Trisha Greenhalgh, Cecil G. Helman, Anwarullah Chowdhury
OBJECTIVE: To explore the experience of diabetes in British Bangladeshis, since successful management of diabetes requires attention not just to observable behaviour but to the underlying attitudes and belief systems which drive that behaviour. DESIGN: Qualitative study of subjects' experience of di...
Anwarullah Chowdhury, Cecil G. Helman, Trisha Greenhalgh
In order successfully to promote 'healthier' food choices, health professionals must first understand how people classify and select the foods they eat. We explored the food beliefs and classification system of British Bangladeshis by means of qualitative interviews with 40 first-generation adult im...
A. Mu’min Chowdhury, Cecil G. Helman, Trisha Greenhalgh
In order successfully to promote ‘healthier’ food choices, health professionals must first understand how people classify and select the foods they eat. We explored the food beliefs and classification system of British Bangladeshis by means of qualitative interviews with 40 first-generation adult im...
Mohan Pawa
Health care planning requires understanding of the underpinning culture of the people. How do people from different cultures and social groups explain the causes of ill health and the types of the treatment they believe in, and whom do they contact if they require any help? They may have different e...
Trisha Greenhalgh, Cecil Helman, and A. Mu’min Chowdhury
Successful management of diabetes requires that we understand the lifestyle, beliefs, attitudes, and family and social networks of the patients being treated.1 Qualitative methods are particularly useful when the subject of research is relatively unexplored and the research question is loosely defin...
Jackie Hardy, Jamieson D. Gray, Anne‐Marie Livingstone, Trisha Greenhalgh et al.