Christine Campbell, Anne Douglas, Linda Williams, Geneviève Cézard et al.
OBJECTIVE: Cancer screening should be equitably accessed by all populations. Uptake of colorectal cancer screening was examined using the Scottish Health and Ethnicity Linkage Study that links the Scottish Census 2001 to health data by individual-level self-reported ethnicity and religion. SETTING: ...
Tessa M. Pollard, Leslie Carlin, Raj Bhopal, Nigel Unwin et al.
OBJECTIVES: To compare the social networks of South Asian (Indians, Pakistanis and Bangladeshis) and European-origin participants in the Newcastle Heart Project, and to examine the relationships between social network sizes and coronary heart disease (CHD) risk factors in both groups, testing the hy...
Kate Milner, Raquel Bernal Salazar, Sunil Bhopal, Alexandra Brentani et al.
to implement ECD programmes at national and regional scale. We completed a literature review and participatory mixed-method evaluation of projects in Saving Brains®, Grand Challenges Canada® funded ECD portfolio across 23 low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). Using an adapted programme cycle, fin...
Kate Milner, Sunil Bhopal, Maureen M. Black, Tarun Dua et al.
Improved measurement in early child development (ECD) is a strategic focus of the WHO, UNICEF and World Bank Nurturing Care Framework. However, evidence-based approaches to monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of ECD projects in low-income and middle-income countries (LMIC) are lacking. The Grand Challen...
Raj Bhopal, R.W. Humphry, Colin Fischbacher
OBJECTIVES: Reducing disease inequalities requires risk factors to decline quickest in the most disadvantaged populations. Our objective was to assess whether this happened across the UK's ethnic groups. DESIGN: Secondary analysis of repeated but independent cross-sectional studies focusing on Healt...
Rachna Begh, Paul Aveyard, Penney Upton, Raj Bhopal et al.
BACKGROUND: Smoking prevalence is high among Pakistani and Bangladeshi men in the UK, but there are few tailored smoking cessation programmes for Pakistani and Bangladeshi communities. The aim of this study was to pilot a cluster randomised controlled trial comparing the effectiveness of Pakistani a...
Raj Bhopal, Taslin Rahemtulla, Aziz Sheikh
Novel hypotheses to explain this need testing urgently Censuses in 1981, 1991,1–3 and 2001 (Wild et al. Persistence of substantial inequalities in cardiovascular disease mortality by country of birth in England and Wales 2001-2003. Unpublished manuscript). have shown that, among Bangladeshi-born m...
R. Bhopal
EDITOR—Feder et al recently confirmed and extended observations pointing to inequity in the invasive management of coronary disease.— They conclude that the inequity is not due to physician bias or socioeconomic status and emphasise as explanations patients' understanding of risks and benefits, and ...
Smita Tewari Jassal
Introduction Udavastu Jibaner Kabya-The Rhyme of Refugee Life - Namita Chowdhury The Partition Motif: Concepts, Comparisons, Considerations - Smita Tewari Jassal and Eyal Ben-Ari PART ONE: BORDERS, SPACES AND MAPS Partition as a Challenge to the Homogeneous German Nation - Ina Dietzch De-partitionin...
Kalwant Bhopal
This paper examines Labour Force Survey (LFS) statistics on economic activity, highest educational qualification, marital status and ethnicity. The paper will specifically explore comparisons within South Asian groups and between other ethnic groups (Afro-Caribbean and white), to investigate whether...
Rebecca M. Reynolds, Colin Fischbacher, Raj Bhopal, Christopher D. Byrne et al.
OBJECTIVE: The metabolic syndrome is more prevalent in South Asians in Britain than in the general population. Furthering our understanding of the underlying mechanisms is important because of the increased risk of cardiovascular disease associated with the metabolic syndrome. As it has been propose...
Maya Kohli-Lynch, Victoria Ponce Hardy, Raquel Bernal Salazar, Sunil Bhopal et al.
OBJECTIVE: The WHO recommends responsive caregiving and early learning (RCEL) interventions to improve early child development (ECD), and to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals' vision of a world where all children thrive. Implementation of RCEL programmes in low and middle-income countries (L...
Lisa Hanna, Sonja Hunt, R. Bhopal
OBJECTIVE: To develop cross-culturally valid and comparable questionnaires for use in clinical practice, tobacco cessation services and multiethnic surveys on tobacco use. METHODS: Key questions in Urdu, Cantonese, Punjabi and Sylheti on tobacco use were compiled from the best existing surveys. Addi...
Charles Agyemang, Raj Bhopal, Marc Bruijnzeels, Ken Redekop
OBJECTIVE: To assess whether the white-coat effect in people of African (Blacks) and South Asian descent differs from that of people of European origin (Whites), and if so, whether this explains demonstrated ethnic variations in blood pressure. METHODS: A systematic literature review was carried out...
Sheila K. Patel, R Bhopal, N Unwin, M White et al.
Diabetes is more common in South Asian (defined here as Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi origin) populations compared with Europeans. This may be related to their greater abdominal obesity. 1 Weight loss and maintenance are crucial in the prevention of noninsulin dependent diabetes mellitus and mot...