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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 ...
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 ...
Family Carers’ perspectives on post-school transition of young people with intellectual disabilities with special reference to ethnicity
(Wiley Blackwell, 2012)
School leavers with intellectual disabilities (ID) often face difficulties in making a
smooth transition from school to college, employment or more broadly to adult life. The transition phase is traumatic for the young ...
Qualitative study to identify ethnicity-specific perceptions of and barriers to asthma management in South Asian and White British children with asthma
(BMJ, 2019-02-08)
Objective This paper draws on the data from the Management and Interventions for Asthma (MIA) study to explore the perceptions and experiences of asthma in British South Asian children using semi-structured interviews. A ...
