Frances E. Aboud, Colin Tredoux, Linda R. Tropp, Christia Spears Brown et al.
A systematic review was conducted of studies evaluating the effects of interventions aimed at reducing ethnic prejudice and discrimination in young children. Articles published between 1980 and 2010 and including children of 8 years and under were identified, harvested, and assessed for quality, bot...
Saffron Karlsen, James Nazroo, Kwame McKenzie, Kamaldeep Bhui et al.
BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to explore the relationship between risk of psychosis, common mental disorder (CMD) and indicators of racism among ethnic minority groups in England and how this relationship may vary by particular ethnic groups. METHOD: A multivariate analysis was carried out o...
Kamaldeep Bhui, Stephen Stansfeld, Kwame McKenzie, Saffron Karlsen et al.
OBJECTIVES: We measured perceived discrimination and its association with common mental disorders among workers in the United Kingdom. METHODS: We conducted a secondary analysis of a national sample of 6 ethnic groups (n=2054). Discrimination was measured as reports of insults; unfair treatment at w...
Kupiri Ackerman-Barger, Dowin Boatright, Rosana Gonzalez-Colaso, Regina Orozco et al.
PURPOSE: To describe how racial microaggressions may affect optimal learning for under-represented health professions students. METHOD: The authors conducted focus groups and individual interviews from November 2017 to June 2018 with 37 students at University of California, Davis and Yale University...
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 ...
Lynn R. Offermann, Tessa E. Basford, Raluca Graebner, Salman Jaffer et al.
Workplace discrimination has grown more ambiguous, with interracial interactions often perceived differently by different people. The present study adds to the literature by examining a key individual difference variable in the perception of discrimination at work, namely individual color-blind atti...
Anna Goodman, Vikram Patel, David A. Leon
BACKGROUND: Inter-ethnic differences have been reported for many mental health outcomes in the UK, but no systematic review on child mental health has been published. The aim of this review is to compare the population-based prevalence of child mental disorders between ethnic groups in Britain, and ...
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 ...
John W. Berry
Acculturation is the process of group and individual changes in culture and behaviour that result from intercultural contact. These changes have been taking place forever, and continue at an increasing pace as more and more peoples of different cultures move, meet and interact. Variations in the mea...
Stephen Stansfeld, Mary Haines, Jenny Head, Kamaldeep Bhui et al.
BACKGROUND: In adults the prevalence of psychological distress varies in different ethnic groups, and this has been explained by differences in socio-economic status. Is this also the case in adolescents? AIMS: To examine whether ethnic differences in prevalence of psychological distress in adolesce...
Afshin Zilanawala, Pamela Davis‐Kean, James Nazroo, Amanda Sacker et al.
OBJECTIVE: Racial/ethnic patterning in the risk of obesity and overweight has been observed in early childhood; however, little research has compared these disparities between the United Kingdom (UK) and United States (US) using detailed ethnic classifications. We use comparable nationally represent...
Emma Wadsworth, Kamaldeep Dhillon, Christine Shaw, Kamaldeep Bhui et al.
BACKGROUND: Previous research has suggested higher work stress among minority ethnic workers. AIMS: To determine levels of work stress in three ethnic groups, consider the contribution of racial discrimination to the groups' profiles of occupational and demographic associations with stress, and asse...
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...
Kamaldeep Bhui, Stephen Stansfeld, Jenny Head, Mary Haines et al.
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To investigate cultural identity as a risk factor for mental health problems among adolescents. DESIGN: A cross sectional school based population survey. Mental health problems were measured using the strengths and difficulties questionnaire. Pupils were classified into one of four ...