Ethnic Minorities Health

Ethnic minorities and the Mental Health Act.

Diabetes and ethnic minorities.

The global prevalence of diabetes for all age groups is estimated to be 2.8%. Type 2 diabetes accounts for at least 90% of diabetes worldwide. Diabetes incidence, prevalence, and disease progression varies by ethnic group. This review highlights unique aspects of the risk of developing diabetes, its overwhelming vascular complications, and their management mainly using data among South Asians a...

Inner-city residents, ethnic minorities and primary health care.

Ethnic minorities form a substantial proportion of the urban population. A household survey in the West Midlands assessed usage of primary and preventative health care services. Asian households made some-what higher use of general practitioner (GP) facilities which can be related to demographic and socio-economic status. Fewer differences were found than expected, and uptake of preventative se...

Ethnic Minorities and the Mental Health Act Patterns of Explanation

incorporated in the software provided with the micro computer, which can facilitate office work and repetitive administrative tasks, such as letters of appointment and addressing envelopes. The beauty of local microcomputer based case registers is that they can all talk to a centralised database maintained on a more powerful computer. In this way a number of geographically disparate sites can r...

Strategies for Medicare Health Plans Serving Racial and Ethnic Minorities

The Medicare Managed Care (MMC) Consumer Assessment of Health Plans Study (CAHPS) survey offers an opportunity to examine differences in health plan experiences and patterns of use of services of racial and ethnic minority beneficiaries enrolled in health plans. Analysis of the survey data and review of prior literature indicate significant health disparities and different patterns of health ca...