OBJECTIVES The need to address cultural and ethnic diversity issues in medical education as a means to improve the quality of care for all has been widely emphasised. Cultural competence has been suggested as an instrument with which to deal with diversity issues. However, the implementation of culturally competent curricula appears to be difficult. We believe the development of curricula would...

BACKGROUND Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is a debilitating disease, highly prevalent in UK South Asians, and preventable by lifestyle intervention. The 'New life, New you' (NLNY) physical activity (PA) and dietary intervention for T2D prevention was culturally adapted to better engage minority ethnic populations and tested for feasibility. OBJECTIVES To investigate Pakistani female participants' pers...

BackgroundSubstantial ethnic variations have been found in incidence, pathways to care and outcomes in psychosis. It is unknown whether these remain as marked in the presence of specialist Early Intervention Services (EIS) for psychosis. We present the first UK study exploring ethnic differences in compulsory detention and hospitalization rates for EIS patients. We investigated whether the exce...

BACKGROUND The threats posed by the rising prevalence of overweight and obesity on public health have been widely acknowledged. Several population groups, which deserve special attention because of their higher prevalence rates, have been identified. These include adolescents and ethnic sub-groups. The aim of the present study was twofold: (1) to assess ethnic differences in body mass index (BM...

OBJECTIVE This study investigated ethnic differentials in the use of pregnancy-related care and aimed to identify whether the differences persist when geographical access to services is equal. This study was based in the north-eastern Ch'orti area of Guatemala, an area characterised by a mixed ladino (of Spanish descent) and Maya (Ch'orti) culture. METHODS Data from a household survey carried...

We investigate the determinants of perceived racial harassment at the workplace, and investigate its impact on job satisfaction and quitting behaviour amongst ethnic minority nurses. To enable this we use data from a unique large-scale survey of British National Health Service nurses. Nearly 40% of ethnic minority nurses report experiencing racial harassment from work colleagues, whilst more th...

There has been a considerable amount of literature implying a group of people with a shared distinctive culture and a common language, and as such represents published on different aspects of health in ethnic minority groups resident in the UK [1]. The central issue of a shared national identity. In considering both the reporting of pain and consultation patterns, such ‘nonsuch health research ...

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BACKGROUND Comorbid chronic pain and depression is a challenging dyad of conditions to manage in primary care and reporting has shown to vary by ethnic group. Whether the relationship between depression and chronic pain varies by ethnicity is unclear. This study aims to explore chronic pain and depression reporting across ethnic groups and examine whether this association differs, independently...