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Ethnicity and Cultural Diversity in Dementia Care. A Review of the Research
(2013-04)
In this review Dr Karan Jutlla identifies research which could offer insights into the challenges and experiences of people living with dementia and their family carers from BME communities, and highlights evidence to ...
Differential effects of ethnic microparticles on endothelial cell death and apoptosis
(2018)
Individuals of South Asian and Black African origin are at a greater risk of diabetes, cancer and cardiovascular disease (CVD). Microparticles (MP), biologically active nanoparticles shed from cells, are novel markers of ...
Territory, ancestry and descent: the politics of sickle cell disease.
(Sage, 2011-12-20)
Sociologists have long questioned the naturalness and stability of ‘ethnic groups’, suggesting that a concern with how they are socially constituted is more appropriate. However, the example of genetically based medical ...
Researching infertility in British South Asian communities: reflecting on intersections of ethnicity, age, gender, and reproductive identity
(Diversity and Equality in Health and Care, 2012)
This paper explores these relationships of gender and ethnicity within a study of the experience of infertility among 87 British South Asians, in which the researcher was a woman of white British ethnic origin. Age, gender, ...
Cultural diversity
(Pavilion, 2011)
The population of United Kingdom is diverse and complex in terms of ethnicity, culture, language and religion. The increase in ethnic diversity is also apparent in the population of children and young people with learning ...
Ethnicity, Disability and Chronic Illness
(Policy Press, 2019-04-10)
This chapter aims to:
• Understand how patterns of disablement and chronic illness may partly derive from levels of material deprivation.
• Illustrate why it may be important to look at the interactions not only between ...
Resignifing the sickle cell gene: narratives of genetic risk, impairment and repair
(Sage, 2015-07-24)
Connecting theoretical discussion with empirical qualitative work, this paper examines how sickle cell became a site of public health intervention in terms of ‘racialised’ risks. Historically, sickle cell became socio-politically ...
Characteristics and rates of mental health problems among Indian and White adolescents in two English cities.
(British Journal of Psychiatry, 2013)
Background: Sampling techniques for national surveys have constrained
the statistical power in estimating prevalence rates of child
mental health problems in minority ethnic groups.
Aims: To establish the prevalence ...
Mental health problems in children and young people from ethnic minority groups: The need for targeted research.
(The Royal College of Psychiatrists, 2012)
Summary: In this editorial we argue for the need for better research
evidence on the prevalence of child mental health
problems in minority ethnic groups, service utilisation
among these groups and whether some service ...