s): Felicity Astin, Karl Atkin
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Gypsies’ and Travellers’ experience of using urgent care services within NHS Brighton and Hove boundaries
Hall, V.; Sadouni, M.; Fuller, A., University of Brighton and Friends, Families and Travellers, April 2008 - August 2009
The study investigated the extent to which Accident and Emergency (A&E) or other urgent care services are being used by Gypsies and Travellers and examined whether more appropriate and effective interventions could be put in place to meet their urgent healthcare needs.
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Reaching Out: Working with black and minority ethnic communities
Fox-Kirk, W., Mencap and Midland Mencap, August 2009
This report examines the experiences of black and minority ethnic families in Birmingham who are affected by learning disability. Gathering evidence through interviews with family carers and BME community organisations, the study highlights the difficulties experienced in accessing services, as well as the awareness and perceptions of Mencap’s work, particularly after the appointment of a BME development worker.
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Report on the self reported experience of patients from black and minority ethnic groups
Department of Health and National Statistics, June 2009
This report examines variations in the self-reported views of NHS patients from different ethnic groups. Using feedback from white respondents as a baseline, the survey examines patient responses to issues such as cleanliness, relationships and communication with doctors and other staff, and information relating to medication.
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Tackling the challenge: Promoting race equality in the NHS in England
Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection, March 2009
This report considers the extent to which the NHS is meeting the legal basic building blocks in promoting race equality. It outlines the ethnic make-up of the population and NHS workforce respectively, and highlights the obligation to meet race equality standards and the health needs of different ethnic groups. It also considers the progress made in meeting these targets, and sets out guidance for the future.
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The health of Gypsies and Travellers in the UK. November 2008
The health status of Gypsies and Travellers is much poorer than that of the general population, even when controlling for confounding factors such as variable socio-economic status and/or ethnicity. Gypsy and Traveller health receives scant attention in policy documents on health inequalities, and meaning that problems of poor access to, and uptake of, health services may go unnoticed. This paper draws attention to some examples of good practice, and argues that these should to be funded and replicated across more localities.
Author(s): Zoe Matthews
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Briefing Paper 11
Addressing ethnic inequalities in maternity service experiences and outcomes: responding to women's needs and preferences.October 2008
This briefing examines the maternity experiences of women from BME communities in the UK, drawing on both qualitative and quantitative research. It sets out to identify barriers that may disadvantage minoritised women and offers suggestions for service improvement, while recognising the great heterogeneity that exists within and between minority ethnic ‘groups’ and the need, therefore, for flexible and nuanced responses.
Author(s): Kuldip K. Bharj, Sarah Salway
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“A good job for a traveller?” Exploring Gypsy and Travellers’ perceptions of health and social care careers: Barriers and solutions to recruitment, training and retention of social care students
Greenfields, M., Buckinghamshire New University, July 2008
This study considers why Gypsies and Travellers are underrepresented in health employment, and examines knowledge, attitudes and experience of young Gypsies and Travellers towards employment in the health and social care sector.
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Briefing Paper 10
Health experiences of Chinese people in the UK. July 2008
Chinese people have a long history in the UK, but have a relatively low take-up rate in health and social care services. Health professionals have little understanding of their conception of health and illness and health needs are sometimes masked by myths and stereotypes or barriers to access. This paper outlines some of these barriers and highlights Chinese people’s diverse approaches to health and illness, advocating more choice and participation in their health and social care.
Author(s): Ruby C.M. Chau
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Briefing Paper 9
The health and social care experiences of black and minority ethnic older people. July 2008
Older people from black and minority ethnic groups are underrepresented in their use of health and social care services, and often appear to receive poorer treatment. Although good services exist, there appear to have been difficulties in bringing them into the mainstream.This paper outlines barriers to accessing services, including lack of information, language difficulties, stereotyped assumptions on the part of professionals and differing expectations about how services can help.
Author(s): Jo Moriarty
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User participation in health care services. February 2008
Low take-up of services among black and minority ethnic communities is still frequently explained as being due to ‘cultural’ and social preferences within these communities, despite evidence to suggest that users have little faith in those services that exist and lack support to use them. With poor representation of local communities amongst the NHS workforce, especially at senior levels, black and minority ethnic users also emphasise the need for better training for all staff. Despite the importance given by the Department of Health to ‘choice’ and involvement, user participation still remains an ambition rather than a reality for black and minority ethnic users. However, BME user participation is key to improving the organisation and delivery of health care services.
Author(s): Ossie Stuart
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The drivers of black and Asian people’s perceptions of racial discrimination by public services: A qualitative study
Gervais, M., Department for Communities and Local Government, January 2008
This study uses qualitative methods, such as individual in-depth interviews, to examine perceptions of racial discrimination in public services by black and minority ethnic people. Considering factors such as personal beliefs and level of awareness, the report pinpoints the most influential drivers of perceived racism and considers how these might be used to improve services for black minority ethnic service users. Although the report covers 8 major areas of public services, Chapter 6 covers the perception of discrimination in doctor’s surgeries in detail.
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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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Potential barriers to the use of health services among ethnic minorities: A review
Emmanuel Scheppers, Els van Dongen, Jos Dekker, Jan Geertzen and Joost Dekker. Family Practice 2006; 23: 325–348
This literature review explores the barriers faced by black and minority ethnic patients when using health services, considering issues including issues such as language, the skills of practitioners and the patient's own patient of their illness.
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Migration and health in the UK
Kelly, R. et al, Institute for Public Policy Research, 1 February 2005
This report examines the impact of migration upon health in the UK, looking at new migrants as both NHS employees and service users. It gives a comprehensive overview of the issues relating to migration and health, providing a breakdown of overseas staff working in the UK, and considering issues such as 'health worker braindrains'; the health impact of migration; health tourism, and migrant rights to access healthcare.
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Delivering race equality: An independent inquiry into the death of David Bennett
Department of Health, January 2005
This document combines a five-year action plan for reducing inequalities in Black and minority ethnic patients’ access to, experience of, and outcomes from mental health services; and the Government response to the recommendations made by the inquiry into the death of David Bennett.
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Human tissue and blood or organ donation, transplantation and minority ethnic communities: A literature review
Hudson, N., and Johnson, M. R. D., Mary Seacole Research Centre, Working Paper No.6, August 2004
This study considers the issue of tissue, blood and organ donation amongst black and minority ethnic communities, considering factors that may hinder donations including religion, lack of information provision or an unwillingness to discuss the issue amongst healthcare professionals.
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The enigma of the Gypsy patient: Guidelines on working with Roma patients
Honer, D., RN, CEN, and Hoppie, P. RN, MSN, Modern Medicine, August 2004
This article provides an overview of some of the issues and problems experienced by healthcare professionals when working with Roma patients, and gives guidance on adapting and improving services.
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‘They're more like ordinary stroppy British women’: Attitudes and expectations of maternity care professionals to UK-born ethnic minority women
Puthussery, S.; Twamley, K.; Harding, S.; Mirsky, J.; Baron, M.; and Macfarlane, A., Journal of Health Services Research and Policy, 13, 2008
This study explores the attitudes and expectations of maternity care professionals to UK-born minority ethnic mothers, considering whether specific behavioural expectations and unconscious stereotypical views were evident.
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A qualitative study of the health experience of Gypsy Travellers in the UK with a focus on terminal illness
Jesper, E.; Griffiths, F.; and Smith, S., University of Warwick, 2008
This study considers the experience of terminal illness and health care access for Gypsy Travellers, and provides guidance to inform palliative and primary care service provision.
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Count me in: The national mental health and learning disability ethnicity census
Care Quality Commission, 2005-2010
This site provides high quality census data showing analysis of mental health patients by ethnicity.
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Indications of public health in the English regions 4: Ethnicity and health
Jacobson, B.; Fitzpatrick, J.; and Aspinall, P., Association of Public Health Observatories, 2005
This report provides a comprehensive regional analysis of inequalities in health and health care between ethnic groups in England, and also examines workforce data by ethnic group. It includes a broad range of statistics including educational attainment, provision of free-school meals, and employment status.
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Learning difficulties and ethnicity
Mir, G. Et al, Department of Health, 2001
This report examines the needs of black and minority ethnic people with learning difficulties and of their carers. It also considers the services available to meet those needs, using information obtained from interviews with service providers, user groups, carer organisations and a review of the available pre-existing literature.
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‘They look after their own, don’t they?’ Inspection of community care services for black and ethnic minority older people
Department of Health and Social Services Inspectorate, 1998
This inspection evaluates the extent to which social services departments’ arrangements for planning and delivering community care services appropriately addressed the needs of ethnic minority older people.
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Care Quality Commission
The Care Quality Commission is the new health and social care regulator for England. Its aim is to look at the joined up picture of health and social care, and ensure better care for everyone in hospital, in a care home and at home.
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Citizen's Advice Bureau
The Citizen's Advice Bureau website provides guidance and factsheets on aspects of the health system, including some resources translated into community languages.
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HARPWEB
HARPWEB consists of three websites, each developed in collaboration with health professionals working with asylum seekers and refugees in the UK. They are designed to enable you to easily access the wealth of information, practical tools, and articles that have been written by health care professionals, NGOs, academics and research bodies with expert knowledge of working with asylum seekers and refugees, both in the UK and other countries. The Communicate site allows the creation of multilingual appointment cards. The appointment card is filled in on screen in English, one of over 30 languages is chosen, the appointment card is translated, and then is ready to be printed.
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Heron
This website provides comprehensive and searchable source of available health and social care information in a range of community languages and formats, e.g. audio, Braille, video and information for people with learning difficulties.
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Introduction to the National Health Service
Available in 36 languages, this leaflet explains the role of UK health services to newly-arrived individuals seeking asylum. It covers issues such as the role of GPs, their function as gatekeepers to the health services, how to register and how to access emergency services.
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King's Fund
The King’s Fund seeks to understand how the health system in England can be improved. Using that insight, it helps to shape policy, transform services and bring about behaviour change. Its work includes research, analysis, leadership development and service improvement. It also offer a wide range of resources to help everyone working in health to share knowledge, learning and ideas.
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Multikulti
Multikulti provides accessible, accurately translated health advice and information in 12 languages - Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Farsi, French, Gujerati, Portuguese, Somali, Spanish, Turkish and Urdu.
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National Equalities in Mental Health Programme
The National Equalities in Mental Health Programme seeks to improve outcomes and reduce inequalities for people with mental health issues. It has a useful collection of reports and good practice examples available for free download.
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NHS Clinical Knowledge Summaries - Home
The NHS Clinical Knowledge Summaries are a reliable source of evidence-based information and practical 'know how' about the common conditions managed in primary care. They are aimed at healthcare professionals working in primary and first-contact care.
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NHS Evidence - Ethnicity and health
NHS Evidence provides resources relating to the specific needs healthcare needs of migrant and minority ethnic groups.
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NICE
NICE is an independent organisation responsible for providing national guidance on promoting good health and preventing and treating ill health.
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Organ Donation and Transplantation Directorate- Publications
The Organ Donation and Transplantation Directorate has a number of publications, including factsheets in community languages and a collection to examine the views of the major world religions towards organ donation.
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Race for Health
Race for Health is a Department of Health-funded, NHS based programme that works with PCTs and Trusts to drive forward improvements in health for people from black, and minority ethnic backgrounds.
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UK Centre for Evidence in Ethnicity, Health and Diversity
The CEEHD was established in 2001 as part of the ESRC research network for evidence-based policy and practice. The Centre is located in the Warwick Medical School and The Mary Seacole Research Centre at De Montfort University, Leicester. CEEHD supports interdisciplinary, collaborative research in the field of ethnicity and health, working with Trusts, community groups and other academic centres.
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