Italian-Bangladeshi in London. A community within a community?

A Unique Investigation of Knowledge Transfer Practices within the Muslim Business Community in Edinburgh

The aim of this research was to understand the dynamisms relating to knowledge transfer processes and practices, which exist within a business community in Edinburgh Scotland. The methodology used within this study was a uniquedesign methodology to include 20 in-depth interviews with participants from four local organizations. The sample group consisted of males aged between 20 and 70. The samp...

Bangladeshi community of Tower Hamlets

Objective: To identify barriers to accessing sexual health care among the Bangladeshi community of east London and to develop a model of community participation in service development. Methods: Qualitative study using one to one interviews with sexual health service users plus focus groups in community settings. Results: 58 people participated in the study, 12 in individual interviews and the r...

'Exercise London'--a community disaster plan.

Understanding barriers to healthy lifestyles in a Bangladeshi community

Journal of Diabetes Nursing Vol 13 No 2 2009 I t is well established that diabetes may be preventable through lifestyle measures. Two studies from Finland and the USA, for example, demonstrated a 58% reduction in the incidence of diabetes in highrisk individuals randomised to intensive lifestyle intervention, compared with those randomised to a control group (Tuomilehto et al, 2001; Knowler et ...

Modeling Participation within a Community

What does it mean to be a central participant? An actor can participate in a single episode of an activity, and she can also participate within a community. The degree of participation can be greater or lesser depending on a number of factors. The primary participants are those that make direct contributions to an episode of activity. The secondary ones witness the action but do not make direct...