Jayati Das‐Munshi, Laia Bécares, Michael Dewey, S. Stansfeld et al.
OBJECTIVES: To determine if living in areas where higher proportions of people of the same ethnicity reside is protective for common mental disorders, and associated with a reduced exposure to discrimination and improved social support. Finally, to determine if any protective ethnic density effects ...
Mohammad Rezaul Karim, Mohammad Tarikul Islam, Bymokesh Talukder
Migrant workers play a significant role in the economy of Bangladesh, pumping approximately USD15 billion into the economy that directly contributes to the socio-economic development of Bangladesh every year. These workers and their dependents are in a socially vulnerable and economically difficult ...
Ceri Peach
The article presents new data for the Muslim population of Britain from the 2001 Census. It uses the cross tabulations of ethnicity by religion to back-project the growth of the Muslim population from 21,000 in 1951 to 1.6 millions in 2001. It examines the social, economic, demographic and geographi...
Bushra Sabri, Michelle Simonet, Jacquelyn C. Campbell
OBJECTIVES: Limited research exists on multilevel influences of intimate partner violence (IPV) among immigrant groups in the United States, particularly South Asians. Using a socioecological framework, this study examined risk and protective factors of IPV among a diverse group of South Asian immig...
James Nazroo, Emanuela Falaschetti, M. Pierce, Paola Primatesta
BACKGROUND: Ethnic/racial inequalities in access to and quality of healthcare have been repeatedly documented in the USA. Although there is some evidence of inequalities in England, research is not so extensive. Ethnic inequalities in use of primary and secondary health services, and in outcomes of ...
R Balarajan, Veena Raleigh, B Botting
To examine ethnic differences in postneonatal mortality and the incidence of sudden infant death in England and Wales during 1982-5 records were analysed, the mother's country of birth being used to determine ethnic group. Postneonatal mortality was highest in infants of mothers born in Pakistan (6....
R Balarajan
The variations in the Health of the Nation (HoN) key areas among ethnic minorities living in England and Wales are examined, based on a national mortality study by country of birth for the latest possible period (1988-1992). It addresses the 10 mortality indicators in the HoN White Paper (covering c...
Saidur Rahman Mashreky, Fazlur Rahman, Aminur Rahman
This study set out to explore the epidemiology of suicide in Bangladesh. A cross-sectional study was carried out during 2003 (January to December). This encompassed a population of 819,429 of all age-groups and sexes. Data was collected by face-to-face interviews at a household level. Suicide was fo...
Mohammad Mainul Islam, Tasmiah Nuzhath
Rohinga refugees in Bangladesh are under significant health risks and it has become a challenge to address their health needs. There is need to scale up health services and increase access to essential reproductive health and child newborn care, especially for Rohingyas living in hard-to-reach areas...
Veena Raleigh
OBJECTIVES: To examine suicide rates and trends in people of Indian subcontinent, east African and Caribbean origin using the latest mortality data available for England and Wales. To compare suicide rates in these groups with the baseline and target rates for suicide in the Health of the Nation str...
Penny Rhodes, Andrew Nocon
People of Bangladeshi origin in the UK continue to experience poorer health and poorer healthcare than other sections of the community. Although communication with medical and nursing staff has long been recognised as key to the provision of effective healthcare services, efforts to overcome communi...
M Hadley, Lauren S. Blum, Saraana Mujaddid, Shahana Parveen et al.
In response to concerns that nurses spend less than 6% of their time on direct patient care, this study explored factors that influence nurses' behaviour in the provision of 'hands on' care in hospitals in Bangladesh. Through in-depth interviews with female nurses and patients and their co-workers i...
Stella S. Yi, Simona C. Kwon, Rachel Suss, Lan N. Ðoàn et al.
The Asian American health narrative reflects a long history of structural racism in the US and the complex interplay of racialized history, immigrant patterns, and policies regarding Asians in the US. Yet owing to systematic issues in data collection including missing or misclassified data for Asian...
André M. N. Renzaho, Nidhi Dhingra, Nichole Georgeou
BACKGROUND: Immigration often results in changes in family dynamics, and within this process of dynamic relational adjustment youth can be conceptualised as contested sites of culture and associated intergenerational conflicts. This paper considers the experiences of migrant youth in Greater Western...
Muhammad Zakir Hossin
The large-scale international migration in the 21st century has emerged as a major threat to the global health equity movement. Not only has the volume of migration substantially increased but also the patterns of migration have become more complex. This paper began by focusing on the drivers of int...