Ethnic minority staff and patients: a health service failure

Black and Minority Ethnic Health Needs Assessment

Promoting equality for ethnic minority NHS staff—what works?

1Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia; 2Centre for Health Equity, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, Faculty of Medicine, Dental and Health Services, University of Melbourne, Australia; 3Institute of Population Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK; 4Middlesex University Business School, London, UK; 5Departm...

ETHNIC REVIEW Access to health care for ethnic minority populations

This paper reviews the research evidence on access to health care by ethnic minority populations, and discusses what might need to be done to improve access to services. Research on the process of care, and the quality of care received, is considered as well as studies examining uptake of services. Changes in legal context are increasing the pressure on healthcare organisations to examine and a...

[Mental health problems in ethnic minority groups].

The aim of this paper is to provide an insight into the specificity of mental health issues as experienced by ethnic minority groups' representatives. A substantial body of evidence clearly indicates the differences in incidence of psychosis, affective disorders and suicidal tendencies in members of minority groups compared to the rest of the population. Relevant statistical data will be presen...

Perspectives on child diarrhoea management and health service use among ethnic minority caregivers in Vietnam

BACKGROUND In Vietnam, primary government health services are now accessible for the whole population including ethnic minority groups (EMGs) living in rural and mountainous areas. However, little is known about EMGs' own perspectives on illness treatment and use of health services. This study investigates treatment seeking strategies for child diarrhoea among ethnic minority caregivers in Nort...