Engaging black and minority ethnic groups in health research : 'hard to reach'? demystifying the misconceptions / Natalie Darko.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Darko, Natalie, author.

Contributor:

JSTOR (Online Service)

Louis B. Flexner Medical Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Minorities--Medical care--Research.

Minorities.

Minorities--Medical care.

Research.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

polychrome

Place of Publication:

Bristol, UK : Policy Press, 2021.

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [2021]

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Front Cover

Engaging Black and Minority Ethnic Groups in Health Research: 'Hard to Reach'? Demystifying the Misconceptions

Copyright information

Table of contents

List of figures and tables

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1 Concepts and misconceptions

Key concepts

Conceptualising race and the historical context

Ethnicity

What is ethnicity?

Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME)

Hard to reach

Origins of the term 'hard to reach'

Conclusion

2 Race, ethnicity and health inequalities

What is the relationship between race, ethnicity and health?

Differences in health outcomes and health-related risk factors

Cardiovascular disease and health-related risk factors

Mental health

COVID-19

Drivers of disparities for risk of death of COVID-19

Why are ethnic health inequalities occurring in the UK?

Socioeconomic status

Structural racism and discrimination

3 Improving research on race, ethnicity and health inequalities

Problems with existing data: misunderstanding the meaning of ethnicity and race and the distinction between these concepts

Failings, variations and inaccuracies in the recording of ethnicity and ethnic groups

Research, equality practices and cultural competency

4 The importance of intersectionality

Intersectionality theory

Preventative health and lifestyle interventions

5 Case study: "We are not hard to reach, you are just not reaching us!" Understanding intersectionality and the prevention and management of Type 2 diabetes among British African-Caribbean women

Introduction and background

Type 2 diabetes

Risk and prevalence of Type 2 diabetes in BME groups

African-Caribbean women and Type 2 diabetes

Type 2 diabetes lifestyle behaviour change interventions for African-Caribbean women

Intersectionality

Methods

Programme description

The RE-AIM assessment tool

Results and discussion

Reach

Efficacy and adoption

Implementation and maintenance

6 South Asian and BME migrant women's experiences of culturally tailored, women-only physical activity programme for improving participation, social isolation and wellbeing

Project and background

Aims and objectives

Programme evaluation

Methods

Evaluation findings

South Asian women's level of participation

Effectiveness of the programme in improving women's access to, and participation in, physical activity

Experiences of the sessions and the impact on social isolation and wellbeing

Limitations and recommendations for researchers and practitioners

7 Experiences of health and wellbeing during periods of fragile and uncertain citizenship among African-Caribbean migrant groups

The 'Windrush generation' and migration from the West Indies

Policy impact: hostile environment and migrant status

Notes:

Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 16, 2021).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Louis B. Flexner Medical Book Fund.

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Print version:

ISBN:

9781447359159

1447359151

Publisher Number:

99988111859

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