Gurch Randhawa, Alastair Owens
Recent research has suggested that there is limited awareness of and information about cancer and cancer services among South Asian communities. This study explores the meanings of cancer and perceptions of cancer services among South Asians living in Luton. Six single-sex focus groups were conducte...
Erica Cook, F. C. Powell, Nasreen Ali, Catrin Jones et al.
BACKGROUND: The United Kingdom has one of the lowest breastfeeding rates in Europe, with the initiation and continuation of breastfeeding shown to be closely related to the mothers' age, ethnicity and social class. Whilst the barriers that influence a woman's decision to breastfeed are well document...
Erica Cook, F. C. Powell, Nasreen Ali, Catrin Jones et al.
Complementary feeding practices and adherence to health recommendations are influenced by a range of different and often interrelating factors such as socio-economic and cultural factors. However, the factors underlying these associations are often complex with less awareness of how complementary fe...
Erica Cook, Gurch Randhawa, Shirley Large, Andy Guppy et al.
INTRODUCTION: NHS Direct, a leading telephone healthcare provider worldwide, provided 24/7 health care advice and information to the public in England and Wales (1998-2014). The fundamental aim of this service was to increase accessibility, however, research has suggested a disparity in the utilisat...
Rebecca García, Nasreen Ali, Andy Guppy, Malcolm Griffiths et al.
Maternal obesity increases women’s risk of poor birth outcomes, and statistics show that Pakistani and Bangladeshi women (who are born or settled) in the UK experience higher rates of perinatal mortality and congenital anomalies than white British or white Other women. This study compares the preval...
Zahid Khan, Gurch Randhawa
There is a growing demand for human organs for transplantation, particularly of the kidney among the UK's South Asian population which, due to problems with histocompatibility can only be met with a significant increase in the number of Asian donors. Specific attempts have only recently been made to...
Rebecca García, Nasreen Ali, Malcolm Griffiths, Gurch Randhawa
AIM This study aims to explore the experiences of bereavement after stillbirth of Pakistani, Bangladeshi and White British mothers in a town with multi-ethnic populations in England. PARTICIPANTS A purposive sample of Pakistani, Bangladeshi and White British mothers aged over 16 (at time of infant b...
Rebecca García, Nasreen Ali, Andy Guppy, Malcolm Griffiths et al.
Objective To compare mean birth weights and gestational age at delivery of infants born to Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi and white British mothers in Luton, UK. Design Retrospective analysis using routinely recorded secondary data in Ciconia Maternity information System, between 2008 and 2013. Sett...
Rebecca García, Nasreen Ali, Malcolm Griffiths, Gurch Randhawa
BACKGROUND: To review the similarities and differences in Pakistani, Bangladeshi and White British mothers health beliefs (attitudes, knowledge and perceptions) and health behaviour regarding their consumption of folic acid pre-conception, to reduce the risk of neural tube defects. METHODS: Our stud...
Kulwinder Kaur-Bola, Gurch Randhawa
Empirical research has shown that some South Asian families from Muslim backgrounds may use fewer additional support services for their severely impaired children compared to other non-Muslim families. Often this has been attributed to socioeconomic factors and stereotypical views such as "the famil...
Agimol Pradeep, Titus Augustine, Gurch Randhawa, Paula Ormandy
Organ donation continues to be low among ethnic minorities in the United Kingdom (UK), especially within the South Asian community, with a disproportionate number of patients of South Asian ethnicity awaiting organ transplants. In 2020/21, Minority Ethnic (ME) patients comprised almost a third of th...
Rebecca García, Nasreen Ali, Andrew Guppy, Malcolm Griffiths et al.
AIM: Reducing poor maternal and infant outcomes in pregnancy is the aim of maternity care. Adverse health behaviours lead to increased risk and can adversely mediate birth outcomes. This study examines whether risk factors are similar, different, or clustered according to maternal ethnicity. DESIGN:...
Rebecca García, Nasreen Ali, Andy Guppy, Malcolm Griffiths et al.
OBJECTIVE This study aims to compare the prevalence of gestational diabetes in Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi and British women in Luton, England and further examine associations in maternal risk factors (age BMI, smoking status and birth outcome), with gestational diabetes, with maternal ethnicity....
Erica Cook, F. C. Powell, Nasreen Ali, Catrin Jones et al.
In the UK, ethnic minority children are at greater risk of obesity and weight-related ill health compared to the wider national population. The factors that influence the provision of a healthy diet among these populations remain less understood. An interpretive qualitative study with a phenomenolog...
Asmaa Al-Abdulghani, Britzer Paul Vincent, Gurch Randhawa, Erica Cook et al.
Background: Muslims living around the globe are less likely to register and give consent for deceased organ donation. Within Qatar, a Muslim major country, Arab Muslims are even less likely to consent and register for deceased organ donation compared to non-Arab Muslims. However, there is no primary...